That’s a wrap – thanks for reading the Need to Know blog today. We will have more for you in our next coverage. These were some of the main stories:

• India and Pakistan reach ceasefire deal, then violate it: The US led talks to end the confrontation, but the nuclear-armed rivals accused each other of violating the deal just hours later.
• NSW police make massive drug bust: A cash boat purchase led police to seize $623 million worth of cocaine.
• Jacinta Nampijinpa Price confirms deputy tilt: The senator will be Angus Taylor’s running mate for the Liberal Party leadership.
• Richard Marles an ambitious ‘factional assassin’: Ousted Labor frontbencher Ed Husic has attacked the deputy prime minister and says he was dumped in part because he spoke out on the war in Gaza.