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- A man is in a critical condition after Sydney's third shark attack in less than 48 hours
- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set to call a snap general election
- Alexei Popyrin just misses out on making the second round of the Australian Open
New South Wales police have confirmed a man is in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark at Sydney's Manly Beach on Monday evening.
The man was pulled from the water by onlookers and received first aid from bystanders before emergency services arrived.
The incident is the third shark attack in the city in the past two days, and the second on the Northern Beaches.
An 11-year-old boy had his surfboard bitten by a shark on Dee Why Beach on Monday morning.
He remains uninjured.
On Sunday, a 12-year-old boy was seriously injured by a shark on a Sydney Harbour Beach.
All beaches on the Northern Beaches have been closed until further notice.
The founder of the Palestinian Action Group has condemned comments made by Liberal leader Sussan Ley during yesterday's condolence motion in Parliament.
In a thinly veiled reference to the group, she said protest action taken by the group against the war in Gaza laid the way for what she called radical Islamist extremism and the shooting at Bondi Beach.
Josh Lees, the group's founder, says the comments were 'utterly dishonest and false' and should be rejected by everyone.
"A really outrageous attempt yet again without any basis whatsoever to try to blame a mass Palestine movement, which has seen hundreds of thousands of people, Jewish, non-Jewish, Muslim, Christians, atheists, all marching together against a genocide."
Denmark and Greenland have held further discussions over a possible NATO mission in Greenland, as the United States intensifies its push for sovereignty over the Danish territory.
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says it will not be pressured by US threats, including White House plans to impose tariffs on countries that deploy troops there.
European Union Parliament President Roberta Metsola says the US threats are weakening security.
"The measures threatened over the weekend by the United States administration will not help improve security in the Arctic. In fact, they risk the opposite. Greenland and Denmark have both made clear that Greenland is not for sale, and that their sovereignty and territorial integrity need to be respected. That fact will not change."
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she will call a snap general election, to be held on February the 8th.
Ms Takaichi says she will dissolve the parliament on Friday, as she hopes an election can help her secure the political power to pass through her proposals for increased spending, tax cuts and a new security strategy.
“I stake my position as prime minister on this decision. I ask the people of Japan to directly judge whether they can entrust the governance of the nation to Sanae Takaichi.”
The election will decide 465 seats in Japanese parliament's lower house, and it will also be Ms Takaichi's first electoral test since becoming Japan's first female prime minister last year.
An Iranian official says the authorities have verified at least 5,000 deaths in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel.
Opponents accuse the authorities of opening fire on peaceful demonstrators to crush dissent.
Iran's clerical rulers say armed crowds encouraged by foreign enemies attacked hospitals and mosques.
Esmail Baghaei, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, has accused the United States of pursuing interventionist policies.
"It is the United States that, under various pretexts, continues to pursue its interventionist policies toward Iran and other countries in the region. Whenever it speaks of diplomacy, it in fact means imposing its will and dictating terms."
Australian player Alexei Popyrin is out of the Australian Open, after a narrow loss against France's Alexander Muller.
The second day of the Australian Open featured nine Australian players at Melbourne Park.
Six of them have made it to the next round, with Popyrin, Aleksandar Vukic and Emerson Jones missing out.
Alex de Minaur secured an easy win against Mackenzie McDonald, while Jordan Thompson had a tough match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, which was briefly halted due to a technical error.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic secured his 100th match win at the arena.
