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A gunman has been arrested after he killed one person and wounded five others, three critically, in a shooting in Paris.
Authorities say the 39-year-old suspect opened fire from a car, first in Trappes to the south-west of Paris, and then in nearby La Verrière.
The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s office says he was arrested by police around 20 minutes after he first started firing.
While an investigation into what motivated the gunman is still underway, President Emmanuel Macron has described it as a racist terrorist attack and says it marks a turning point in French history.
"We have five victims, including a 12-year-old girl who is fighting for her life in the hospital as we speak. These people were targeted—because of their skin colour or their supposed religion, and for no other reason. That is what happened today."
Some 70,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed across France this weekend during another planned protest.
The Louvre and several other major Paris museums will also be closed, with authorities citing the need to prevent renewed violence.
Protests last week devolved into mayhem, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police.
The demonstrations are part of a movement fuelled by broader anger over the rising cost of living, after being initially sparked by high school students protests over learning conditions.
The Israeli military has begun demolishing Palestinian buildings in the city of Hebron, after two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack by two Palestinian gunmen.
The shootings have taken place amid escalating attacks by Israeli settlers and a broader rise in violence in the territory since the 2023 Hamas-led attacks that plunged the region into war.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military will destroy the neighbourhood where the two attackers came from, a vow just days before an election where security has been a major issue.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric says Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply concerned that residents are being displaced.
"Those closures severely restrict Palestinians' freedom of movement, access to basic services and livelihoods. He's also concerned by the reports of home demolitions and possible displacements of Palestinian residents in Hebron.”
There are growing calls for the government to amend its migration system to support women on temporary visas experiencing domestic and family violence.
Experts say there are gaps in Australia's laws that aim to protect migrant women from violence, with a coalition of more than 30 service providers and advocates now calling for an additional family violence visa for temporary visa holders.
Ann Emmanuel from the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre has told SBS Chinese the loopholes allow perpetrators to weaponise a victim's visa status.
"If someone does not have an application already on foot for a permanent visa, they cannot then make an application based on the family violence provisions... We have victim-survivors who are making decisions between staying or facing uncertainty, homelessness and in some cases, separation from children."
A world-first Australian-led trial has made important findings in the treatment of skin cancer.
According to data released by drugmakers Moderna and Merck, a vaccine known as intismeran has cut the risk of dying from melanoma or having it return by 42 per cent when combined with Merck's Keytruda immunotherapy in a stage 3 trial.
Intismeran is made with the same Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology that was behind COVID-19 vaccines - and was custom-brewed for each patient to match their tumour.
The research was led by former co-Australian of the Year and pioneering cancer scientist Professor Georgina Long, who is the medical director at the Melanoma Institute Australia.
Finland's Defence Minister has met with his Australian counterpart in Melbourne, signing a joint statement to strengthen ties.
Antti Häkkänen and Richard Marles say they have a shared commitment to train and support Ukraine's defence forces against Russia's invasion.
And they say they have discussed shared concerns about the deteriorating international security environment.
Distance running great Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended over a positive test for a banned blood booster taken before her victory in the recent Sydney Marathon.
The Athletics Integrity Unit says the 33-year-old Olympic and world marathon champion gave an out-of-competition sample back in Kenya that returned an adverse finding for the banned substance EPO.
Jepchirchir has said in a statement she feels terrible about what has happened, and thinks it's right that any athlete who uses performance enhancing drugs should be disqualified.
