State leaders agreed to strengthen gun laws across the country after Anthony Albanese convened a urgent meeting of national cabinet on Monday afternoon following the worst terrorist attack in Australian history. “The Howard government’s gun laws have made an enormous difference in Australia and a proud moment of reform, quite rightly, achieved across the Parliament with bipartisan support. If we need to toughen these up, if there’s anything we can do, I’m certainly up for it,” the prime minister said ahead of the meeting. Under new gun laws to be developed by police ministers and attorneys general across the country, only Australian citizens would be able to hold a gun licence. The prime minister, the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, and the governor general, Sam Mostyn, were among the dignitaries to visit Bondi on Monday, laying flowers at a makeshift memorial as thousands gathered to mourn the victims.

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's president, arrives for a hearing at the Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. To justify a case for martial law, former President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke neighboring North Korea into taking military action, South Korean prosecutors alleged Monday, according to domestic media. Lee had also vowed "strict accountability" for the perpetrators behind the failed martial law attempt, with investigations and trials still underway. South Korean prosecutors have also reportedly sought a 15-year prison term for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. Imposing martial law led to impeachment motions against Yoon, which resulted in him being impeached on Dec. 14 last year and removal from office on April 4.

Thousands of Australians’ abandoned belongings were strewn across Bondi beach as the sun rose on Monday, left behind just 10 hours earlier in the rush to escape the slaughter. Others laid flowers and lit candles at the edges of Bondi’s pavilion, which was still cordoned off by police tape. View image in fullscreen Rabbi Chaim Levitansky (R) with Alex Ryvchin, co-chief of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, outside the Bondi pavilion. Tributes of flowers and candles sprang up by the lifeguards’ outpost and in front of Bondi Beach public school, which was closed for the day, as were five Sydney Jewish schools. View image in fullscreen ‘You can’t stay indoors with your head under the cover’: Josh, a Bondi local, returned to the beach 12 hours after running from the shooting.

Israel and Hamas have traded accusations that the other is delaying the second phase of the US-brokered peace plan in Gaza. He accused Israel of violating the ceasefire and jeopardising the United States-brokered peace plan. He called on mediators – US President Donald Trump in particular – “to work on obliging Israel to respect the ceasefire and commit to it”. AdvertisementPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday struck a defiant tone over the killing of Saad, accusing Hamas of violating the principles of the Trump peace plan. We decide what needs to be done to ensure the security of Israel and the security of Israeli soldiers.”

In PicturesSpurring conflict: Venezuela and the US thirst for foreign oilUS seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker has only added to accusations that Americans have long used their military to protect their oil interests abroad.

Ukraine has said it's willing to give up its aspirations to join NATO in return for security guarantees, as part of a peace deal to end the almost four-year war with Russia. Zelenskyy said on Sunday that the offer to drop NATO membership in return for security guarantees was a compromise, amid resistance among some of its Western allies to its NATO bid. "From the very beginning, Ukraine's conditions – or perhaps more accurately, our ambition – was NATO membership. Some partners from the United States and Europe did not support this direction," he said in answer to questions from reporters in a WhatsApp chat on Sunday. Despite Ukraine publicly abandoning its NATO bid, the chance of it joining the alliance was vanishingly thin.

Please turn on JavaScript to use this featurePlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRishi Sunak to face questions on economic impact of the Covid pandemicThe pandemic caused a severe recession, with a huge drop in GDP during the first national lockdown in 2020. As part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, known as furlough, the government subsidised the wages of employees hit by the pandemic as sectors – such as hospitality, nightclubs and the travel industry – closed down to prevent the virus from spreading. This massive level of state intervention covered about 11.7 million jobs between March 2020 and September 2021, at a cost of roughly £70bn. The Covid inquiry has previously heard that furlough is estimated to have directly preserved four million jobs across the UK workforce. The Treasury has estimated that total spending by the government across all its support measures amounted to £373bn.

