Good afternoon. Iranian missileshave struck the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that theconflict between the two regional enemiescould lead to a broader Middle East war.
Israel’s emergency services said on Monday that four people were pronounced dead after strikes at four sites in central Israel, with 87 injured. The dead were two women and two men, all approximately 70 years old, authorities said. The death toll from Israeli strikes in Iran stands at least 224, with 90% of the casualties reported to be civilians, an Iranian health ministry spokesperson said.
Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, blowing out windows and heavily damaging multiple apartments.Follow updates here.
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From the return of the “Trump baby” to beach races, protests and Brad Pitt, the Guardian’s picture editors select the weekend’sbest photographs from around the world.
“It would not be a great look if I won, so figure out your favourite lady, and get right behind her.” – Hamish Blake
The hostof Lego Masters Australia was announced this morning asone of seven nominees for the 65th Gold Logiefor most popular TV personality – but told reporters that as the only male nominee, he actually didn’t want to win. Blake, a two-time winner of the award, said he hopes it ends up with one of theother “far more worthy” nominees, such as Lisa Millar, Poh Ling Yeow, Ally Langdon, Sonia Kruger and Home and Away legend Lynne McGranger.
About 597 First Nations people have died in custody since the 1991 royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody. This year alone, 12 Indigenous people have died – 31% of total custodial deaths.As Thalia Anthony and Eddie Cubillo write, the recent deaths in custody of two Indigenous men in the Northern Territory have provoked a deeply confronting question – will it ever end?
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