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• DATELINE FRIDAY SNEAK PEEK | The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom

  07-11-2024 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  Keith Morrison reports on the latest developments in the high-profile murder case of Lyle and Erik Menendez that continues to captivate the nation, Friday at 9/8c on NBC.
  
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• Three people charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Argentina

  07-11-2024 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Prosecutors say they charged someone who was close to the singer, a hotel employee and a suspected drug dealerThree people have been charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Argentina for supplying narcotics and the abandonment of a person followed by death.Toxicology tests found that when he died, Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine, and a prescription antidepressant in his body, prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Former Australian PM deletes critical tweets of Trump after winning election: 'Most destructive president'

  07-11-2024 23:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Australian prime minister and current ambassador to the United States in Washington Kevin Rudd has deleted tweets critical of President-elect Donald Trump after he won the presidential election.Rudd had described Trump in a 2020 post as "the most destructive president in history," according to reporting from NDTV. He served as Australia's 26th prime minister from 2007 to 2010 as head of their Labor Party, and was re-elected in 2013 after a brief stint as Australia's foreign minister.
  
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• A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup

  07-11-2024 21:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant officials said was a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris.The sample, the size of a grain of rice, was placed into a secure container, marking the end of the mission, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, which manages the plant. It is being transported to a glo
  
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• Australia announces plan to ban social media for kids under 16

  07-11-2024 21:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social media, and hold platforms responsible for ensuring compliance."Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.The legislation will be introduced in Parliament during its final two weeks in session this year, which begin on Nov. 18. The age limit would take eff
  
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• British doctor jailed for trying to kill mother's partner with fake COVID jab

  07-11-2024 21:56 via foxnews.com
  
  A British doctor was on Wednesday jailed for more than 31 years for an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother's partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccine, which involved him forging medical documents and dressing in disguise to poison his victim.Thomas Kwan, 53, passed himself off as a nurse and even took his own mother's blood pressure before administering poison to her then partner Patrick O'Hara in Newcastle, northern England.BRITISH DOCTOR ADMITS TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER INJECTING MO
  
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• ‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists

  07-11-2024 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industryWhen the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his hands on a sample of the mysterious blobs that recently washed up on the shores of Newfoundland’s beaches, Project Unknown Glob officially began.At his disposal, Kozak and a team of graduate students had the “gorgeous” new science building and “world-class facilities” of Newfoundland’s Memorial University t
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike kills 12 in Gaza City school; Ireland joins genocide case against Israel – as it happened

  07-11-2024 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  12 Palestinians killed in attack on al-Shati refugee camp; Irish foreign minister says country will join South Africa’s case in the international court of justiceIran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said the presidential election result in the US is a chance for a new administration to “review the wrong approaches of the past”.Reuters quotes Esmaeil Baghaei saying “We had bitter experiences with various US governments’ past policies and approaches. Electio
  
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• Federal Reserve lowers rates by a quarter point

  07-11-2024 20:15 via nbcnews.com
  The Federal Reserve announced it is lowering the interest rate by a quarter point. NBC News’ Christine Romans explains what this means for the progress of inflation.
  
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• Germany’s Scholz rejects calls for no-confidence vote as coalition government collapses

  07-11-2024 19:42 via foxnews.com
  
  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday rejected calls for a no-confidence vote after he fired his finance minister in a signal that his coalition government was collapsing, saying he will lead the country with a minority government until early next year. Demands for immediate elections were issued by the leader of the largest opposition bloc in parliament, Friedrich Merz of the center-right Christian Democrats, after Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday for p
  
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• Death penalty for Idaho college murders suspect would be 'dehumanizing', defense argues

  07-11-2024 19:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Whether the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students can be punished with the death penalty if convicted will be the focus of a planned hearing Thursday.
  
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• South Asian Americans feel grief and lasting pride as they contend with Harris' loss

  07-11-2024 19:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  After feeling like they were on the precipice of history, many South Asian Americans say they’re heartbroken following Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss in the 2024 presidential race, but are looking back on her ascent in politics with pride for their community.
  
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• South Asian Americans disappointed after ramping up for Harris win — but are also proud of her

  07-11-2024 19:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  After feeling like they were on the precipice of history, many South Asian Americans say they’re heartbroken following Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss in the 2024 presidential race, but are looking back on her ascent in politics with pride for their community.
  
