Extremism
‘Something big will happen in Germany’: Christmas market attack suspect’s online boasts
The suspected attacker’s many posts on social media site X reveal him as a critic of Islam who railed against Muslim immigration into Europe.
- by Rob Harris
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Tragedy
Car ploughs into ‘fairytale’ Christmas market killing at least five, injuring scores
The driver was arrested shortly after he had barrelled into a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany, when the town centre was teeming with holiday shoppers.
- by Rob Harris
Eight convicted over the beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty
Paty was killed by an Islamic extremist in 2020, after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a mandated lesson on freedom of expression.
- by Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin
Police looking into ‘manifesto’ by 15-year-old girl Wisconsin shooter
The shooter, identified by police as Natalie Rupnow, was a student at the Abundant Life Christian School.
- by Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax
Five Eyes nations sound unprecedented alarm on ‘shocking’ teenage terror threat
Australian children as young as 12 are at risk of becoming terrorists, demanding a “whole-of-society” response to online radicalisation, authorities say.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel and Palestine lobby groups help no one by inviting divisive speakers to Australia
The federal government has every right to push back against event organisers who bring people with objectionable views to this country.
- by Rodger Shanahan
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Brazil
Brazil’s top court evacuated after explosions ahead of G20
One man is dead and police have blocked all access to the area where the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace are located.
- by Anthony Boadle and Andre Romani
White supremacist accused of Ku Klux Klan stunt while awaiting jail term for Nazi salute
Jacob Hersant and members of the National Socialist Network allegedly intimidated young women on Halloween despite awaiting sentence for performing the Nazi salute.
- by Erin Pearson
Russia ‘plotting to plant explosives’ on passenger jets to the US
Incendiary devices found being shipped across Europe could be a test for a covert Russian operation to start fires on planes flying to the United States.
- by Joe Barnes and Jorg Luyken
Turkish jets strike in retaliation to ‘terrorist’ attack at defence company that killed five
The strike comes after suspected Kurdish militants set off explosives and opened fire at Turkey’s state-run aerospace and defence company TUSAS.
- by Suzan Fraser
Threat of violence in the name of ‘saving America’ worries Georgia election official
He was the Republican who went viral for debunking Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and warning someone would get killed. He was right.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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