Nancy Pelosi, the outgoing congresswoman and former House speaker, has conceded that she may not see a woman be elected US president in her lifetime. It’s a marble ceiling,” Pelosi told the publication while discussing the defeats her party colleagues Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris respectively endured against Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections – as well as institutional resistance she met during her own rise on Capitol Hill. “I think it’s … maybe not in my lifetime,” Pelosi, who turns 86 in March, said to the outlet. But she made it a point to predict “within this next generation, there’ll be a woman” serving as US president. “I’m saddened by it because I love him and I respect him,” Pelosi told USA Today of her estrangement from Biden.

It’s the night of the 2025 Game Awards, a major industry event where the best games of the year are crowned and major publishers reveal forthcoming projects. “Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money. But how can UVW make it clear that the issues industry workers face affect players, too? The Game Awards is a major night, one that can help prop up smaller independent studios and highlight incredible voice actors. “Have a good time today, and tomorrow, let’s wake up and start organising for better workers’ rights and a better games industry,” Uduwana says.

Just one hour of heavy rain left houses and shops flooded in old city; more heavy rain predicted for Tuesday. At least 37 have been killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rains in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal province of Safi, according to authorities. AdvertisementAs teams searched for other possible casualties, the weather service forecast more heavy rain on Tuesday across the country. Morocco is experiencing heavy rain and snowfall in the Atlas Mountains, following seven years of drought that emptied some of its main reservoirs. In 2014 and 2015, torrential rains also caused widespread flooding in Morocco.

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Oxfam GB’s chief executive has been forced out by the charity’s trustees after an investigation into her leadership found “serious issues”, according to reports. The review highlighted “serious issues in the CEO’s leadership behaviour and her decision-making, including breaches of organisational processes and values and inappropriate interference into safeguarding and integrity investigations”, Oxfam told the Times. The Times reported that staff had urged the board to investigate Begum. The Times reported that Begum was understood to have denied the allegations against her. In 2022, complaints of serious misconduct by a senior Oxfam official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were upheld by an external investigation.

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Here is a list of some of the 15 people killed in the Bondi Beach incident, based on reports. Australia is mourning the victims of Sydney’s Bondi Beach attack. What do we know about the Bondi Beach shooting victims? In local media reports, she has been described as a “bright, joyful, and spirited child who brought light to those around her”. What do we know about the Bondi Beach attack suspects?

NewsFeed Chile elects far-right Jose Antonio Kast as next presidentFar-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast has won a run-off election to become Chile’s 38th president, ousting the centre-left government currently in power. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman has been with supporters celebrating in the capital Santiago.

The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly known as AFCON, will be held in Morocco this year and kicks off in the capital, Rabat, on Sunday. Host nation Morocco take on Comoros in the opening match of the four week tournament. The final will be held on January 18 at the 69,500-capacity Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. The 24 participating teams have been drawn into six groups, with 68 matches in total. In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, teams will play 30 minutes of extra time and, if required, a penalty shootout.

“Extremely unlikely” Russia and Ukraine will reach ceasefireQuotable “Extremely unlikely” Russia and Ukraine will reach ceasefire“We’re going to remain in the context of ongoing war.”Read moreNathalie Tocci, Director at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, explains why she is not hopeful about Russia and Ukraine reaching a ceasefire anytime soon.

Stockholm, Sweden - It's a sunny summer morning in the historic university city of Uppsala in central Sweden. Two teenage boys glide past a plaza filled with cafes and toward the sleek glass facade of the newly renovated railway station on electric scooters, their dark tracksuits hanging loosely on their slight frames. 'You couldn't handle a revolver'When the teenage boys arrived at their destination in July 2023, they were met by another teenager, 15-year-old Kaleb*, and an adult, Axel*. The Sundsvall case led to 11 convictions, including Jesper and Kaleb for planning to carry out a murder and weapon offences. Yet it embodied the complexity of children’s involvement in Sweden’s gangs, where experts say they are both victims and perpetrators, groomed and exploited by increasingly sophisticated criminal networks.