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• New 'Star Wars' trilogy in the works from Lucasfilm

  07-11-2024 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  “X-Men” alum Simon Kinberg is preparing to visit a galaxy far, far away.
  
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• WATCH: Family sends mom off to work with dance party

  07-11-2024 19:18
  
  Cait Bransgrove’s husband and two children perform a dance for her before she heads off for work every day as a way to lift her spirits.
  
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• 40 monkeys escape research facility, police warn locals to lock their doors

  07-11-2024 18:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from an Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday night.
  
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• Case of 1-month-old who died from malnutrition investigated as homicide

  07-11-2024 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities on Tuesday announced they are investigating the death of a 1-month-old baby boy who was brought to a New York City hospital over the summer for malnutrition as a homicide.
  
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• 'Jeopardy!' contestant speaks out on 'problematic' clue that Ken Jennings apologized to her for

  07-11-2024 18:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  A "Jeopardy!" contestant is addressing the "problematic" clue given on the Oct. 28 episode of the show, for which host Ken Jennings then apologized for.
  
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• How Trump drew in Gen Z voters

  07-11-2024 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump picked up a larger portion of voters under 30 than any Republican presidential candidate since 2008, according to NBC News exit polling.
  
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• Biden on Trump win: 'We accept the choice the country made'

  07-11-2024 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  President Biden delivered an address on President-elect Donald Trump's election victory and assured Americans there would be a peaceful transition of power. Biden took time to thank his staff and supporters for the work they had done and what they will continue to do as his administration comes to a close.
  
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• U.S. citizen arrested in Germany on suspicion of offering military intelligence to China

  07-11-2024 16:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  A U.S. citizen suspected of offering intelligence about the American military to China has been arrested in the German city of Frankfurt.
  
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• How Trump won — and how Harris lost — the 2024 election

  07-11-2024 16:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democratic recriminations were swift, but Trump's victory was so decisive there may have been little Harris could have done.
  
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• Anger in Taiwan over reports SpaceX asked suppliers to move abroad

  07-11-2024 15:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Taipei says it is paying close attention to reported request by Elon Musk’s firm Taiwan’s government says it is paying close attention to reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX asked Taiwanese suppliers to move manufacturing to other countries because of “geopolitical” concerns.Reuters reported on Wednesday that SpaceX’s request to suppliers in Taiwan’s multibillion-dollar industry appeared to have prompted some to shift locations to Vietnam, Thailand and other
  
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• Inside NFL’s boot camp helping players become TV analysts

  07-11-2024 14:40 via today.com
  The NFL’s broadcasting bootcamp is helping prepare its players for post-game careers in broadcast and ensuring that they have successful futures off the field. Players like Devin McCourty, Richard Sherman and Jason Kelce have all taken the workshop before starting their studio analyst jobs. NBC’s Kaylee Hartung reports for TODAY.
  
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• Israel takes hard line against terrorists, allowing deportation of family members

  07-11-2024 14:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A new law in Israel allows for the deportation of family members of Palestinian attackers, including Israelis, to the Gaza Strip or another location.Passed by Israel's parliament, known officially as Knesset, early on Thursday with a 61-41 vote, the law was championed by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and his far-right allies. Deportation of a terrorist's immediate family member could be ordered by the interior minister authority following a hearing, according to The
  
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• California wildfire fueled by Santa Ana winds forces evacuations

  07-11-2024 13:40 via today.com
  A massive fast-moving wildfire, fueled by Santa Ana winds, is tearing through communities across Southern California, destroying homes and trapping some residents, forcing thousands more to evacuate. NBC’s Dana Griffin reports for TODAY and Al Roker tracks conditions in the area. 
  
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• 5 Israelis arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive intel from PM Netanyahu's office on Hamas

  07-11-2024 13:38 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities arrested five officials, including four from a military intelligence unit, late last week for reportedly disclosing state secrets to the foreign media.An Israeli military officer working in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of five people arrested during an investigation into leaked classified documents. The officer, identified as 32-year-old Eli Feldstein, worked in the prime minister’s office as a military spokesperson and was a
  
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• Wall Street reacts to Trump win as Fed weighs interest rate cut

  07-11-2024 13:36 via today.com
  President-elect Trump’s victory spurred a surge on Wall Street with the Dow Jones, S&P and Nasdaq reaching record highs. It comes as the Federal Reserve is weighing another interest rate cut with a new administration to consider. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for TODAY.
  
