Why, hello. It's Wednesday, May 11 and you're reading The Loop, a quick wrap-up of today's news.
Let's start here
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are preparing for the third leaders' debate, which will kick off a little after 9pm AEST tonight.
It's the last formal debate before election day next weekend and is therefore one of the last opportunities the PM and Opposition Leader will have to plead their case.
We'll be covering the whole thing from top to bottom with our live blog (which will launch soon — you can find it at our Australia Votes tab), plus taking a closer look at what each leader said tomorrow, so stay tuned.
What else is going on
- Police say Tarek Zahed, who was shot alongside his brother Omar in a hail of bullets at a Western Sydney gym last night, was warned multiple times that his life was in danger and dismissed suggestions to leave the state for his safety.
- An Al Jazeera journalist has been shot and killed and another has been injured while covering an Israeli raid in an occupied West Bank town. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the reporters were hit by Israeli fire, and the Israeli military said its forces fired back after coming under attack with heavy gunfire and explosives while operating in Jenin.
- ICYMI earlier, EA's almost-three-decade partnership with FIFA is coming to an end after the two couldn't come to a new licensing agreement. FIFA says it'll launch new football video games developed by third parties (plus FIFA 23 is still set to launch later this year), and EA has plans to launch a rebranded version of the game, EA Sports FC, with more than 300 other licensing partners
What Australia has been searching for online
- Hilary Duff. Every 90s girl's idol dropped the first look at her Women's Health cover shoot this morning, saying she felt "both completely vulnerable but powerful".
- Eurovision 2022. The contest's semi-finals kicked off early this morning, and there's still an entire weekend filled with musical extravaganza ahead of us, so make sure you know when and how to watch.
One more thing
The scandal between British celebrities Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy exploded on social media back in 2019.
Now the "WAGatha Christie" saga is continuing to unfold publicly, with a trial before the High Court in the UK.
Here's how it all started…
And if you're not familiar with this truly wild he-said-she-said, or want to know what happens next, it's all explained here.
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