Welcome, readers, to the Afternoon Update.
Donald Trump has made his first public appearance
since Sunday’s attempted assassination, making a dramatic entrance to large cheers on the first night of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee.
Trump, who did not speak at the convention, wore a bandage over his ear, after it was hit by a bullet during the rally in Pennsylvania. Trump worked his way across the convention floor before making his way to a box, where he joined Republicans including Tucker Carlson and the Ohio senator JD Vance, who he named as his pick for vice president
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Separately, a Florida judge dismissed charges
against Trump in the classified documents case. Read Ed Pilkington’s analysis examining how justice Clarence Thomas may have affected the case
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- Police share clues in bid to identify missing woman | A paperback novel, reading glasses and backpack are among objects that police have linked to the remains of a woman
found on a New South Wales beach a month ago. Forensic analysis of the remains, which were buried, led police to believe the bones were that of a woman in her 50s and had been on the beach since between 2021 and 2023.
- Sydney Harbour tolls should be higher, report says | Drivers crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and tunnel should be charged in both directions, a review into the city’s toll roads
says. The shake-up would help ease toll prices in western Sydney, the independent review commissioned by the government said.
- Wild weather lashes east coast | The Victorian SES fielded more than 300 requests for assistance overnight as damaging winds and driving rain
brought down trees and and flooded low-lying areas. Rain and strong winds also pelted New South Wales overnight while snow flurries were reported on the road towards the Queensland border.
- Trump shooting motive remains elusive | Authorities have pored over the home of alleged shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks
and have since gained access to his phone, but are no closer to learning the motive behind the assassination attempt. Meanwhile Joe Biden told NBC it was a “mistake”
to talk about putting Donald Trump “in the bullseye”, saying he meant put a “focus on” his opponent’s policies.
- NZ super trawler returns, sparking fears for threatened fish | Conservationists are disturbed by Australia’s decision to authorise the return of the Amaltal Explorer
, a factory ship that will net orange roughy, a threatened fish that can live for more than 140 years.
- Parts of Tonga without internet | An undersea cable damaged in an earthquake has left a third of Tonga’s population in the dark for two weeks. The crisis has been compounded after the government ordered the Starlink internet satellite company
to cease operations in the country until it was granted a licence.
- North Korean diplomat flees to South | Ri Il-kyu, who was responsible for political affairs at the North Korean embassy in Cuba, has reportedly fled to the South
. Ri has become the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to the South since 2016.
- Harry Kewell sacked as coach | The Socceroos great has been sacked by J1 League powerhouse Yokohama F. Marinos
after less than seven months. Fellow Australian John Hutchinson will takethe reins on an interim basis.
- Generation Kill author dies | Evan Wright, the award-winning journalist who wrote about US subcultures
in the book Generation Kill, which he helped adapt into the HBO miniseries of the same name, has died aged 59.