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• Trade, Taiwan and now Trump: China braces for a volatile new era in U.S. ties

  07-11-2024 13:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's election win over Kamala Harris could increase tensions with China over trade tariffs, Taiwan, technology and more.
  
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• Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek

  07-11-2024 13:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.
  
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• America Speaks: What Happened in the 2024 Election

  07-11-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  This is the story of what happened on election night 2024 told by Americans in their own words. NBC News crews dispatched throughout the country gathered the different perspectives of everyday people explaining what happened in this historic election, why. and what’s next for the country.
  
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• Mysterious black debris in Sydney was not tar balls but 'much more disgusting' waste

  07-11-2024 12:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Weeks after sticky black balls washed up on the famed beaches of Sydney, Australia, scientists say they have partly solved the mystery behind the “disgusting” blobs.
  
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• US election live: Trump prepares to choose top team as Harris tells supporters ‘do not despair’

  07-11-2024 11:18 via theguardian.com
  Trump says he will choose personnel who will make life ‘affordable, safe, and secure’ as Harris says: ‘this is not a time to throw up our hands’US election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerThe key swing states and counties that handed Trump the White House Rudy Giuliani will appear in a New York City courtroom on Thursday to explain to a federal judge why he hasn’t surrendered his valuables as part of a $148m defa
  
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• New council housing in England may be removed from right to buy scheme

  07-11-2024 11:17 via theguardian.com
  Angela Rayner says restrictions may be placed on new social housing to prevent loss of stockMinisters may stop new council houses in England from being sold under the right to buy scheme, Angela Rayner has indicated.The deputy prime minister said the government would introduce restrictions on new social housing “so we aren’t losing that stock”. Continue reading...
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Iran calls on Trump to review US government approach to region; Israel launches strikes on Beirut

  07-11-2024 11:10 via theguardian.com
  Iran foreign ministry says US approach in past has led to ‘bitter experiences’; Lebanese capital’s south hit after Israel orders evacuationsIran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said the presidential election result in the US is a chance for a new administration to “review the wrong approaches of the past”.Reuters quotes Esmaeil Baghaei saying “We had bitter experiences with various US governments’ past policies and approaches. Elections are an
  
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• Pat McFadden pushes back against Trump alarmism and says ‘fiery’ campaign claims might not happen – UK politics live

  07-11-2024 11:08 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister’s chief fixer says UK relationship with US is strong and will continue with Trump in the White HouseAt the weekend, in response to a story in the Independent about an allegation that Kemi Badenoch made a joke about rape in a social media post in 2008, a spokesperson for the new Conservative leader said that Badenoch has been clear “she believes this sort of ‘offence archaeology’ has no place in political debate”.But, when it comes to what Labour polit
  
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• Trump’s return to White House means abortion rights face new chapter of peril

  07-11-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  A nationwide abortion ban could become a reality, and access to other forms of reproductive healthcare are at riskAbortion, the issue thought to be the magic bullet that would mortally wound Donald Trump’s chances at a second presidency, instead failed to stop him on Tuesday. Now, two years after a conservative supermajority on the US supreme court ended federal protections for the procedure, the future of American abortion access is facing a new chapter of extraordinary peril.While seven
  
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• Trump is able to ‘look past’ criticisms of him, says Labour minister

  07-11-2024 10:31 via theguardian.com
  Pat McFadden say he thinks UK and US governments will ‘get on well’ despite past comments by senior Labour figuresUS elections 2024 – live updatesDonald Trump is “capable of looking past” things people have said about him in the past, one of Keir Starmer’s closest allies has said.Pat McFadden, a Cabinet Office minister, said he thought the new US and UK governments would “get on well” despite the history of senior Labour ministers criticising Trump
  
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• BT trims sales forecast and says it has cut another 2,000 jobs

  07-11-2024 10:03 via theguardian.com
  Half-year pre-tax profits drop 10% to £967m in ‘competitive retail environment’Business live – latest updatesThe telecoms company BT has cut its annual sales outlook and revealed another 2,000 jobs have gone under a long-term plan to cut costs.It reported a 10% drop in pre-tax profits to £967m for the six months to 30 September as revenues fell 3% to £10.1bn amid a “competitive retail environment”. Continue reading...
  
