☕️ Assassination attempt on Trump

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Judge Mary Marlowe dismissing the involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin over the on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. The case was thrown out after the Judge found that police and prosecutors had withheld evidence.

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Airplane company Boeing was established.

A married Brisbane couple has been charged by the Australian Federal Police with espionage (spying) charges. They are accused of attempting to share confidential information with Russian authorities.

These are the first-ever espionage-related charges since new laws were introduced in 2018.

The woman, aged 40, is an army private in the Australian Defence Force. She worked as an information systems technician.

The couple were both born in Russia, but have been living in Australia for about 10 years.

The woman gained Australian citizenship in 2016, and the man became a citizen in 2020. Both retained their Russian passports.

It is alleged the woman undertook undeclared travel to Russia while on long-term leave from the army. The woman allegedly instructed her husband to log into her official work account and send her confidential ADF material while she was in Russia.

The AFP alleges the couple did this “with the intention of providing it to Russian authorities”.

ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess said that Australian authorities are still “piecing together” details. One line of inquiry, that has not yet been determined, is if the woman entered the ADF with the specific intention of committing espionage.

The pair have been charged with one count each of preparing for an espionage offence, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment each.

The police investigation is still ongoing, though no “significant [security] compromise” has been identified.

Reporting by Daniel Lo Surdo.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has survived an assassination attempt at a rally in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

The shooter has been killed and one spectator was also killed. Two other spectators were critically injured.

President Joe Biden responded saying “there’s no place in America for this kind of violence”.

At 6.15pm on Saturday (local time), former President Donald Trump, who is campaigning to win the 2024 U.S. election, was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The bullet hit Trump’s ear.

Trump was then hurried off the stage by the Secret Service.

The Secret Service says the suspected shooter fired shots “from an elevated position outside of the rally venue”. It said Secret Service personnel then “neutralized” the shooter, before he died.

Trump released a statement shortly after the attack thanking the Secret Service and sending his condolences to the family of the spectator who was killed and to the person injured.

He added: “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

President Joe Biden held a press conference shortly after the incident.

He said: “I have tried to get a hold of Donald. He’s with his doctors, apparently he’s doing well...

“There’s no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country...

“The bottom line is that the Trump rally was a rally that he should have been able to conduct peacefully without any problem.”

This is the first time a current or former U.S. president has been injured from an assassination attempt since Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in 1981.

Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901) and John F. Kennedy (1963).

Theodore Roosevelt (1912) and Ronald Reagan (1981) were wounded from assassination attempts. There have been several other plots that have been foiled.

U.S. law mandates that all former presidents receive Secret Service protection for the rest of their lives.

For more analysis on what this will mean for the presidential campaign, listen to today’s podcast.

Reporting by Billi FitzSimons.

Men’s health is in crisis – and it impacts everyone.

Australian men face significant health challenges. With higher rates of suicide and a higher burden of disease for several preventable health conditions, like cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and injuries. Men are less likely to engage in preventative health, and that is putting immense pressure on the families and communities who care for men in poor health. Movember’s ‘Real Face of Men’s Health’ report highlights the current state of men’s health in Australia and its widespread effects on society.

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When men are unwell, it often falls on loved ones to care for them. This unpaid workforce – most of whom are women – is often overlooked in conversations surrounding men’s health.

Over one in 10 Australians are informal caregivers, with the toll of caregiving falling disproportionately on women. 50% of female caregivers report that caregiving has had a negative impact on their mental health. While caregiving can be incredibly rewarding, it can also come with significant emotional, physical, social, and financial pressures. That's why it's vital for everyone to work together to improve men's health outcomes.

The well-preserved mammoth was discovered in Russia’s Siberian region, in what’s known as a “freeze-dried” state. This allowed researchers to use some of the woolly mammoth’s chromosomes to figure out its genetic structure.

It’s the first time scientists have been able to create such a full picture about the makeup of the animal, which went extinct thousands of years ago.

Today’s tidbit is more of a recommendation than it is a fun fact, but I loved reading this list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times.

The list was voted on by “503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers” and basically covers every single genre possible.

Can you imagine being voted as the #1 book of the century?! No small feat, and one that Italian writer Elena Ferrante will now experience after her book ‘My Brilliant Friend’ took out the top place.

What would you vote as your top book of the century?

Yesterday there was an assassination attempt on the former U.S. President Donald Trump.

It was the first time a current or former U.S. president has been wounded from an assassination attempt in more than 40 years.

There has been a lot of commentary about the attempt, what it means for the future of Trump’s campaign and the state of U.S. politics more broadly. But one thing has been clear: all official authorities and the political community have condemned this act of political violence.

We’ll tell you what you need to know in today’s podcast.