Jailed former president accused of a plot to provoke military aggression from North to help consolidate his rule. Prosecutors have indicted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection, accusing him of seeking to provoke military aggression from North Korea to help consolidate his power. “To create justification for declaring martial law, they tried to lure North Korea into mounting an armed aggression, but failed as North Korea did not respond militarily,” Cho said. Yoon plunged South Korea into a crisis when he declared martial law in December 2024, prompting protesters and lawmakers to swarm parliament to force a vote against the measure. ‘Antistate forces’Cho said the provocations did not draw the expected reaction from North Korea, most likely because Pyongyang was tied up in supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine.

How gangs are recruiting children to kill in SwedenNewsFeed How gangs are recruiting children to kill in SwedenChildren are being recruited by gangs in Sweden to carry out murders, move weapons, and set off grenades. Al Jazeera’s Nils Adler looks at what’s going on, as the government tries to tackle the escalating crisis.

NewsFeed Police remove keffiyeh-wearing Jewish woman from Bondi memorial siteAustralian police removed Jewish activist Michelle Berkon from the Bondi Beach memorial site after she wore a keffiyeh while mourning victims of the mass shooting. Berkon says the tragedy was politicised, with Israeli flags turning a space for grief into a political statement.

A woman who fled rape and torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 years ago and was denied British citizenship because she entered the UK illegally has won her case after a government U-turn. Ministers’ reasoning is that refugees who arrive in the UK illegally do not meet the “good character” requirements for British citizenship. She applied on 13 February this year after she had paid the British citizenship application fee of about £1,600. On 8 December, the woman received an invitation from the Home Office to attend a British citizenship ceremony. “I went through a lot in my country and I was astonished and distressed when Home Office refused my British citizenship application.

The UK government and international rights groups have condemned the conviction of former pro-democracy newspaper owner and British citizen Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on national security charges. Yvette Cooper, the British foreign secretary, said: “The UK condemns the politically motivated prosecution of Jimmy Lai that has resulted in today’s guilty verdict. Photograph: Jill Mead/The GuardianLai is the founder of Apple Daily, a hugely popular pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong that was forced to close in 2021. “This verdict shows that Hong Kong’s so-called national security laws are not in place to protect people, but to silence them. Thibaut Bruttin, the director of Reporters Without Borders, said: “We are outraged that Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s symbol of press freedom, has been found guilty on trumped-up national security charges.

It may seem like Arab states want to forcibly keep in Gaza Palestinians desperate to evacuate to safety. Yet, Israel refuses to grant it; it made clear in its December 3 announcement that the Rafah crossing would be open only one way – for Palestinians to leave. AdvertisementIn 1967, when Israel occupied Gaza, it forbade Palestinians who were studying or working abroad from returning to their homes. In the past two years alone, Israel has seized approximately 55,000 dunams of Palestinian land, displacing more than 2,800 Palestinians. Rafah should also be open to those who simply need rest after years of trauma – to step outside Gaza briefly and return with dignity.

Resident doctors in England will strike as planned this week after they voted to reject the government’s latest offer to end the long-running pay and jobs dispute. Resident – formerly junior – doctors will strike for five days starting on Wednesday after refusing to accept the deal in a survey by their union, the British Medical Association. They voted against the deal, which the health secretary, Wes Streeting, proposed last week. Resident doctors have been voting over the last few days, while ministers and BMA leaders traded increasingly bitter accusations publicly about the dispute. However, Dr Jack Fletcher, the chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee, hit back.

