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- US federal officers shoot and kill a man in Minneapolis as immigration crackdown continues
- Ukraine-Russia talks end without agreement as one killed overnight in Russian strikes on Ukraine
- Late Mariners equaliser holds Auckland to draw in A-League clash
US Federal officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis amid a major immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
The US Department of Homeland Security confirmed the shooting and says officers were carrying out a targeted operation when the victim allegedly approached them with a handgun.
The shooting comes just three weeks after a federal immigration officer shot and killed Renee Good, sparking major protests against the immigration operation.
Protesters who were in the area when the shooting occurred say law enforcement had been throwing tear gas at anti-ICE demonstrators.
"What we've seen is that the community has been talking to each other as real people, and these people have come in and been hurting us. They've been attacking us when we've been doing nothing but following the law peacefully observing, and then they decide to gang up and kill one of us."
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Ukraine and Russia have ended a second day of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi without a deal following Russian airstrikes that killed one person overnight.
A United Arab Emirates government spokesperson said there was rare face-to-face engagement between Ukraine and Russia which tackled 'outstanding elements' of Washington's peace framework.
But the bombardment of Ukraine's capital Kyiv and second largest city Kharkiv by hundreds of Russian drones and missiles prompted Ukraine's Foreign Minister to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of acting 'cynically'.
The city's mayor, former champion boxer Vitaliy Klitschko, says the strikes have triggered fires, as well as disrupting heating and water supplies in the cold winter weather.
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Iran has executed two men it identified as linked to IS over the bombing of a bus carrying pilgrims.
The judiciary’s Mizan news agency says the 2023 attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus travelling from Tehran to Ilam, a western province that borders Iraq.
Mizan says the two men were involved in planting the bomb.
The Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights and the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran say more than 1,000 people were executed in 2025, noting the number could be higher as Iran does not report every execution.
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The family of the last deceased Israeli hostage still held in Gaza is demanding his return before the second stage of the ceasefire agreement - which includes the opening of the Rafah border crossing - is implemented.
24-year-old Ran Gvili, a police officer, was killed during the 7th of October attack, with his remains yet to be recovered.
Shira Gvili, Ran’s sister, says President Donald Trump has assured her that her brother’s return must come first.
"President Trump promised me that Ran is coming back home. It's the first thing that he wants to do before the second phase, and we need to do it. I mean, if Rani doesn't come back before the second phase, I think Ronni is going to stay there for all the time."
Hamas says it has been unable to hand back the body because widespread destruction has made it difficult to locate and recover.
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A major manhunt is continuing in western New South Wales after three people were killed in a shooting in the town of Lake Cargelligo
Police are searching for council worker Julian Ingram, accused of carrying out a domestic-violence related attack that also left another person injured.
Twenty-five-year-old pregnant woman Sophie Quinn, and her 32-year-old friend John Harris, were shot dead in a car on Bokhara Street on Thursday afternoon.
Minutes later, Ms Quinn’s 50-year-old aunt, Nerida Quinn, was killed at a nearby home.
A 19-year-old man remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland says the suspect is considered armed and dangerous, though locals are free to go about their daily lives.
"I want to reiterate at this time that the town of Lake Cargelligo is not in lockdown. People are free to move about the town. They just used to use extreme caution with their knowledge that in the back of their mind that their offender is still on the loose. He is still armed, we believe, and there is the possibility that they could come across you, as we spoke about before."
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In football, Auckland's lead atop the A-League men's ladder is just one point, after a two-all draw at home to the struggling Central Coast Mariners.
Striker Oli Lavale scored twice for the Mariners, his second goal, in the 89th minute, ensuring a draw that lifts the Mariners off the bottom of the table for the time being.
Auckland has now won just once in its past five games.
