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- Anti-war protesters in Melbourne say police used excessive force
- Voters react to the US Presidential debate
- Australia's Paralympic team starts eyeing 2028 success
At least 14 people, including two children, were killed in central Gaza when an Israeli airstrike hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families.
The Israeli military claims the strike targeted Hamas militants planning attacks from within the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
An airstrike in Tubas killed five men, with the military stating they were armed with explosives, while another militant was killed in Tulkarm.
The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed recovering five bodies.
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Protesters say Victoria Police have used excessive force during anti-war protests outside a weapons expo in the Melbourne CBD.
Police were seen using rubber bullets, tear gas and capsicum spray on crowds gathering outside the Melbourne Convention Exhibition and Centre while protesters were seen throwing horse manure and tomatoes at the officers.
Victoria Police say the officers used restraint and are slamming the anti-war protesters for using violence against police.
President of the Australia Palestinian Advocacy Network Nasser Mashni says he has never seen police attend a protest with this much force.
"It's shameful that our government has afforded that space to them. It's shameful that people are profiting from the death and misery of others. And I'm heartened by the responsive Victorians to come out and say, not in our name it doesn't belong here."
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Russian forces have begun a significant counter-offensive against Ukrainian troops who smashed their way into western Russia last month, and have reportedly taken back some territory.
Ukraine on the 6th of August launched the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War II, bursting through the border into the region of Kursk.
The counteroffensive comes as UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy compares Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joseph Stalin and Catherine the Great.
He spoke during a visit to Kyiv.
"No act of authoritarianism is ever exactly the same. But 80 years after Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars, 240 years after Catherine the Great annexed Crimea, Putin has revealed the same arrogance, the same greed, the same disdain for the rights of other individuals and nations. This is imperialism. This is fascism."
Mr Lammy also highlighted Iran's supply of ballistic missiles to Russia as a dangerous escalation."
On Tuesday, the US, UK, France, and Germany accused Tehran of providing missiles to Moscow, imposing new sanctions and calling the transfers a direct threat to European security.
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Tributes are being left for the two boys found dead in their Blue Mountains family home after the pair were discovered dead by their father on Tuesday.
The boys mother is in hospital under arrest after being found injured inside the home alongside her two sons.
Investigators are declining to speculate on what occurred but say the mother is set to be questioned.
Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill says the loss of the boys will have a profound impact on the community.
"There's no words. Absolutely no words that give adequate description to how their community is feeling today and will be feeling in the months to come. Two precious little souls have been lost to us in the most awful of circumstances. And that leaves an imprint that's indelible. "
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Shares of Donald Trump's company that owns Truth Social have slumped 15 per cent in pre-market trading after betting odds of Kamala Harris winning grew after US Presidential debate.
Before the debate, and only seven weeks into her role as presidential candidate, Ms Harris was seen as having the harder task, winning voter support.
Donald Trump showed up after the debate in the so-called spin room, telling reporters he thought it was his best debate.
Voters in Atlanta, like Alida Hines, say she thinks Kamala Harris won the debate.
"I felt the vice president did a better job in explaining her plan for us. That's what I'm looking for, candidates to give me a plan of how my life will be better, how our families, will be better, how committees can me better. And so I look for candidates who give specifics because I need them to go in with a plan"
Another Atlanta Resident, Alan Hill, says he thinks she could have done better.
"I would give tonight's debate probably a C on both people. I think Donald Trump was a little bit more demure in terms of the of what we've seen in the past. I think Harris was not quite everything that I would have liked to have seen her do and stay on task and bring the fire to Donald Trump the same way he tried to bring the fire to her. Answer the question."
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Now to sport, Australia's Paralympians are already planning bigger and better things after returning to Australia with 63 medals from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
A majority of the 161 person team who returned to Australia on Wednesday were met with praise from the Prime Minister who says they have done Australia proud.
Australia finished 9th on the medal tally at the games with the swim team earning an impressive six gold medals and 27 medals overall.
Callum Simpson, the youngest male member of the swim team, says he is excited about the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles and the ensuing 2032 Brisbane Games.
