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- A polio vaccine campaign underway in Gaza
- Australia's human rights commission seeks a meeting with the West Australian premier, after another Indigenous teenager died in custody
- Australia has won two gold medals on day three of the Paralympics
Children in the Gaza Strip have received the first polio vaccines ahead of a three-day vaccination campaign.
The United Nations has begun an effort to vaccinate some 640,000 children in the territory against polio.
A daily eight-hour pause in fighting was negotiated to allow for the campaign to get underway.
Gaza's deputy minister of health says vaccination teams will try to get to as many areas as possible to ensure wide coverage but stresses that only a comprehensive ceasefire could guarantee a sufficient number of children are reached.
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Australia's human rights commission is seeking an urgent meeting with the West Australian premier, after another Indigenous teenager died in custody.
Custodial staff found the 17-year-old unresponsive in his cell at the Banksia Hill youth detention centre in Perth about 10pm on Thursday.
It comes after 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd died in youth detention late last year.
The Australian Human Rights Commission says it has written to WA Premier Roger Cook seeking an urgent meeting to discuss youth justice policy and the operation of Banksia Hill.
National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds called on the federal government to urgently convene a national taskforce "to work together on the reform of child justice in this country based on evidence and human rights".
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Tasmanians have been warned to secure their homes and heed wild weather warnings as rare and dangerous winds batter Australia's southeastern coast.
Severe winds and gale-force gusts are hitting Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, while Queensland is sweltering in near-record temperatures after the nation's outback interior roasted during the week.
SES Executive Director in Tasmania, Mick Lowe, has urged people to be prepared for worsening conditions later today, as yet another cold front crosses the state.
"It's going to be a really dangerous period we're coming up to over the next 24 hours. We really ask people to continue to monitor the conditions and make good decisions. We ask the community to prepare their homes for high winds, secure outdoor items, and be aware of downed trees and downed power lines. For assistance, please call 132 500, and if it's life-threatening, please call triple-zero."
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Brazil has blocked Elon Musk's social media platform X, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge's order.
X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to name a legal representative in Brazil, triggering the suspension.
It marks an escalation in the months-long feud over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.
Brazil has the fifth largest digital population.
18-year old student Ana Júlia Alves de Oliveira says she fears the impacts of losing access to the platform, which she says helped her stay across global news.
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In sports, Australia has won two gold medals on day three of the Paralympics in Paris - sitting in the number five position in the overall medal tally.
Para-cyclist Amanda Reid defended her C1-3 500m time trial, with a gold medal win.
She became the first Indigenous Australian to seal a gold medal in cycling when she won the same race at Tokyo three years ago.
Reid, who has cerebral palsy, says the result was particularly gratifying after she had been plagued by a back injury over the last year.
And there was another gold medal for Australian athletes, Lei Li Na and Yang Qian , in the women's doubles table tennis.
Adding to the medal haul on day three, was a silver medal for Michael Roeger in the para-athletics men's 1,500m T46 final.
Madison de Rozario won a bronze medal in the para-athletics women's 5,000m T54 final.
And Jack Ireland brings home a bronze medal in the para swimming: Men's 200m freestyle S14.
Meanwhile, visually impaired runner Jaryd Clifford says he plans to appeal the decision to disqualify him from men's T13 5000m final.
The 36-year-old was told by officials he had been disqualified for dropping the tether, which linked him to guide Matt Clarke as he crossed the line.
The decision means he has been ruled out for a bronze medal.
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In cycling, Australian Kaden Groves outsprinted Wout van Aert to win stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana.
New Zealand's Corbin Strong came in third.
Australian Ben O’Connor remains race leader.
The longest stage of the race, a 200.5km ride from Villafranca del Bierzo to Villablino, came down to a bunch sprint.
Groves says he didn't hesitate in the sprint against Van Aert.
"It feels really good. I didn't actually expect today to be a sprint as it was, but Jumbo controlled it. And to have a man -on-man sprint against Wout is pretty awesome."
O’Connor says this was a quiet stage for him.
"It took a long time for the break to go - and Visma did an excellent job of controlling the event. It wasn't simple, it wasn't easy today. So yeah, harder than I expected."
