Extremism
Biden vows US will cut off weapons to Israel if it goes into Rafah
The comments represent the most direct threat the president has made to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the war began on October 7.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Inside the White House scramble to broker a deal in Gaza
Over the course of a few hours, the news from the Middle East came into the White House Situation Room fast and furious. Officials rushed to work out the truth.
- by Peter Baker
WA education minister distances Rossmoyne parents’ letter from radicalised teen’s attack
West Australian Education Minister Tony Buti confirmed he had received a letter from parents about radicalisation, but it was separate from the boy who was later shot by police.
- by Holly Thompson
Radicalised student highlights ‘growing issue’ in WA schools, experts say
Experts warn the generation currently going through school is the first to grow up living much of their lives on social media, which presents a radicalisation threat.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Back our police’: PM concerned by online radicalisation threat
Anthony Albanese says he’s worried by the influence of social media platforms “where people can be pushed through the use of algorithms … towards more extreme positions”.
- by Matthew Knott
Israel accused of executions, using human shields in West Bank raid
The incursion was the latest in a series of Israeli raids in West Bank cities that have made the past few years the deadliest in decades for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territory.
- by Kareem Fahim and Sufian Taha
Sydney teen wanted ‘something catastrophic’ for Jews and Assyrians, court told
The 15-year-old – an alleged associate of the boy accused of stabbing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel – was refused bail.
- by Sarah McPhee
Sydney teen terror accused wanted to attack ‘a bunch of Jews’, court told
Police say they found hand-drawn Islamic State flags when they raided the 15-year-old’s bedroom after the alleged terror stabbing of a bishop in a Wakeley church.
- by Sarah McPhee
Dozens honour Benito Mussolini at site of Italian fascist leader’s arrest, execution
The anniversary fell on the same day that PM Giorgia Meloni led her far-right Brothers of Italy party in an election rally in the city of Pescara.
- by Nicole Winfield
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Roads, trains, ports: Major disruption warning ahead of planned pro-Palestine protests
The groups behind Monday’s global A15 Action protests have threatened to blockade “major choke points in the economy”, aiming to cause maximum economic impact.
- by Chris Vedelago and Clay Lucas
Albanese pressures Netanyahu as Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal
Hamas said the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi