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And in headlines today, Racism and extremism at anti-immigration rallies across Australia has been condemned after a score of arrests following violent clashes with police on Sunday; Police are throwing everything at their bushland hunt for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman, who has been on the run for seven days after allegedly shooting dead two officers and injuring a third, Freeman’s wife also urging her husband to give himself up; Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has again joined a flotilla of boats loaded with aid for Gaza, aiming to break Israel's naval blockade and deliver food to the shattered enclave; 28 years after her death, Princess Diana’s brother has posted photos of flowers he left at her gravesite on the private island where she is buried; Dutch runner Sifan Hassan was the first woman to cross the finish line of the Sydney marathon yesterday doing so in record time; It seems we have been duped, TMZ told Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson's relationship was nothing more than a PR stunt

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