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The prime minister will rally his partyroom as women outnumber men. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“We do need to reflect a modern Liberal Party,” Ley says.

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Georgetown professor called to testify says Republican-led proceedings ‘an attempt to chill protected speech’A congressional panel investigating antisemitism on US college campuses on Wednesday was accused of trying to chill constitutionally protected free speech and

Increasingly desperate Palestinians struggle for food as gangs exploit breakdown of law and orderMedical officials in Gaza report rising cases of acute malnutrition, and community kitchens that served 1m meals a day are shutting down