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Dec 18, 2025 - World

Pro-Palestine activists, some Jewish groups and civil liberty campaigners criticise NSW Labor for ‘eroding our democratic freedoms’Victims of Bondi beach shootingWhat we know so far about the alleged terrorist attack‘Left an immeasurable void’: Holocaust survivors, community heroes and ‘spirited child’ among victims of Bondi terror attackFollow the latest live updatesA New South Wales government plan to restrict protests in the wake of the Bondi beach terrorist attack has been condemned by two Jewish groups who are vocal supporters of the Palestine movement, with one warning against “allowing culture wars to distract and divide responses to Sunday’s antisemitic mass shooting”.The state premier, Chris Minns, announced on Wednesday that Labor would move to effectively ban protests when there was a “terrorism designation” – which gives police expanded “special powers”. Minns also vowed to strengthen gun laws. Continue reading...

Dec 18, 2025 - World

The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel it said was engaged in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, as Trump further ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela, accusing the country of taking US oil.On Wednesday Hegseth said the “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel engaged in “narco-trafficking operations” had killed four people. The latest strike in the Pacific brings the death toll to 99 since the US began its campaign of striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in September. Continue reading...

Dec 18, 2025 - World

Pressure is growing on member states to back a €90bn loan for Kyiv ahead of a Brussels summitEurope live – latest updatesEuropean leaders are being urged to decide whether to use Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defence at a time of unprecedented pressure from the US.At a critical summit in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders will be asked to make good on a promise to find urgently needed cash for Ukraine, with Kyiv under pressure to cede territory as Russia ekes out advances on the battlefield. Continue reading...

Dec 18, 2025 - World

Interest rates in Europe are going to stay right where they are at a meeting of European Central Bank officials

Dec 18, 2025 - World

Belgium insists on ironclad guarantees from its EU partners to protect against Russian retaliation before backing a massive loan for Ukraine