That’s the end of our live blog coverage for Sunday, December 1.

Many thanks for following along.

Here’s a recap of the main events:

Elon Musk has an agenda: Albanese Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Elon Musk is entitled to his opinion on the government’s social media ban for those under 16, but it is an opinion informed by his ownership of X.

Hate speech disqualified former Israeli minister from getting a visa: Burke Comments from former Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked disqualified her from getting a visa to undertake a speaking tour in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said.

Trump threatens 100pc tariffs on BRICs if they undermine the US dollar Donald Trump threatened 100 per cent tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the US dollar.

Trump picks FBI critic as his nominee to lead it Donald Trump on Saturday said he wanted former National Security official and firebrand loyalist Kash Patel to lead the FBI, signalling an intent to drive out the bureau’s current director, Christopher Wray.

Trudeau returns from Mar-a-Lago with no assurance on tariffs Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home on Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signalled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States.

Russia launches airstrikes as Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo The Syrian army said on Saturday dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack led by Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo, forcing the army to redeploy in the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years.