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'If there's an insurrection, I would invoke it': Trump defends National Guard deployment
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President Donald Trump has vowed to use heavy force against protesters ahead of a military parade planned for Washington this weekend amid unrest in Los Angeles.
Trump said he was prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act if he believed circumstances warranted more drastic intervention.
'If there's an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it – we'll see,' he said. 'There were certain areas of Los Angeles last night, you could have called it an insurrection. It was terrible.'
Trump also stood by his decision to send in 700 marines and over 2000 National Guard troops amid violent clashes in Los Angeles over the crackdown on suspected illegal immigrants, saying 'Los Angeles would be burning' otherwise.
Californian Governor Gavin Newsom has accused Trump and his allies of inflaming the situation, and has filed an emergency motion, seeking to stop what he contended was the illegal deployment of the National Guard and US Marines in Los Angeles.
6.55am
Australia sanctions two hardline Israeli ministers
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Australia has imposed sanctions on two senior Israeli ministers following comments which 'incited extremist violence and serious abuses' against Palestinians.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have been subjected to targeted financial sanctions and travel bans, effective from Wednesday, June 11.
Smotrich has suggested tje deaths of 2 million Palestinians by starvation in Gaza might be 'justified' and suggested Palestinians be forced to evacuate, while Ben-Gvir has provided thousands of assault rifles to civilian settlers and has joined marches where chants of 'death to Arabs' were heard.
The pair is also accused of aggressively expanding illegal Israeli settlements.
The sanctions have also been imposed by Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
In Australia, those found to be dealing with the sanctioned individuals' assets facing penalties of up to ten years' imprisonment or fines reaching $825,000.
Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar called the sanctions 'outrageous' and will convene an emergency meeting.
6.52am
11 dead in Austrian mass shooting
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10 people - mostly students - have been killed at a high school in Austria before the gunman turned the weapon on himself in the worst school shooting in the country's modern history.
Another dozen people have been injured.
The gunman, a former pupil, entered the school in the southern Austrian city of Graz overnight AEST armed with two guns and opened fire. The 21 year old was found dead in the bathroom.
His motive remains unknown.
Police responded with heavy force, with more than 300 officers, specially trained COBRA units - Austria's version of SWAT teams – and police helicopter.
6.45am
This morning's headlines at a glance
By Amber Schultz
Good morning readers. I'm Amber Schultz, and I'll be helming the blog this morning.
Today's top headlines are:
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Unrest in Los Angeles continues this morning, with California requesting an emergency order in federal court to restrict Marines and National Guard troops to limit them to protecting federal property.
11 people have been killed in a horror mass shooting in an Austrian school
Apple has published a paper highlighting 'fundamental limitations' in the program's accuracy and reasoning capabilities, suggesting AI advancement may have stalled.
In NSW, surgery waiting lists have almost risen to pandemic levels, with over 100,000 patients waiting for surgery in public hospitals at the end of March.
In Melbourne, students will face a stricter disciplinary regime at Melbourne's Catholic schools via 'principles of explicit instruction'.
Ex-Greens senator Dorinda Cox, who defected to Labor, has accused her former party of racism and ignoring serious claims she raised, ABC reports.
Australia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Norway will impose sanctions on two Israeli ministers over for their roles in serious human rights abuses against Palestinians.
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