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Palestinian officials say hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in the occupied West Bank, as Israel continues a deadly military assault on Jenin.
At least ten people have been killed and dozens injured by Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli officials claim the operation aims to strengthen security and deny any forced evacuations.
Jenin Deputy Governor Mansour al-Saadi says Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the refugee camp could be a repetition of what happened in the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinian news agency - "Wafa" - says Palestinians have been forcibly expelled from their homes, as Israeli troops order them out via loudspeakers and air-dropped leaflets.
The Palestinian Authorities Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian says what is happening in Jenin is a clear attempt by Israel to continue undermining Palestinians.
"And we're hearing it, they don't shy away from voicing it. They're telling us very clearly: 'we're done with Gaza for the time being, we don't know for how long', because they are also voicing that they are going back into Gaza. But now it's a time on the West Bank and we will do on the West Bank what we have done on the Gaza Strip."
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A mayor in New Jersey says U-S immigration officers are in violation of people’s rights, after agents rounded up undocumented migrants in a raid in the state.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka says the workplace raid involved detaining a veteran and says both migrants and citizens were gathered for questioning.
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders pledging to deport millions of undocumented migrants and says officials who refuse to obey his orders will be punished.
House lawmaker on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Norma Torres, says this is not the America people should aspire to create.
"Recent executive orders calling for mass deportations are nothing more than a political ploy. These policies do nothing, nothing to advance our economic growth, they do nothing to strengthen our nation or uphold our American values."
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International flights at Australian airports are facing delays as more than 1000 ground staff stage a four hour strike today.
Workers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide say they are striking over poor pay conditions, insecure work and the lingering impacts of Qantas outsourcing practices.
The strikes follow almost a year of failed pay negotiations between services company dnata and the Transport Workers Union.
Transport Workers Union National Secretary Michael Kaine says the aviation industry is broken.
"We've had two decades of the Alan Joyce machine smashing jobs in aviation, these jobs that these workers do, baggage handlers, making sure the belly of the aircraft is properly loaded so that the pilots can tick off on the safety provisions, making sure that our bags get to their proper destination. These jobs were some of the most valued in our economy only 15 years ago, these workers would be directly engaged by airlines 15 years ago, they'd have permanent jobs full time jobs that were well paid. "
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A coroner has found that poor leadership, insufficient communication, and staff shortages are to blame for the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at an aged care home in Sydney.
A coroner says some of the 19 deaths at Newmarch House in 2020 could have been avoided if proper testing was implemented.
The magistrate says a decision not to transfer some of the patients to hospitals meant they did not receive the best level of care possible, with the Anglicare-run facility instead deciding to treat them on site.
Anglicare CEO Simon Miller says staff did very well considering how little was known about the virus at the time.
"The Covid outbreak at Newmarch house was one of the very first Covid outbreaks, not just in Australia, but around the world, and there were many, many unknowns at the time, and we've learned a lot about the virus and how to manage the virus since that time. The staff did an amazing job, given the situation that they found themselves in. "
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To the tennis now, John Peers and Olivia Gadecki have defeated J-P Smith and Kim Birrell, becoming the first Australian duo to win the mixed doubles title in over a decade.
Peers and Gadecki roared home against their fellow Australians to secure a 6-3 4-6 10-6 victory, in a match tiebreaker on Rod Laver Arena on Friday.
It marks the first time a local mixed pairing has triumphed since Jarmila Gajdosova and Matt Ebden were victorious in 2013.
It was also the first all-Aussie mixed doubles final for the Grand Slam event, since 1967.