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• House prices at record high, says UK’s biggest lender

  07-11-2024 09:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Reeves’s budget could slow demand but prices have not fallen significantly since post-pandemic ‘race for space’Business live – latest updatesThe average price of a home in the UK is at a record high but demand could slow as a result of policies in Rachel Reeves’s budget, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender has said.Halifax’s monthly house price index found that the cost of the average home hit £293,999 in October, the highest ever recorded, outstripp
  
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• Snow finally settles on Mount Fuji, weeks after it usually appears

  07-11-2024 09:41 via nbcnews.com
  Japan's Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years.
  
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• Ashmolean Museum raises £4.8m to keep rare Fra Angelico work in UK

  07-11-2024 09:40 via theguardian.com
  
  The Crucifixion, painted in 1420s, was due to be sold to overseas buyer before deferral granted in JanuaryThe Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has raised £4.48m to prevent a rare Italian Renaissance painting from leaving the country after two centuries.Fra Angelico’s The Crucifixion was going to be sold to an overseas buyer last year, but due to the work’s value and importance to the UK, the culture secretary granted a deferral of nine months in January to keep the painting in the UK
  
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• ‘Only dictatorships pretend to be perfect’: Albanese gives fiery defence of democracy after US election

  07-11-2024 09:01 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘A fierce contest can be a good thing, as long as it’s a contest about substance’, PM tells global democracy conference in SydneyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister who vowed before the last election to herald a “kinder, gentler parliament” has now hailed Australia’s rowdy, robust and combative style of political debate as proof of a functioning democracy, warning &
  
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• Matt Kean says Australia must take ‘strong and decisive action’ on climate crisis despite Trump re-election

  07-11-2024 09:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Chair of Climate Change Authority says ‘climate change waits for no one’ as pressure mounts on Coalition to dump net zero commitmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chair of the Climate Change Authority, Matt Kean, has declared Australia must take “strong and decisive action” to address the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s return to the White House, arguing the world needs cheap
  
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• German government collapses after Olaf Scholz sacks finance minister

  07-11-2024 08:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Unexpected move throws Europe’s largest economy into political disarray and is likely to lead to snap elections in MarchThe German government has collapsed after the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, unexpectedly sacked his finance minister, plunging Europe’s largest economy into political disarray.Christian Lindner was thrown out of the three-way coalition during a meeting of high-level government members on Wednesday evening, after months of bitter infighting that has contributed to the adm
  
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• Thursday briefing: What lies ahead for the US in a second Trump administration

  07-11-2024 08:11 via theguardian.com
  
  In today’s newsletter: After winning Tuesday’s election, America’s first convicted president will assemble his transition team – here’s what we know so far about his plans• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Kamala Harris conceded the US election to Donald Trump overnight. In a speech at Howard University, the vice-president urged supporters not to lose hope, saying “this is a time to organise, to mobilise and to stay engaged
  
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• US diplomats brace as Trump plans foreign policy shake-up in wider purge of government

  07-11-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysts say it is hard to separate the president-elect’s bluster from his actual plans but it’s clear his priority is to bin many of Joe Biden’s policiesUS election live: latest updates after Trump’s victoryThe US foreign policy establishment is set for one of the biggest shake-ups in years as Donald Trump has vowed to both revamp US policy abroad and to root out the so-called “deep state” by firing thousands of government workers – including those amon
  
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• ‘We don’t want them in Australia at all’: Labor wants more powers to re-detain and remove non-citizens to third countries

  07-11-2024 07:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Tony Burke introduces bill to facilitate removal of unlawful non-citizens and regulations to reimpose ankle bracelets and curfews on those released after high court’s NZYQ decisionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has introduced a bill to facilitate removal of non-citizens from Australia, including paying third countries to accept people released from immigration detention, triggering can
  
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• Shrinkflation a ‘difficult decision’ for manufacturers, inquiry told – as it happened

  07-11-2024 07:43 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closedAlbanese says Trump call ‘very constructive’ as Dutton calls US president-elect ‘not somebody to be scared of’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who had some colourful moments in his relationship with Donald Trump in his first presidency, is up now being colourful on the ABC. He says the Australian prime minister “has to stand up for Australia and not follow the conventional appro
  
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• Pauline Hanson claims Brisbane councillor racially vilified her by calling One Nation ‘racist’

  07-11-2024 07:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Party leader threatens to take Labor’s Emily Kim to Human Rights Commission over ‘racial comments’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has threatened to take Emily Kim, a Brisbane city councillor to the Human Rights Commission, claiming racial vilification for Kim describing One Nation as “racist”.Kim, a Labor councillor received a letter from Hanson’s legal representati
  
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