That’s a wrap – thank you for reading the Need to Know blog. We will be back tomorrow with more live news coverage, so please join us then. These were some of the main stories we covered today:

• NYC mayor confirms four victims killed in Manhattan shooting: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has confirmed that four people have been killed, including a police officer and three innocent civilians, after a shooter stormed a Manhattan office tower that houses Blackstone, KPMG and the NFL headquarters, among other firms.
• Israeli denials of Gaza starvation ‘beyond comprehension’, Albanese says: Anthony Albanese said claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli embassy in Australia that people were not starving in Gaza were “beyond comprehension”.

• Minns urges pro-Palestine marchers to find alternative route: NSW Premier Chris Minns says he wouldn’t support the proposed pro-Palestine march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, originally planned for this Sunday, under “any circumstances” after organisers offered to delay it by a week.

• Coalition won’t oppose HECS cuts, Ley says: Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said the Coalition would not oppose the government’s proposed bill to cut 20 per cent off student debts.

• Trump flags new tariff of 15 or 20pc on rest of world: Australian exporters may face tariffs of 15 to 20 per cent at the United States border, with the Albanese government yet to strike a deal and US President Donald Trump flagging a new, higher baseline.