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• PM hails trip to China as ‘very successful visit’: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed his trip to China as a “very successful visit”, as he addressed media from the city of Chengdu in the country’s southwest, citing his constructive meetings with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and Chairman Zhao Leji.
• CBA exec found dead days after being granted bail: A former Commonwealth Bank executive accused of grooming underage girls for sex has been found dead, days after appearing in court.
• Junior Air India pilot asked captain why he turned off fuel switches: A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates that it was the younger co-pilot who asked his more experienced colleague why he had turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, according to people familiar with the matter.
• Ley says results from PM’s China trip ‘not good enough’: Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has accused Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles of making excuses for China, and said the results of Albanese’s China trip are “not good enough”.
• Israel strikes Damascus, sending warning to government: Israel launched deadly airstrikes on Syria’s capital Wednesday (Thursday AEST), damaging a compound housing the Defence Ministry and hitting an area near the presidential palace, according to the Israeli military and Syrian authorities.