Israel signals bigger push into Lebanon, anti-corruption raid on parliament, Britain leaves last African colony

Crime pledge | TheLNP leader, David Crisafulli, would step down after one term as premier if he could not meet an ambitious crime target within four years, he said during the first of three televised debates with Labor’s Steven Miles in the lead-up to the Queensland election.

Exclusive | Officers from the National Anti-Corruption Commission have conducted a raid at Parliament House as part of an ongoing operation that does not involve any current or former member of parliament.

‘Undemocratic’ NSW | Protest organisers in NSW would be much less likely to end up fighting police in court for permission to hold rallies if the state had a charter of human rights instead of its “undemocratic” approvals system, a legal expert says.

Voice recognition | An Indigenous voice is “an idea whose time will come” because without a consultation body governments will struggle to create effective policies, the Uluru statement from the heart architect Megan Davis has argued.

Accused’s ‘lies’ | A high-profile Sydney man lied to the police with a guilty conscience after he allegedly threatened to distribute an intimate video of a woman, a prosecutor has alleged.

Israeli order | Joe Biden has said his administration has been “discussing” possible Israeli plans to attack Iran’s oil industry in retaliation for the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Tuesday. We assess the risks for the Israelis if they decide to retaliate against Iran. Israel has ordered the evacuationof the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh in a sign that it may widen a ground operation launched this week against Hezbollah. Lebanese medics are fearing for their lives after more than 50 have been killed in Israeli bombings. And a 21-year-old Yazidi woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq more than a decade ago has been freed from Gaza in an operation led by the US.

‘No compromise’ | Melania Trump doubled down in her first public response to news of her passionate support for abortion rights. But it’s not clear whether she is trying to help or hurt her husband. She also claims in a new memoir that she had forced Trump to drop his hardline immigration policy while in office.

Breakthrough bill | A bill to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales will come before parliament this month, giving MPs their first chance to vote on the controversial and divisive issue for almost a decade.

‘Flesh-eating’ injection | A GP worried about his inheritance disguised himself as a nurse and injected deadly flesh-eating poison into his victim, who thought he was getting a home-visit Covid booster, a British court has heard.

The last colony | The UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony.

T20 World Cup | Australia’s captain, Alyssa Healy, is expecting opposition sides to come at them “really hard” when they begin their defence of the trophy in UAE.

Europa League | Manchester United face a stiff test away to Porto this morning, while Tottenham have beaten the Hungarian side Ferencvaros 2-1.

Football | Fifa will investigate possible “discrimination” by Israeli football authorities after claims by the Palestinian FA.

Religion | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church, will arrive on a visit to Australia.

Crime | The accused in a fatal 2023 shooting in Greenacre are to be arraigned.

Sydney | There will be an inquiry into the convictions of the Croatian Six.

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