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Palestinian officials say the Israeli military has forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a day after two Israeli soldiers were killed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to their deaths with a pledge to carry out demolitions, and says troops will go house to house in the neighbourhood where the two suspected gunmen came from and search for militants and weapons.
The Palestinian Authority is calling for international pressure on Israel to protect residents, who say soldiers announced the evacuations over loudspeakers late at night, as they packed what they could and left.
Ramadan Hashlamon has described the hours before he and his family left their house.
"There was an (shooting) operation in the morning and the army closed off the area, declared it a closed military zone, we stayed at home until 3:30am and the army stayed there and kept going into houses and evacuating it and then closed off the area, where no one can enter."
Police have detained a suspect over a fire at the Balvarian Alps retreat built for Adolf Hitler that has almost wiped out the building known as the Eagle's Nest.
Police say the person came to the attention of investigators shortly after the fire in Germany's southeastern corner broke out, and is being held on suspicion of arson.
The local tourism authority says it's not immediately clear whether parts of the building can be saved.
The Kehlsteinhaus was completed in 1938 in a remote location, only reachable by an elevator inside the rock from the end of a road that winds up the mountain, in part through a series of tunnels.
Four people have been injured after a drive-by shooting outside a venue near Brisbane overnight.
Queensland Police say the condition of the group is being assessed after the incident outside a licensed premises in Loganholme on Saturday evening.
Witnesses have told police shots were fired from a passing car which then fled the scene.
The venue was hosting a boxing event.
A man has faced court after being extradited from Poland to Australia over the death of a young tradesman on the New South Wales north coast three years ago.
The 26 year old man is facing a charge of murder after detectives from New South Wales Police's homicide squad travelled to Poland to bring him back.
Investigators will allege 22 year old Darcy Schafter-Turner was attacked in a Sydney apartment before being stuffed into a metal box and dumped in a creek at Macksville on the state's mid north coast.
Police allege the attack was related to a perceived drug debt of $50,000.
Brazilians in Australia are casting their votes for Brazil's next president.
They are among close to 1 million people voting from outside Brazil in the presidential runoff between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The winner will lead Latin America’s largest economy, a country of 214 million people, for the next four years.
Stefan Rayer has told SBS he is doing all he can to encourage Brazilians in Australia to make their vote count.
"I am actually feeling very concerned because our democracy is under risk. I am voting in the embassy. And I am voting because everybody should actually be voting and there is a big like movement - not just here in Australia, all around the world and in Brazil for Brazilian people to vote."
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Attendees at the national dance competition for First Nations Australians have paid tribute to trailblazer Rhoda Roberts who passed away earlier this year.
The producer, director, writer, broadcaster, performer and arts executive was a fierce advocate over many decades for First Nations culture and voices.
Around 300 dancers have gathered at the DanceRites event at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt to showcase their local storytelling and language through dance and song.
Frank Cook, with the Mackay Torres Strait Islander Cultural Group, says it is an honour to share their stories.
"There is a beauty to the island and there is also a mystery - and a scary one too! So this dance here tells a story singing out all the families come together and listen to the frightening waves where Murray Island is situated at the tip of the Great Barrier Reef. You can hear the waves smashing on the reef of the Great Barrier Reef. So this story tells that bringing family together from the frightening waves."
The coach of the Junior Matildas says the squad is regrouping after losing 3-1 to two time champions Spain earlier in the week.
Mike Cooper says the team's attention is focused on their next opponents in the FIFA under-17 Women's World Cup: Mexico.
It is the first time Australia has competed in the tournament.
Cooper says they are more than ready.
"You know we want to go to Mexico and get a result. If we can get a result, we go through to the next phase. And that is huge for us. So everything now is preparing for Mexico."
