Donald Trump has vowed that the US would “take over” war-ravaged Gaza and “own it”, effectively endorsing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, after a White House meeting with Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Anthony Albanese said Australia’s position on a two-state solution remained “the same as it was this morning” despite the shock announcement.
Elsewhere in Trump’s America, Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” continues to wreak havoc. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Commerce are the latest targets of potential downsizing.
Top news
US Postal Service suspends incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong as trade war escalates
Adam Hunter, former West Coast AFL premiership player, dies aged 43
Sam Konstas leaves Australia’s Sri Lanka tour early to play Sheffield Shield
In pictures
In the late 1990s, Mischa Haller began taking pictures of the clubbers who wouldn’t let the night end. From drunken revellers scoffing pizza to ravers blissed out on the beach, Haller’s new photo book, Not Going Home, begs the question – what if the comedown never came?
What they said …
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“I will find you and end you and shut your antisemitic mouth once and for all.”
In an affidavit released by the federal court on Wednesday, Antoinette Lattouf detailed dozens of death threats and abusive and threatening messages she had received since being taken off air by the ABC over a social media post.
In numbers
The annual return on the Future Fund was well in excess of the mandated target and brings the 10-year return to 8.1%, putting the fund at a record value of $237.9bn.
Before bed read(s)
Bianca Censori’s near-naked red carpet appearance at the Grammys with her husband, Kanye West, stole the thunder from Beyoncé’s historic win. Marina Hyde wonders: was it art? Was it fashion? Meanwhile, Moira Donegan writes the exposure of Censori’s body is “contrasted with the enigma of her mind”.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: DEL. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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