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1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould |Heloise Vyas |Caitlin Rawling

Thank you for joining us. If you're just catching up, here's what happened today:The latest figures show Labor on 86 seats, the LNP on 39 and the cross bench 11-strong, with 14 seats still in doubt. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent the day in his Sydney electorate of Grayndler celebrating his victory, and significantly boosting Labor's majority. The Liberal Party will now begin soul-searching after losing leader Peter Dutton and shadow ministers Michael Sukkar and David Coleman.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould |Heloise Vyas

Australia's electoral map has changed over the past few hours so let's take a look at some of the movements that have occurred and the current state of play. The ABC projects Labor has gained the following seats. As you can tell, most of Labor's gains have occurred in Queensland:Brisbane (Qld), Griffith (Qld), Leichhardt (Qld), Petrie (Qld), Bonner (Qld), Dickson (Qld), Sturt (SA), Moore (WA), Hughes (NSW), Banks (NSW), Deakin (Vic), Braddon (Tas) and Bass (Tas).

Dec 2, 2024 | abc.net.au | Heloise Vyas

Skip to timelineIsrael's military says it is conducting strikes on "terror" targets in Lebanon after armed group Hezbollah accused it of breaching a ceasefire that took hold last week. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israeli military position in the disputed Lebanon-Israel border zone but said it was in response to "repeated violations" of the ceasefire deal by Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond to the Hezbollah volley "forcefully".

Nov 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | Heloise Vyas

Several security personnel have died and dozens of civilians injured in the latest escalation of protests surrounding Pakistan's capital of Islamabad. Thousands of protesters seeking the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan have closed in on the city as of Tuesday afternoon, local time, after days of marching south from the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — Mr Khan's power base.

Nov 18, 2024 | abc.net.au | Heloise Vyas

Canada has thwarted an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister who has been a strong critic of Tehran. The report was first made in The Globe and Mail newspaper on Monday, local time, and later confirmed by Mr Cotler's organisation, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, in an email to Agence France-Presse. It said the 84-year-old had been informed by police on October 26 that he faced an imminent threat of being killed by Iranian agents within 48 hours.