A UK-based mother whose five-year old daughter was abducted and taken to Jamaica is appealing for help to locate the missing child. “At first I thought that trains were delayed, but eventually it became clear that Athena was not bringing back Tau,” Rodriguez said. The abduction triggered a cross-border collaboration between courts and institutions in the UK and Jamaica. As signatories of the Hague convention for child abduction, the UK and Jamaica are both obliged to take steps to facilitate Tau’s prompt return to the UK. The end result has been ten months without any institution in Jamaica definitively addressing whether my missing daughter is safe,” Rodriguez said.

13.25 CET 'Person of interest' detained over Brown University shooting is to be released, officials sayThe hunt for a gunman who killed two people and injured nine others at Brown University continued on Monday after authorities released their sole person of interest on Sunday. The person in their 20s was released after the investigation ended up going in a “different direction”, according to the mayor of Providence, Brett Smiley. Students stand in front of the Van Wickle Gates after placing flowers following the shooting at Brown University. A gunman – dressed in black – opened fire at the Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams at one of America’s most prestigious colleges on Saturday. Brown University said in a statement that local police “have advised they do not believe there is any immediate threat to Brown or the local community.”The identities of the two people killed have not yet been released, but the university has confirmed they were both students.

There are only a handful of video game makers who have had as profound an effect on the industry as Dan Houser. It seemed to Houser that it would be easier to come at the industry with IP that had already been generated. Photograph: Rockstar GamesIt was clear from the start it wouldn’t just be a video games studio. I know what it’s like to work in a games company obviously. The company is planning a series of animated TV shows and/or movies for the concept, but also another open world game, which Houser has described as, “a living sitcom”.

Demonstrations have run for fifth day in support of judges and prosecutors who denounced systemic abuse in an explosive documentary film. Mass protests have filled the streets of several Romanian cities for a fifth day in a row against alleged judicial corruption. Roughly 10,000 people marched in Bucharest on Sunday evening, chanting “Justice not corruption” and “Independence not obedience”, according to the Reuters news agency. The southeastern European state’s judicial system was kept under special monitoring by Brussels even after it had met the requirements to join the European Union in 2007. Romania, which ranks poorly in Transparency International’s corruption perception index, included corruption among the main vulnerabilities in its new defence strategy adopted by parliament in November.

NewsFeed Video: Thousands in Brazil protest Bolsonaro ‘amnesty’ billThousands of people joined demonstrations across Brazil to protest against a bill that would reduce the prison sentence of former President, Jair Bolsonaro. He was jailed for plotting a failed coup after losing the elections in 2022.

What we know about the “Bondi hero” at Australia beach shootingNewsFeed What we know about the “Bondi hero” at Australia beach shootingA Muslim man is being hailed as a hero after tackling a gunman and stopping a deadly attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. Here’s what we know about the man being dubbed the “Bondi hero.”

Who is Jimmy Lai, the media mogul convicted in Hong Kong? NewsFeed Who is Jimmy Lai, the media mogul convicted in Hong Kong? Hong Kong’s High Court has convicted media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai of sedition and colluding with foreign forces. The 78-year-old critic of Beijing now faces the possibility of life in prison under Hong Kong’s national security law.

Thailand for the first time targets Siem Reap province, home to Cambodia’s tourist hub Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh says. Thai bombing raids have struck near shelters for displaced people and Cambodia’s key tourist hub, Phnom Penh warns. Cambodia said on Monday as renewed fighting between the neighbours enters its second week that Thai air attacks are reaching deeper into its territory. The incident wounded two Thai soldiers and derailed a ceasefire pushed by United States President Donald Trump that ended five days of combat in July. Thai officials also said they were trying to cut off the supply of fuel and weapons to Cambodia but denied reports that a full-scale naval blockade would be mounted, AP reported.

What we know about the Bondi Beach Hannukah shootingNewsFeed What we know about the Bondi Beach Hannukah shootingAustralia’s spy agency has revealed that one of the men who carried out the country’s worst massacre in three decades was investigated for links to ISIL. Police say Naveed Akram and his father Sajid targeted Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah at the country’s most famous beach.

The Singapore resort is also where a group of federal employees from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were sent for a work trip in the final hours of the government shutdown. The travel was approved when the agency was operating with reduced staffing and limited resources in part due to the shutdown. Kent Nishimura | ReutersThe FDA attendees at the Singapore conference ranged from deputy directors to a program coordinator, records show. Their travel was approved about one week before the end of the government shutdown — the longest in U.S. history, at 43 days. FDA staffers contributed to all three of these guidelines, according to conference documents.

View image in fullscreen Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) with the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on Monday. View image in fullscreen The picture released by Merz’s team shows him sitting beside Zelenskyy, across the table from Witkoff and Kushner. View image in fullscreen President Zelenskyy departs the chancellery after talks with the US envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. European leaders stressed that the outcome of the talks on Ukraine would affect their own countries’ security for decades to come. View image in fullscreen Friedrich Merz receives President Zelenskyy at the chancellery in Berlin.

The private equity owners of the AA, Britain’s biggest roadside recovery business, are looking for a potential £5bn sale or stock market flotation, while the owners of the rival RAC are targeting a London listing with a similar valuation. The business is valued at £5bn and is thought to have sparked interest from private equity companies and strategic buyers. The owners are also considering floating the AA on the London stock market – a decade on from its flotation by previous private equity owners. Separately, the owners of the RAC are working on a stock market listing with a £5bn valuation. A sale is also an option, although a stock market flotation is thought more likely.

At sunset, the guardians gather on a nearby hill to watch over the sleeping village, guarding against settler attacks. Al-Mufaqara, occupied West Bank – In al-Mufaqara, a village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, the night feels different. “The night is ours, as long as we guard it.”A village facing it aloneAl-Mufaqara is home to about 23 families comprising 220 people, including 50 children. “When we complained to the police, they said: ‘It’s a closed military zone.’”Al-Amour cooks for the guards every night. Between moonrise and sunrise, the mountain’s guardians have done their duty, awake through the night to protect a village that wants to stay on its land.

Ridge had recently moved from Australia and wanted to expand WD-40 around the world, he said. And I pretty soon learned [in school] that my job was not to command and control." So what changed in my mind was I couldn't do this alone," said Ridge, now a Poway, California-based leadership coach for other CEOs. To build his capacity for so-called "servant leadership," Ridge tried to constantly remind himself to challenge his own thinking and put other people first, he said. "Managers that master the balance of emotional intelligence and not being so rigid — that's a good boss," said Vyas.

Costco is the other Club stock I named as a concern. The Club stock rose roughly 2.5%. Evercore ISI started coverage of Club stock GE Vernova with a buy and a $860 price target. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

The chances of the European trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are “dire”, an industry body has warned, as it emerged that only a tiny amount of lorries delivering goods in the EU are electric. “The situation is, in a way, dire,” said Christian Levin, the chair of the commercial vehicles board of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) said. “If the trajectory of uptake continues as is … the industry would pay about €2bn in yearly fines,” Levin said. Rådström said there were only 1,500 public charging points for HGVs across Europe but there needed to be 35,000 to enable the transition to electric, or about 500 installed a month. Last year it emerged there was only one public electric charging point for HGVs in the UK.

A 47-year-old man has admitted harassing Christians by dumping animal carcasses outside churches in and around an English forest. Benjamin Lewis admitted seven offences relating to incidents in which dead deer and lambs were left at churches in the New Forest in Hampshire earlier this year. The court heard Lewis intended to “cause hostility” with Christians or people he perceived to be Christians. At the time, Hampshire police confirmed a dead lamb was also found at St Peter’s church on 14 April. But there have been incidents involving carcasses being left at churches and other spots for several years.

A former Royal Marine was a “man in a rage” as he mowed down dozens of Liverpool football club fans at a victory parade in what many feared was a terrorist attack, a court has heard. Paul Greaney KC, prosecuting, warned those in Liverpool crown court on Monday that the footage from Doyle’s two-tonne Ford Galaxy was “truly shocking”. Greaney said Doyle was a “man in a rage whose anger had completely taken hold of him” as he ploughed further into the crowd, accelerating as people collided with his car. Doyle, from Croxteth in Liverpool, held his head in his hands and sobbed in the dock as the video was played. Scenes of jubilation turned to “horror”, the prosecutor said, as Doyle drove into oncoming fans as he attempted to pick up a friend who had been at the parade.

Nearly three years of war have displaced 14 million people and pushed 21 million into acute hunger. Most of the displaced have sought refuge in South Darfur (1.84 million), North Darfur (1.75 million) and Central Darfur (978,000). Most have sought refuge in Egypt (1.5 million), South Sudan (1.25 million) and Chad (1.2 million). El-Fasher in North Darfur and the besieged town of Kadugli in South Kordofan have been classified as being in famine. The RSF took the city of el-Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur, in October after an 18-month campaign of siege and starvation.

The 38-year-old Argentina superstar concluded his multi-day tour of the cricket-crazy nation in the capital, New Delhi. Football superstar Lionel Messi ended his whirlwind tour of India on Monday with a lap of honour in New Delhi, thrilling thousands of fans and thanking them for “all the love and support”. Former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia took the stage with Messi, who signed Argentine jerseys for the Indian star and his family. AdvertisementHeavy security left fans struggling to catch a glimpse of him. Messi had also visited the cities of Hyderabad and Mumbai, where he met cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and Indian football star Sunil Chhetri.

Australian athlete becomes first female winner of Antarctic Ice MarathonNewsFeed Australian athlete becomes first female winner of Antarctic Ice MarathonAustralian athlete Catherine Drysdale has won the Antarctic Ice Marathon, becoming the first woman to take the title in the race’s 20-year history. She completed the 42.4-kilometre race in freezing temperatures and strong winds near the South Pole.

Berlin prosecutors say they have charged a member of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party with making a Nazi salute in parliament. The suspect allegedly “greeted a party colleague … at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute” in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday. Making such a salute is illegal in Germany and is punishable by up to three years in prison. The newspaper Bild named the politician as Matthias Moosdorf, 60, a member of parliament for Zwickau in the former East German state of Saxony. Moosdorf has been a member of the AfD since 2016 and was until recently a foreign policy spokesperson for the party’s parliamentary group.

Two students who died in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University were being remembered Monday – as a manhunt for their killer continued following the release by authorities in Rhode Island of the sole person of interest detained in the case. Thinking of her family and friends, especially her parents.”Ella Cook Photograph: GoFundMeThe other person killed was MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his first year of studies at the Ivy League university, family members said. “He always lent a helping hand to anyone in need without hesitation, and was the most kind-hearted person our family knew. Our family is incredibly devastated by this loss,” Umurzokov’s sister said in a statement accompanying the GoFundMe appeal. The Gun Violence Archive, a non-partisan resource, defines mass shootings as ones in which four or more victims are wounded or killed.

Who stopped the Bondi attack? Compare & Contrast Who stopped the Bondi attack? We compare and contrast Netanyahu calling the Bondi shooter’s disarmer Jewish vs. his cousin saying he’s Syrian Muslim.

The protest is said to be the largest coordinated hunger strike in UK prisons since 1981 when Irish Republican inmates led by Bobby Sands refused food. The demands of the pro-Palestine hunger strikers include immediate bail, the right to a fair trial and the de-proscription of Palestine Action. ‘Crisis point for activists’Qesser Zuhrah, 20, and Amu Gib were the first to go on hunger strike 44 days ago. “Reports that Palestine Action activists on hunger strike have been hospitalised due to seriously deteriorating health send chills down the spine,” Amnesty International UK said. “It made me feel more sick, knowing that the people who are in a position to help end this hunger strike are not engaging.”