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Ebola
Australia is clamping down on entry into the country for people travelling from west Africa, halting temporary visas and insisting on a three-week quarantine for permanent visa holders.
Mali is rushing to contain the disease after its first case, and is currently holding 116 people under observation.
A Texas nurse who contracted Ebola after treating the first patient diagnosed in the US is to be released from hospital after being found free of the virus.
Australian news and politics
• Jailing Australians who travel to no-go zones will violate their human rights, a parliamentary committee has found, as Labor prepares to back the foreign fighters bill.
• The Coalition’s decision to raise the fuel tax by bypassing parliament has been attacked by motoring groups, who are urging drivers to keep “shoe-boxes full of receipts” in anticipation of a refund if the Senate fails to approve the rise within a year.
• Ordinary citizens are at risk of mass arrests during the G20 in Brisbane, say civil liberties experts who believe the public is largely unaware of the greatly expanded police powers during the summit.
• Speaker Bronwyn Bishop has refused to investigate the altering of Hansard by Barnaby Joyce’s office, saying the “case is now closed”.
• Victorian premier Denis Napthine says the ABC must save the state editions of 7.30.
• A second Afghan Hazara has been deported from Australia, weeks after the first Hazara man sent back, Zainullah Naseri, was kidnapped and tortured by the Taliban.
• Four unaccompanied child refugees on Nauru have reported beatings and death threats after an attack which left one unconscious and all four in hospital.
Around the world
• The UK has axed support for search-and-rescue operations for migrants in danger of drowning in the Mediterranean, saying helping vessels acts as a “pull factor”.
• The FBI is facing criticism from the Seattle Times for apparently faking a news story and a page on the site to gain access to a suspect’s computer as part of its investigation.
• 19 miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in Turkey; 25 have already been saved.
• An Irish MP is to take an abortion pill in Dublin to defy the country’s continued ban on most terminations.
More from around the web
• Among the most read on the Guardian this morning: David Marr writes on the state of the nation, as revealed through the Scanlon Foundation’s survey of Australia’s moods – “We may not have taken Abbott to our hearts, but government is having a big win. Patriotism is on the march.”
• Parents face jail and $34,000 fines for making teenage girls wear a niqab under senator Jacqui Lambie’s proposal, the SMH reports.
• Asio says there is no valid reason to ban the burqa, SBS reports.
• Unemployed Aboriginal people in remote communities will be forced to work for the dole five days a week, the Australian reports.
• Senator Nova Peris sought taxpayers’ money to help her conduct an affair with Olympic medallist Ato Boldon in 2010, the NT News reports.
• New Matilda looks at the unanswered questions in the hunt for Freya Newman.
One last thing
The woman who chose her adopted children over her husband.
Have an excellent day – and if you spot anything I’ve missed, let me know in the comments here or on Twitter @newsmary.
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