**Sydney Gunmen Were Motivated by ISIS, Australia’s Leader Says, Bondi terror attack updates: Indian police say gunman Sajid Akram was from Hyderabad and family had ‘no knowledge’ of his radicalisation, Australia, After a Mass Shooting During Hanukkah, Looks for a Path Forward, and Australia Doubles Down on Gun Control in Wake of Bondi Beach Shooting**.

• Sydney Gunmen Were Motivated by ISIS, Australia’s Leader Says — New York Times World -
• Bondi terror attack updates: Indian police say gunman Sajid Akram was from Hyderabad and family had ‘no knowledge’ of his radicalisation — The Guardian -
• Australia, After a Mass Shooting During Hanukkah, Looks for a Path Forward — New York Times World -

• Australia Doubles Down on Gun Control in Wake of Bondi Beach Shooting — New York Times World -
• New footage reveals how people tried to stop Bondi Beach shooting — BBC World -
• Dashcam Footage Shows Couple Confronting a Suspected Bondi Beach Gunman — New York Times World -
• Democrats condemn Republicans calling for Muslim ban on the heels of Australia shooting — The Guardian -
• ‘Source of pride for Syria’: man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town — The Guardian -
• Here’s the latest. — New York Times World -
• Who are the Bondi shooting victims? — BBC World -
• In Sydney Suburb Where Suspects Lived, Neighbor Saw ‘No Dramas’ — New York Times World -
• What to Know About the Victims of the Bondi Beach Shooting — New York Times World -
• Bondi Beach gunman originally from India, police say — BBC World -
• ‘We are all human beings first’: Jews and Muslims embrace at vigils for those killed in Bondi beach terror attack — The Guardian -
• Heroic Bondi Beach Bystander’s Immigrant Background Is a Balm for Some Australians — New York Times World -
• Bondi beach shooting: ‘I couldn’t imagine I would lose my daughter here,’ says mother of youngest attack victim Matilda – as it happened — The Guardian -
• 'Best of our country': Australian PM visits Bondi hero in hospital — BBC World -
• Dashcam video shows couple trying to stop gunman before being killed in Bondi attack — BBC World -
• What We Know About the Bondi Beach Shooting in Australia — New York Times World -
• Australian prime minister praises Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed as ‘best of our country’ — The Guardian -
• Albanese’s own strength navigating the path ahead will be just as important as the bravery seen at Bondi — The Guardian -
• Couple in dashcam footage who were killed trying to fight off Bondi shooter identified as Boris and Sofia Gurman — The Guardian -
• Police 'shot in the front': NSW premier rejects criticism of Bondi response — BBC World -
• ‘They were shot in the front’: premier and top cop defend police response to Bondi terror attack — The Guardian -
• Anthony Albanese ‘ready for the fight’ to tighten firearms laws as National party and gun groups push back — The Guardian -
• Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active — New York Times World -
• Bondi terror attack: alleged gunmen travelled to the Philippines before ‘Isis-inspired’ shooting — The Guardian -
• Mountain of flowers at Bondi as Sydney mourns attack victims — BBC World -
• ‘He went down fighting’: daughter of Bondi terror victim Reuven Morrison says her father threw bricks at the gunman — The Guardian -
• Holocaust survivor, London-born rabbi and 10-year-old girl among victims of Bondi beach terror attack — The Guardian -

U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say, Vanity Fair story that bashed Vance and Musk lacked context, Trump chief of staff says, US designates Colombian cocaine gang a terrorist group, and **Trump’s chief of staff says he believes ‘there’s nothing he can’t do’ as president**.

• U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say — New York Times World -
• Trinidad and Tobago Sides With U.S. in Battle Against Venezuela, Military Tool Suggests — New York Times World -
• Vanity Fair story that bashed Vance and Musk lacked context, Trump chief of staff says — BBC World -

• US designates Colombian cocaine gang a terrorist group — BBC World -
• Trump’s chief of staff says he believes ‘there’s nothing he can’t do’ as president — The Guardian -
• Serbian president threatens reprisals after plans for Belgrade Trump Tower thwarted — The Guardian -
• Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says — The Guardian -
• US designates Colombia’s biggest drug cartel Gulf Clan as terrorist organization — The Guardian -
• Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro — New York Times World -
• Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is matter of national security — The Guardian -
• First Thing: Donald Trump sues BBC for up to $10bn over January 6 speech edit — The Guardian -
• Ilhan Omar says Trump’s repeated attacks fuel climate of political violence — The Guardian -
• BBC vows to defend itself in $10bn Donald Trump lawsuit — The Guardian -
• Trump repeats criticism of killed Hollywood director Rob Reiner — BBC World -
• Trump repeats criticism of killed Hollywood director Rob Reiner — BBC World -
• US military says eight killed in strikes on three boats in eastern Pacific — The Guardian -
• How divides emerged at the heart of Trump’s Maga world — BBC World -
• US names national guard members killed in Syria as Trump vows to hit Islamic State ‘hard’ — The Guardian -
• Trump files up to $10bn lawsuit against BBC over edit of Capitol speech – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Donald Trump sues BBC for up to $10bn over edit of January 6 speech — The Guardian -
• Trump urges Xi Jinping to free HK pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai — The Guardian -
• Trump brands fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ in drug war escalation — The Guardian -

**UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme, Labour’s employment rights bill set to become law after Lords battle, UK to hold inquiry into foreign financial interference in domestic politics, and Striking resident doctors are digging in. History suggests this will go on and on**.

• UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme — The Guardian -
• Labour’s employment rights bill set to become law after Lords battle — The Guardian -
• UK to hold inquiry into foreign financial interference in domestic politics — The Guardian -

• Striking resident doctors are digging in. History suggests this will go on and on — The Guardian -
• George Osborne joins OpenAI: ex-chancellor adds tech post to his CV — The Guardian -
• Arts funding in England must be protected from politics, Hodge report urges — The Guardian -
• Stephen Lawrence murderer David Norris denied parole — The Guardian -
• The Hodge report into Arts Council England: ‘Not exactly a ringing endorsement’ — The Guardian -
• Ministers ‘break word’ on protecting nature after weakening biodiversity planning rule — The Guardian -
• Donald Trump v the BBC: key points of the president’s claim — The Guardian -
• Employment rights bill set to become law after Lords backing – UK politics live — The Guardian -
• Universal Studios UK theme park given planning permission in Bedfordshire — The Guardian -
• Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia — The Guardian -
• How far must UK go to fend off threat of foreign interference in its elections? — The Guardian -
• Man who drove into Liverpool FC parade jailed for more than 21 years — The Guardian -
• Richard Tice refuses to condemn Reform mayoral candidate’s comments about David Lammy — The Guardian -
• Bristol city council to give van dwellers temporary sites in affluent areas — The Guardian -
• Liverpool parade attack: Paul Doyle sentenced to more than 21 years for using car as weapon against celebrating crowd – live — The Guardian -
• Driver who hit Liverpool parade said to have had history of explosive violence — The Guardian -
• Thames Water defers controversial £2.5m in bonuses to bosses — The Guardian -
• Ministers look at depoliticising top BBC jobs as Farage rides high in polls — The Guardian -
• UK spying laws could result in overreach and real harm, says review — The Guardian -
• UK unemployment rose to four-year high of 5.1% before budget — The Guardian -
• Young people hit hard as UK unemployment marches upwards — The Guardian -
• David Sharaz bankrupted by Linda Reynolds in federal court days after his wife Brittany Higgins — The Guardian -
• How might the BBC be funded if the licence fee is scrapped? — The Guardian -
• Culture secretary to consider investigation into Telegraph takeover by Daily Mail owner — The Guardian -
• Starmer’s communications chief to address cabinet on media strategy overhaul — The Guardian -
• Ministers to back regulation of England’s funeral industry after scandals — The Guardian -
• One in nine teenagers in England and Wales asked to handle drugs, weapons or money — The Guardian -
• Nissan begins production of new electric car in Sunderland — The Guardian -
• Alan Milburn launches major UK review into rising inactivity among young people — The Guardian -
• Dentists in England to be paid more for emergency NHS appointments — The Guardian -

Ukraine Plan Calls For Enhanced Military, With U.S. and European Backup, Peace plans ready to be presented to Russia in days, says Zelenskyy, Zelensky Expresses Wary Optimism About Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan, and **European leaders sign treaty establishing Ukraine war damages body – as it happened**.

• Ukraine Plan Calls For Enhanced Military, With U.S. and European Backup — New York Times World -
• Peace plans ready to be presented to Russia in days, says Zelenskyy — The Guardian -
• Zelensky Expresses Wary Optimism About Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan — New York Times World -

• European leaders sign treaty establishing Ukraine war damages body – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Ukraine Says It Hit a Submarine With Underwater Drones — New York Times World -
• Ukraine struggling to keep lights on under Russian attack, says energy boss — BBC World -
• Ukraine struggling to keep lights on under Russian attack, says energy boss — BBC World -
• This Week Is Pivotal for Ukraine, and for Europe’s Voice in Its Future — New York Times World -
• South Africa in talks with Russia over men ‘tricked’ into fighting in Ukraine — The Guardian -

**Rome’s New Subway Stops Are Part Museum, Part Station, EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035, EU to regulate short-term rentals in plan to tackle affordable homes shortage, and France Passes Welfare Budget Law, Giving Government Rare Win**.

