World

▪️ French President Emmanuel Macron has updated his country's nuclear policies. Will these changes make Europe safer?

▪️ Iraq is the only country in the Middle East targeted by both sides in the current conflict. The war could impact everything from the next government to intercommunal violence and civil servants' salaries.

▪️ The 55-year-old gave his teenage son a rifle for Christmas a year before the deadly rampage. He is believed to be the first parent convicted of murder over a shooting carried out by their child.

▪️ Russia and China have criticized the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, with Moscow stating it has seen no evidence of Tehran developing nuclear weapons, and Beijing demanding an immediate halt to the joint strikes.

▪️ The US launched a major military campaign against Iran on Saturday, striking targets across the country as part of Operation Epic Fury, named by the administration of President Donald Trump.

▪️ US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has agreed to give testimony to lawmakers about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the head of a committee investigating the late sex offender has said.

▪️ French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Israel against proceeding with plans for an invasion of Lebanon.

▪️ Prosecutors in the northern Italian city of Forlì are investigating a 27-year-old ambulance driver on suspicion of murdering five elderly patients.

▪️ Atletico Madrid scraped into the Copa del Rey final with a 4-3 aggregate win, despite a 3-0 defeat in the semifinal second leg at Barcelona.

▪️ Spain has stated that the US must adhere to international law and bilateral trade agreements with the European Union, following US President Donald Trump's threat to cut off all trade with the country for refusing to allow US military use of its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.

▪️ A police officer told a coronial inquest he didn’t have enough time to turn on his body-worn camera before fatally shooting a Sydney man who ran at him with two kitchen knives, amid conflicting statements on the critical moments before the killing.
▪️ Steve Pampalian, 41, was shot three times by an officer in the driveway of his home in Sydney’s North Willoughby on 25 May 2023 after experiencing a psychotic episode.
▪️ He was the second of four vulnerable people who died in separate incidents in consecutive months in 2023 after police interactions, triggering increased scrutiny over how police respond to mental health incidents.
▪️ The first responding officer, Const Jason Bryan, told the inquest that officers typically turn on cameras when exercising police powers or gathering evidence, though it is not mandatory.
▪️ The second officer, Const Elizabeth Trupiano, was not wearing a camera and stated that 25% to 50% of body-worn cameras at Chatswood police station were “not working” at the time, with none available for her that day.
▪️ In 2022, the state government allocated $100m for technology to automatically activate cameras when officers draw Tasers or guns, but this was delayed indefinitely in 2023.
▪️ Neighbors called police after seeing Pampalian muttering to himself and chasing a woman up the street. All but one of six neighbors or bystanders who gave evidence did not recognize him, despite him living with his parents on the street.
▪️ Pampalian’s brother Eddie described him as a “gentle soul” and said this was his first known psychotic episode. Pampalian visited a doctor 11 days before his death for a new antidepressant prescription, which he had taken since 2014.
▪️ Officers responded believing it was an active break-in, not a mental health incident. Trupiano said less than 30 seconds passed between Bryan exiting the car and him firing three shots.
▪️ Bryan recalled seeing a smashed window frame and Pampalian’s feet hanging out a window before calling out. Pampalian then appeared two to three meters away with knives in the air and ran towards him.