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- Hamas launches rocket attacks at Israel.
- A sharp rise in the death toll from the landslide in Papua New Guinea
- Slovenia's Pogacar secures Giro d'Italia victory on debut.
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Hamas has fired several rockets on Sunday at Tel Aviv, in Israel.
There are no reports of casualties or damage so far, but sirens were heard in the city for the first time in almost four months.
Israeli military forces say that in southern Gaza, in the Rafah region, at least eight rockets were fired, and several were intercepted.
This comes a day after Israel disregarded the International Court of Justice order to halt all military operations in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government says the justifications presented by the UN body are "false, outrageous and disgusting" and that the military campaign "has not led and will not lead to the destruction of the civilian Palestinian population in Rafah".
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The United Nations migration agency has updated the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to at least 670 people - more than doubling a previous figure.
International Organization for Migration says more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday's landslide in the nation's northern highlands of Enga.
CARE Australia says 4,000 people live in the impact zone of the landslide.
Serhan Aktoprak is head of the UN agency's mission in Papua New Guinea.
He says hope is fading of finding survivors buried under rubble six to eight metres deep.
"As of yet, only five bodies could have been recovered. The estimated number of houses that is buried under debris is approximately 150 and plus. That is 90 more than previously reported. They are estimating that more than 670 people under the soil at the moment, with hopes of saving them alive is shrinking."
Papua New Guinea’s government is considering whether it needs to officially request more international support.
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National Reconciliation Week has commenced with a call for a renewed push for a culture of respect and unity, using the tag line "Now More Than Ever".
The week marks important moments like the anniversary of the 1967 referendum and Mabo Day - key dates in the movement for building stronger, more respectful relationships with First Nations communities.
Gamilaroi and Wailwun woman Aunty Lorraine Peeters says being a member of the Stolen Generations has had lifelong and intergenerational impacts.
She says the understanding of this in the broader community needs to improve.
"This policy belongs to Australia right? But nobody knows about it and the damage it has done to thousands and thousands of individuals. Not only my generation but it goes down to my grandchildren, if I don't tell them the truth. So it is a truth that I want known - to be told out there”
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Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says new federal laws on hate speech would seek to ban antisemitic phrases, with the aim of maintaining social cohesion.
She says "hatred and abuse on the basis of people's race or religion" will not be tolerated.
Prison sentences are being considered as a potential penalty under the laws, which are still being finalised.
The war in Gaza has increased concerns about antisemitism and Islamophobia in Australia.
Student protests on university campuses have added to the confusion over the legal lines between free speech and discrimination.
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar has won the Giro d'Italia, winning by the races biggest overall margin since 1965.
In his debut Giro d'Italia, Pogacar retained a secure lead after the final stage in Rome before adding the title to his two Tour de France wins.
Australia's Kaden Groves finished third in the final stage, with two Australians finishing in the general classifications top ten.
Pogacar says the achievement hasn't fully set in yet.
"Yeah, I mean, I don't know, it means a lot. It's my first time in Giro and that I can win, in this way, I'm really one of my biggest wins so far, alongside the tour of course, but yeah it's incredible."
