In the last 72 hours, devastating images from Gaza have moved the world - babies with swollen bellies lacking vital nutrition and children reduced to skin and bone as Palestinians face starvation amid ongoing conflict.

Israel has announced "tactical pauses" to allow small windows for aid, but experts say it's nowhere near enough, while political pressure builds in Australia to take stronger action on what we're witnessing.

And in headlines today US President Donald Trump says he is setting a new 10 or 12-day deadline for Russia over its war in Ukraine. Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children against this season’s flu outbreak after a 2 year old girl died in WA, US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to order a fast deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the president's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal; US comedian Marc Maron has paid $US50,000 to use just one minute of a Taylor Swift song in his stand-up special

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