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Western Australian Labor Minister Paul Papalia has announced his resignation from parliament after a family member was diagnosed with a serious illness. The veteran politician, who served 26 years in the Navy including as a clearance diver and SAS member, has held 10 ministerial portfolios since entering parliament in 2007, including police, prisons, and emergency services. His departure will trigger a by-election in the beachside electorate of Secret Harbour, 50 kilometres south of Perth, with Labor facing a potential challenge from One Nation.

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Waymo robo-taxis experienced a major operational failure following Fourth of July celebrations in San Francisco, becoming stuck bumper to bumper and unable to move. Many of the self-driving vehicles had to be towed after their batteries ran out. The company attributed the disruption to heavy traffic conditions.

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Millions of mourners have gathered in Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israel airstrike three months ago.

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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has been referred to IBAC over allegations her staff pressured builders on the Sunbury Railway Crossing removal project to use a CFMEU-approved labour hire company in 2022. Allan has apologised for organised crime infiltrating Big Build worksites and acknowledged shocking violence and intimidation occurred, marking a shift from months of calling the reports unproven allegations.

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A state of emergency has been declared in Parkersburg, West Virginia, following a large fire at a storage warehouse. The intense blaze caused a wall to collapse, prompting emergency crews to attack the fire from multiple sides while surrounding homes and businesses were evacuated. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Operation Foil, a two-day police operation conducted from Thursday to Saturday across NSW, resulted in the seizure of 144 weapons including 83 knives and 40 firearms. Nearly 3,700 people were scanned during the blitz, with more than 200 people charged with approximately 350 offences related to carrying weapons in public.

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A pedestrian was killed on Williamstown Road in Doncaster, Melbourne's east, after being struck by a car just after midnight near the Shoppingtown Hotel. The driver stopped at the scene and was uninjured. Police are investigating the incident with the driver's cooperation.

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Five humpback whales became entangled in fishing gear along the state's coast over a single weekend, prompting multiple rescue operations. One incident off the Central Coast required several hours of effort before rescuers successfully freed the trapped humpback whale.

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Riley Everson-Clare, 21, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Aaron Stahlhut, 54, who was found collapsed on a North Adelaide walking path in March last year. His lawyers say a psychiatrist could determine whether Everson-Clare was mentally incompetent at the time of the alleged killing, with questions also raised about his fitness to stand trial.

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An 18-year-old runner, Tyler Calleja is in intensive care with severe brain trauma after falling nine storeys from his hotel in Surfer's Paradise. China test-fired a nuclear-capable long-range missile in the South Pacific, prompting concerns from Australia and the region. The launch occurred just hours after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a historic defence treaty with Fiji that includes a mutual defence clause.

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