Good afternoon. Two Israeli embassy staff have been shot dead near a Washington DC Jewish museum. A suspect is in custody, after being apprehended by security staff while entering the museum. He was not on any security watchlists, and there were no heightened security threats before the shooting, officials said.
Police chief Pamela A Smith said when the suspect was taken into custody, he began chanting “free, free Palestine”.
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After two thumping election losses, the Liberal party has a lot of soul-searching to do if it wants to win back voters, especially in Chinese Australian communities. In its post-2022 election review, the party admitted more work needed to be done to win votes with Chinese Australians after electorates with significant communities all voted against the Liberal party at a higher rate than others.
Bertin Huynh, a Guardian Australia multimedia journalist and producer, looks at why the drubbing repeated in 2025.
What they said …
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“Mate, I’m a winner.”
Despite being under pressure to retain his job, Tottenham’s Australian coach Ange Postecoglou insisted he is a “winner” who wants to keep building after the Spurs beat Manchester United 1-0 to claim the Europa League, the club’s first piece of silverware since 2008.
As Martin Pegan writes, Postecoglou stuck to his words from last year that “I don’t usually win things, I always win things in my second year”.
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A coronial inquest examining the fatal stabbing of six people by Joel Cauchi at Westfield Bondi Junction in April 2024 heard from a panel of psychiatrists who provided expert opinions on Cauchi’s treatment.
The court heard that clozapine – which can have severe side-effects – was generally considered a lifelong medication for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia due to a high relapse rate of 77% after one year and 90% after two years for those who stopped taking it.
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Spies, lies and betrayal: my ruinous relationship with an undercover cop
The first partner Kate Wilson had ever moved in with, a partner she had dated for 16 months, and friends for years after, turned out to be an undercover police officer who was spying on her.
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