• Rome’s New Subway Stops Are Part Museum, Part Station — New York Times World -
• EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 — BBC World -
• EU to regulate short-term rentals in plan to tackle affordable homes shortage — The Guardian -

• France Passes Welfare Budget Law, Giving Government Rare Win — New York Times World -
• Relief and reward for passengers as Rome’s ‘museum stations’ finally open — The Guardian -
• EU plans to water down ban on new petrol and diesel cars — The Guardian -
• Green groups decry EU ‘betrayal’ after vote to reduce oversight of firms — The Guardian -
• Estonia ferry disaster in 1994 caused by bow failure not explosion, report confirms — The Guardian -
• Brigitte Macron, First Lady of France, Says Sorry for Slur Against Feminist Activists — New York Times World -
• Many Europeans mistakenly think most immigrants are illegal, poll shows — The Guardian -

Police release new image as hunt continues for gunman in Brown University shooting, **LA investigators expected to lay out case against Rob Reiner’s son Nick, 10-Year-Old Killed in Russia School Stabbing, and FBI offers $50,000 reward as Brown University shooter still at large**.

• Police release new image as hunt continues for gunman in Brown University shooting — BBC World -
• LA investigators expected to lay out case against Rob Reiner’s son Nick — The Guardian -
• Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murder over death of girl, 9, in Somerset — The Guardian -

• 10-Year-Old Killed in Russia School Stabbing — New York Times World -
• FBI offers $50,000 reward as Brown University shooter still at large — The Guardian -
• Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested on suspicion of murder after director and wife found dead — BBC World -
• Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested on suspicion of murder after director and wife found dead — BBC World -
• ‘This has shaken us’: Providence on edge as manhunt for students’ killer goes on — The Guardian -

In a Remote Jungle, the Gruesome Poaching of Rare Elephants, **More than 90% of streaming shows created by white people, study shows, Victims of Iran’s 2022 crackdown file criminal complaint against 40 officials, and Norway’s national oil company facing £53m penalty for oil spills and gas leaks**.

• In a Remote Jungle, the Gruesome Poaching of Rare Elephants — New York Times World -
• More than 90% of streaming shows created by white people, study shows — The Guardian -
• Victims of Iran’s 2022 crackdown file criminal complaint against 40 officials — The Guardian -

• Norway’s national oil company facing £53m penalty for oil spills and gas leaks — The Guardian -
• Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Italian mountain — BBC World -
• As Israeli Settlements Get Bigger, Palestinian Hikes Grow Shorter — New York Times World -
• How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak — New York Times World -
• Sudan's RSF trying to cover up mass killings in el-Fasher, researchers say — BBC World -
• Sudan's RSF trying to cover up mass killings in el-Fasher, researchers say — BBC World -
• Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in — The Guardian -
• The Next Steps for Gaza — New York Times World -
• Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025 — The Guardian -
• French court sentences ex-DR Congo rebel and politician to 30 years in jail — BBC World -
• French court sentences ex-DR Congo rebel and politician to 30 years in jail — BBC World -
• Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens — The Guardian -
• New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea — The Guardian -
• Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making — New York Times World -
• India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics — The Guardian -

US lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 in November, according to delayed data, **Electricity generation costs would be a third lower with 82% renewable grid, CSIRO says, Jim Chalmers won’t have good news in Myefo. Instead, he’ll be trying to sell Labor’s good intentions, and Roasted! Morrisons loses £17m VAT battle over rotisserie chickens**.

• US lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 in November, according to delayed data — The Guardian -
• Electricity generation costs would be a third lower with 82% renewable grid, CSIRO says — The Guardian -
• Jim Chalmers won’t have good news in Myefo. Instead, he’ll be trying to sell Labor’s good intentions — The Guardian -

• Roasted! Morrisons loses £17m VAT battle over rotisserie chickens — The Guardian -
• How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy — The Guardian -
• HelloFresh and Youfoodz sued by ACCC after allegedly trapping customers in misleading meal-kit subscriptions — The Guardian -

**Mark Carney Caught in Canada’s British Spelling Debate, Disclosure Day: first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s star-studded UFO movie, Mark Carney criticised for using British spellings in Canadian documents, and Jane Goodall Earth medal to recognise people working to improve the world**.

• Mark Carney Caught in Canada’s British Spelling Debate — New York Times World -
• US date rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge and Tinder of ‘accommodating rapists’ — The Guardian -
• At least three writers withdraw from Hay festival in protest at Machado invite — The Guardian -

• Disclosure Day: first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s star-studded UFO movie — The Guardian -
• Mark Carney criticised for using British spellings in Canadian documents — The Guardian -
• Jane Goodall Earth medal to recognise people working to improve the world — The Guardian -
• Merch commemorating drunk Virginia raccoon raises over $250,000 for animal shelter — The Guardian -
• Lizzo celebrates as fat-shaming claims dismissed — BBC World -
• Lizzo celebrates as fat-shaming claims dismissed — BBC World -