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Lawyers, warrants, sermons: How churches became the final frontier in Trump’s deportation plan

President Donald Trump’s threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has US religious institutions on high alert.

  • Liz Gooch

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Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik.

Radicaliser? Undercover agent? Aftab Malik is used to dodging accusations

Australia’s new special envoy to combat Islamophobia didn’t want the job but is now working to make it more than tokenistic.

  • Patrick Begley
An image of Pope Francis is seen among candles in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, on Sunday.

Pope Francis resting after early stages of kidney failure detected

Doctors have said the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition is touch and go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease.

  • Nicole Winfield
Brad Battin says he will support the government’s legislation, with one key change.

The four words blocking the government’s hate speech laws

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin has offered Premier Jacinta Allan bipartisan support for proposed hate laws currently before parliament if she agrees to remove four words from the legislation.

  • Chip Le Grand
Cairo Takeaway in Enmore Road, Newtown, the scene of the Daily Telegraph’s attempted stunt.

When a sting goes sour: Footage reveals Telegraph reporter was at centre of row

A covert recording has shed more light on how a botched undercover operation at Cairo Takeaway played out.

  • Carrie Fellner
Paul Levey was one of Ridsdale’s victims.

‘I hope he rots in hell’: Paul’s relief over death of notorious paedophile priest

The 90-year-old disgraced Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale had been in prison since 1994 for sexually abusing more than 70 children.

  • Melissa Cunningham and Cameron Houston
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Chief Rabbi Benjamin Elton from the Great Synagogue in Sydney.

Hate speech laws rammed through NSW parliament within hours

New hate speech laws were introduced into parliament on Tuesday. Faith groups involved in the consultation have warned the bill could erode social cohesion.

  • Max Maddison
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Israeli influencer confident police have enough evidence to investigate antisemitic video

Max Veifer, who posted the video of two Sydney nurses threatening to kill and refusing to treat Israeli patients, is working with detectives to finalise his statement.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
A sapling.

Our lives and those of our trees are forever joined

So revered are trees in Judaism that there is a day set aside for their collective birthday.

  • Sidra Kranz Moshinsky
Former Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg said tackling antisemitism was a national responsibility.

Josh Frydenberg launches foundation to tackle antisemitism

The former treasurer’s organisation will focus on the targeting of Jewish Australians online and on university campuses.

  • Matthew Knott

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