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BREAKING NEWS

Eleven Killed in 'Antisemitic terror attack' at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

New South Wales Police confirmed that 11 have been killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach, targeting a Jewish community Hannukah celebration. 29 people have been taken to hospital, including a child and two police officers.

One of the gunmen has been killed, the other is in a critical condition. 

Videos show a 'heroic' member of the public wrestling with one of the attackers, forcing them to retreat.

Marcos Carvalho, an eyewitness said: "Not in a million years did I think something like a shooting would happen in Bondi." He also recalls 'running for his life'.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the attack as 'an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation'.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said on X: "I am horrified and condemn today's heinous deadly attack on Jewish families gathered in Sydney to celebrate Hannukah."

British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger, father of five, was killed in the attack.  He has been described as 'vivacious, energetic, full of life and a very warm outgoing person who loved to help people.'

Keir Starmer said: 'The United Kingdom will always stand with Australia and the Jewish community' and said he is working with CST [Community Security Trust] to ensure security at Hanukah events in the UK.

A heavy police presence remains as Bondi tries to come to terms with tragic incident.

 

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BREAKING NEWS

Two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter have been killed in an attack in Syria. 

In the last hour the Pentagon has confirmed that two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter have been killed in Palmyra, Syria, whilst on an anti ISIS counter- terrorism mission. Three other people have been wounded.

The mission involved both US and Syrian forces as part of a coalition to combat ISIS. 

US- Syrian relations are currently strong, with Syrian President and former member of Al- Quaeda Ahmed al- Sharaa visiting the White House last month in historic visit. 

Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War wrote on X: "Let it be known, if you target Americans- anywhere in the world- you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United states will hunt you, find you and ruthlessly kill you."

The names of the deceased are being withheld until next of kin are notified.

Initial reports suggest that a lone ISIS gunman carried out the attack 

President Trump is yet to comment on the incident.

 

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BBC under intensifying scrutiny over impartiality concerns.

There have been major resignations from inside the BBC in the last few days, however the BBC disputes that the organisation is ‘institutionally biased’.

The BBC’s director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after the Telegraph published details of a leaked memo, which showed that a Panorama documentary misled the public by editing a speech made by Donald Trump.

The Panorama documentary edited two parts of the US president’s speech together, which made it seem he was explicitly encouraging the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021. Trump has since welcomed both resignations, but also threatened to sue the BBC if they failed to respond to him. 

Tim Davie said: “Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility.”

Deborah Turness said: “While mistakes were made, I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong.”

The two segments of Trump’s speech were more than 50 minutes apart from each other. The BBC doctored the clip to make it seem like President Trump said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”

Trump’s actual speech on 6th January 2021 said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”

The leaked memo also showed that former independent editorial adviser to the BBC Michael Prescott raised concerns over the edit at the time. 

The BBC Chair Samir Shah said: “The BBC would like to apologise for this error of judgement.”

The BBC and its impartiality was already under pressure.

In February 2025, the BBC broadcasted a documentary about Gaza, and it later emerged that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas commander. The BBC then later apologised for ‘Serious flaws’ in the documentary. 

There have also been other criticisms of the BBC this year, such as the handling of the Glastonbury broadcasting where Bob Vylan chanted “Death death to the IDF [Israeli Defence Forces].”

Despite these criticisms outgoing director general Tim Davie said: ‘I’m very proud of our journalists’.  

In this challenging period for the BBC, the organisation is under pressure to restore their reputation and reaffirm its editorial independence. 11/11/2026

 

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness both handed in their resignations after the Telegraph published the leaked memo. 

 

Photo Credit: BBC News

11/11/2026