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1. Australian MP loses both legs after alleged vehicle attack as suspect appears in court

   

   Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being rammed by a car outside her electoral office, her husband said on Wednesday, as the man accused of the attack appeared in court.

2. U.S. envoy Witkoff meets with Putin in Russia amid report Musk throttled Starlink

   

   Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington's latest push to stop Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War.

3. More than 16 years after BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster, marine life has not recovered

   

   Sixteen years after one of the deadliest oil spills in history — BP's Deepwater Horizon — there is measurable evidence that wildlife is in serious decline and not recovering in the Gulf of Mexico where the disaster occurred. Through trawling, sound waves and DNA analysis, researchers showed persistent declines of around 60 per cent in some species in the years since.

4. Carney’s Turkish balancing act must include business, defence and human rights

   

   Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Turkey, seeking closer trade, energy and defence ties with a strategically important NATO ally. The historic visit marks a turnaround in relations once soured by a Canadian arms embargo. But Ankara’s crackdown on dissent tests Carney’s promise to balance economic pragmatism with Canadian values.

5. Inside Biden's Gaza policy

   

   Journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed takes us inside the White House with a deeply reported exploration of the Biden administration's handling of the war in Gaza.