Midday News Bulletin 22 April 2024

Ireland, Norway and Spain announce plans to recognise a Palestinian state within days; Relieved Australian evacuees return home from New Caledonia, where many more remain stranded; Tottenham loses to Newcastle in front of a bumper crowd at the MCG.

Singapore Airlines send their condolences to the family of a man who died after severe turbulence; More Australians being evacuated from New Caledonia; A court case rules out West Coast forward Trent Brockman from A-F-L selection.

A group of Australians among those injured on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence; Promising signs in Australia's latest anti-scam report; Aleksandar Vukic eliminated from the ATP 250 event in Lyon.

A passenger killed and several others injured as a London-Singapore flight is hit with severe turbulence; after more than a week of turmoil in New Caledonia, stranded Australians escape to safety; the Matildas name a 25-player squad for their two upcoming friendlies with China.

Mixed local reactions to an international arrest warrant against the Israeli Prime Minister; A man under police guard after stabbing a woman in Melbourne; Parramatta fails to lure Wayne Bennett away from Souths.

Limited flights announced to evacuate Australians from New Caledonia; The government still calling for the release of Julian Assange after the latest UK court ruling; Matildas captain Sam Kerr out of the Paris Olympics.

A legal victory for Julian Assange, as his extradition case continues; The International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders; The Parramatta Eels sack coach Brad Arthur.

Police confirm the deaths of a father and son in Lismore; Taiwan's new president calls for peace with China after his official swearing in; Australian golf star Hannah Green edged out in the Americas Open by Nellie Korda.

A tragic discovery on the New South Wales far north coast; Banks under fire for failing to help customers as mortgage stress reaches a new high; Deliberations continue over a mooted Papua New Guinea team in the N-R-L.

A helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has crashed, Two crime scenes established following the stabbing of a police officer in Sydney, Manchester City wins a record fourth-straight Premier League title.