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Israel vows retaliation over deadly airstrike on the occupied Golan Heights
No-grounds evictions set to be banned in New South Wales
Ariarne Titmus wins gold in the women's 400-metre freestyle in Paris
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Former U-S President Donald Trump has accused vice president Kamala Harris, his contender in the 2024 presidential race, of not liking Jewish people.
Ms Harris has been married to a Jewish man for a decade.
But at a rally in Minnesota on Saturday, Mr Trump and his running mate JD Vance attacked Ms Harris for missing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.
Mr Vance also used his speech to denounce the deadly strike in the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday.
"Of course, it's absolutely shocking. And it's a reminder of what happens when Donald J. Trump is not President of the United States. It makes the whole world weaker and more chaotic."
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Senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Jenny McAllister are expected to be promoted in an upcoming cabinet reshuffle triggered by the retirement of ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor, effective by May 2025.
This reshuffle, driven by a need for more ministers in the Senate to manage workloads, will see Tasmanian Senator Carol Brown stepping back from her assistant ministry role due to health reasons, leaving three assistant positions vacant.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the new ministry lineup tomorrow, with Ms McCarthy likely to succeed Ms Burney as the Minister for Indigenous Australians.
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Israel has vowed retaliation, after 12 children and teenagers were killed in a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The strike hit a village soccer pitch in the predominantly Druze town of Madjal Shams, close to the border with Syria.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is blaming Hezbollah for the attack, but the militant group denies it was responsible.
The strike comes amid weeks of escalating cross-border fire on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hezbollah will pay a hefty price.
"Since I was informed of the disaster, I have been holding continuous security consultations, and I have decided to bring forward our return to Israel. I will immediately enter the security cabinet upon my arrival. I can say that the State of Israel will not go over this in silence."
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New laws are set to be announced banning no-grounds evictions in New South Wales.
Under the proposed reforms, landlords will need a reason to terminate a lease.
These could include damage to the property, non-payment of rent, or a property requiring significant repairs.
Should an eviction be sought on renovation or repair grounds, homeowners would not be allowed to re-list a property for at least four weeks.
The changes would see landlords who evict tenants for "non-genuine" reasons penalised, but there are no details yet what those penalties might be.
Premier Chris Minns says his government aims to introduce the legislation in September.
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Rallies are being held across Australia today to call for action over sexual, domestic and family violence.
Organisers say the issue disproportionately impacts women, queer, disabled and Indigenous people.
They are calling for more funding for grassroots organisations, and for trauma training for first-responders.
According to new data from Our Watch, at least 42 women have been allegedly killed this year in violent attacks by men around Australia.
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Experts are concerned Australia's imports of crude oil from some countries could undermine the sanctions imposed following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
According to Helsinki-based Research Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Australia imported more than 1.4 million tonnes of oil products refined from Russian crude in third countries.
Two of these refineries are in India, and one in China.
Researcher Vaibhav Raghunandan says the Russian oil giant Rosneft is a major shareholder of the Vadinar refinery in India.
"Vadinar actually exports a lot of products to countries like the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy. There's a lot of EU/G7 countries still importing from a refinery that is essentially owned by a company that's sanctioned. And this is like a huge glaring loophole in the sanctions itself, because it allows these revenues to flow directly back to Russia."
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In swimming, Ariarne Titmus has defended her 400-metre freestyle title in what has been described as the race of the century.
The Tasmanian outpaced Canada's Summer McIntosh and the U-S-A's Katie Ledecky to claim Australia's first gold medal in the pool this Olympics.
Meanwhile, the Australian women's team took gold in the four-by-100-metre freestyle relay.
The men's team won silver in their event, and Elijah Winnington was all smiles after claiming silver in the 400-metre men's freestyle.
