Your noon Briefing: Labor Adani divisions widen

Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories and a long read for lunchtime.

Hello readers. Bill Shorten faces more pressure over Adani as ALP rift widens, and GetUp backs down on Tony Abbott ad.

caricatures of Bill Shorten and PM Scott Morrison with people attending a Stop Adani rally on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Labor Adani divisions widen

Bill Shorten faces further pressure over Adani with second ALP candidate declaring Labor would review the coalmine. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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A still from the GetUp ad on Tony Abbott.

GetUp backdown

The activist group has withdrawn a campaign ad depicting Tony Abbott refusing to save a drowning swimmer after widespread condemnation.

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Roberts-Smith leads march

The ACT RSL is defying war crimes claims against Ben Roberts-Smith, asking him to lead its Anzac march.

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SONNING, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip May attend their local church service on Easter Sunday on April 21, 2019 in Sonning, England. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

May’s Huawei OK

British Prime Minister Theresa May has given the go-ahead to the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to help build the UK’s new 5G network, despite warnings of the potential threat to national security, it has been reported.

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ISIS have released an image of the suspected Sri Lanka suicide bombers

The long read: Flag of convenience

The attacks on Easter Day may mark definitively the moment where the divorce between al-Qa’ida, with a calculated ideology and clearly defined “centre”, became easy to distinguish from Isis, an essentially opportunistic and nihilistic movement, albeit one inspired by religion, writes Richard Spencer.