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Deputy prime minister labels rallies ‘deeply regrettable’ as protesters warned not to display symbols linked to designated terrorist groupsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSupporters of Palestine have taken to the streets in Sydney and Melbourne, a day before the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks by Hamas in Israel.Rallies were scheduled to take place in cities across Australia, with demonstrators warned not to display symbols linked to designated terrorist groups such as Hezbollah.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/06/pro-palestine-protests-ahead-of-7-october-anniversary-labelled-deeply-regrettable

Lai Ching-te argues the reverse may be true because the Republic of China – the mantle that nationalists carried with them to Taiwan – predates the communist People’s RepublicIt is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island’s president has said.Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, is condemned by Beijing as a separatist. He rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying the island is a country called the Republic of China that traces its origins back to the 1911 revolution overthrowing the last imperial dynasty. Continue reading... Source link :

Strikes described as the most severe of conflict so far, with some landing near airport amid foreign evacuation flights; Israeli military says mosque used as Hamas command centreSee all our Middle East crisis coverageThe US state department has said it evacuated 145 US citizens, permanent residents and their immediate families from Lebanon on Saturday.The cohort left on two flights from Beirut to Istanbul. Each flight could take 300 passengers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/06/middle-east-crisis-live-heavy-israeli-airstrikes-hit-beirut-as-up-to-18-reported-killed-in-attack-on-gaza-mosque Author : Helen Davidson Publish date : 2024-10-06 05:02:54 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Thousands attend Pennsylvania rally to see Republican candidate, while Elon Musk warns of ‘last election’ if supporters don’t turn out to voteDonald Trump has returned to the site where he narrowly escaped assassination in July, pushing the emotional buttons of his supporters and suggesting that his political opponents “maybe even tried to kill me” to stop him regaining the White House.The Republican presidential nominee – and perennial showman – mounted an unabashedly sentimental spectacle in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. He was joined by billionaire Elon Musk, who made the baseless claim that if Trump’s supporters fail to turn out, “this