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Talks expected to focus on defence and trade amid UK reservations over negotiations on freedom of movementChancellor Rachel Reeves defended the decision to restrict winter fuel payments despite rising energy bills.The PA news agency reports that Reeves told broadcasters in Scotland:When I became chancellor of the exchequer, I inherited a £22bn black hole in the public finances.Taking no action wasn’t an option, because that would have made it difficult for the government to finance its needs, and we would have ended him up in the same position that the previous Conservative government ended up in, with mortgage rates and interest

‘You can suffer mental illness, but you can still be involved in a terrorist act’, deputy commissioner Cheryl Scanlon saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police considers the Wieambilla shootings an act of terrorism, and there is an open terrorism file on the attack, the deputy commissioner, Cheryl Scanlon, told an inquest into the killings on Wednesday.Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey Train ambushed and killed constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold and civilian Alan Dare at their remote property 300 kilometres west of Brisbane on 12 December 2022.

The charges against Pavel Durov increases pressure on Brussels to enforce new European law on the platformThe surprise arrest of the Russian-born co-founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, after he stepped off his private jet in Paris last Saturday night, has brought the one-time fringe social network under the glare of the spotlight like never before.Durov’s arrest – after an investigation by the Paris prosecutor into organised crime, child sex abuse images, fraud and money laundering on the platform – also raises the stakes for the European Union, which has adopted the world’s most ambitious laws to police the internet, notably

Israeli military says it is carrying out anti-terrorism operation, as Red Crescent official reports six killed in and around city of Jenin, and four more killed in refugee camp near the town of Tubas See all our Middle East crisis coverageIsraeli foreign minister Israel Katz says the IDF “has been operating with full force since last night in the Jenin and Tulkarm refugee camps to dismantle Iranian-Islamic terror infrastructures established there”. He added:We must address this threat with the same determination used against terror infrastructures in Gaza, including temporary evacuation of Palestinian residents and any necessary measures. This is a