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United States Vice President Kamala Harris has made her first appearance with her newly chosen running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
The pair received a raucous welcome before thousands at a rally in Philadelphia.
60-year-old Walz is a former school teacher and football coach who served in the National Guard for 24 years.
The Democrats are hoping he can win back working-class voters.
He told the rally Donald Trump would take the US "backwards" if he regained the presidency.
"Donald Trump is not fighting for you or your family. He never sat at that kitchen table like the one I grew up at wondering how we are going to pay the bills. He sits in his country club in Mar-a-Lago wondering how he can cut taxes for his rich friends."
The two are on a five-day campaign tour of key battleground states.
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong says a ceasefire in the Middle East has never been more urgent as US officials described negotiations as entering a "decisive moment".
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has held talks with her US counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken during AUSMIN - the meeting between Australian and American foreign and defence ministers in Annapolis, Maryland.
Senator Wong said the discussions are taking place "in the shadow of a deteriorating situation in the Middle East", reiterating calls for a peace deal in the region.
Her comments come as Hamas names one of the organisers of the October 7 attacks in Israel as its new leader.
Yahya Sinwar replaces Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran last week in a presumed Israeli strike.
Unlike Ismail Haniyeh, who had lived in exile in Qatar for years, Yahya Sinwar has remained in Gaza.
He is at the top of Israel's kill list as it seeks to destroy Hamas and its leadership.
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A teacher will face court after she was arrested at a school, accused of having sex with a teenage student.
Detectives arrested the 30-year-old woman at a school in southwest Sydney after investigating reports a 17-year-old boy had been sexually touched by a teacher.
She is due to face Liverpool Local Court after being refused bail and spending a night in custody.
She was charged with sexually touching a person aged between 17 and 18 under special care, and sexual intercourse with a person between the same ages while under special care.
The Education Department has been contacted for comment on the status of her employment.
[[If you or someone you know needs support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732.
The National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service can be reached by calling 1800 211 028]]
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A woman has walked free from court with a $600 fine after hitting her sister with a car door following an argument and leaving her to die on the road.
24-year-old Asyai Luk pleaded guilty to downgraded charges of careless driving and being a learner driving without supervision over the November 2022 crash.
She pulled up in her mother's black Dodge to a home in Melbourne's west and got out to ask the resident to call police as she was being attacked by her older sister, Anong.
Luk, who was aged 22 at the time, returned to the car and threw some clothing at her sister, who got out but held onto the passenger door.
She then accelerated forward one car length, while her sister clung to the door and lost her grip as she was thrown face forwards into another car.
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The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has held a second emergency meeting over the riots across the United Kingdom.
Almost 6,000 police are being mobilised to respond to any disorder.
The rioting follows the killing of three girls at a dance class and misinformation spread online that the suspect was an asylum seeker.
Mr Starmer says more than 400 people have been arrested so far and 100 have been charged.
"Some in relation to online activity and a number of them are already in court. And I'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week. That should send a very powerful message to anybody involved, either directly or online, that you're likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody but nobody should be involving themselves in this disorder."
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been named chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising.
Local media is reporting Yunus was appointed to the post by the Bangladesh President after he held meetings with student leaders and chiefs of the three military services.
84-year-old Yunus and his Grameen Bank, a microcredit organisation, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for work to lift millions out of poverty by granting small loans of less than $150 [[$US100]] to the rural poor of Bangladesh.
The student leaders had said they wanted Yunus as the chief adviser to the interim government and a spokesperson for Yunus said he agreed.
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Senior United Nations officials have appealed to the Security Council for help in getting humanitarian aid in Sudan by all available means to fight famine in at least one site in North Darfur.
A global hunger monitor says more than 15 months of war in Sudan and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused famine in North Darfur's Zamzam camp for internally displaced people.
Sudan's government has rejected the finding, while Russia cast doubt on it.
Senior UN official Edem Wosornu says there's a need for urgent action.
"In line with international humanitarian law, we need rapid, safe, unimpeded humanitarian access across Sudan through all possible routes. Given the massive hunger crisis unfolding in North Darfur and other parts of the country, we need to reach people now across borders, across battle lines, by air, by land."
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Australia has broken the men's team pursuit world record at the Paris Olympics.
Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy [[LEE-hee]] and Kelland O'Brien finished in 3 minutes 40 seconds ((3:40.730 to)) beat the Olympic champions Italy.
The Australian cyclists face Great Britain in the final tomorrow morning. ((Thu))
And skateboarder Arisa Trew is Australia's youngest Olympic gold medallist.
The 14-year-old claimed that honour after winning in the women's park event at the Paris Olympics.
