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IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemyIsraeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: […]

Exclusive: Rallies, organised by anti-lockdown protester Monica Smit and others, are set to go ahead in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane at the end of NovemberGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal Jacinta Nampijinpa Price backed out as the headlining speaker at an upcoming anti-immigration protest spanning several of Australia’s cities that was inspired by rightwing protests in the UK in September.The Northern Territory senator announced shortly […]

Greg Piper says one of his staffers told him about the protest and his request to move it away from the building was rejectedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales speaker says he knew about Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally outside parliament the day before it took place, but was told his request to relocate the protest from the front of the building was not […]

‘It is time to leave shit behind,’ Parton says after weeks of turmoil in the territory’s oppositionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former commercial radio host and race-caller has been elected the new leader of the ACT Liberal opposition after a dramatic day in territory politics.Mark Parton was elevated to the role at a party-room meeting on Monday after former leader Leanne Castley and deputy […]

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Powerful storm set off floods and landslides, killing at least two and displacing 1.4 million .Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article