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1. Australian PM meets hero shopkeeper who tackled Bondi Beach gunman

   Anthony Albanese met with the heroic shopkeeper who tackleda Bondi Beach gunman to the ground.

2. Jealous taekwondo instructor jailed for ‘senseless’ murder of student and parents

   The court heard Yoo had been motivated by the jealousy he felt for the family’s financial success

3. Is MAGA tiring of Trump? New poll shows cracks in the president’s base

   Trump has been dogged by the Epstein scandal and rising costs during his second term

4. BBC vows to fight Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over Panorama edit - latest

   President Trump claimed the broadcaster ‘intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively’ doctored a speech he made in a Panoramaedit

5. Thousands flock to a Tokyo zoo to see the last 2 pandas in Japan before their return to China

   Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to their homeland in China next month

6. Ashes cricketer makes IPL auction history

7. Ruben Amorim: Man Utd getting closer to club’s tradition of attacking football

   United poured forward in the opening 45 minutes, having 17 attempts at goal and a non-penalty xG of 2.49 at the break

8. Ukraine hits Russian submarine with underwater drones for the first time

9. Why America still can’t make its own artificial Christmas trees

   Tariffs are pushing up prices on artificial Christmas trees, exposing how reliant the US remains on overseas manufacturing

10. Obamas were due to meet the Reiners on the night they were killed, Michelle reveals

    The former first lady told Jimmy Kimmel she and her husband Barack Obama were due to have dinner with the couple