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- A cyber security update causes a worldwide tech outage
- International Court of Justice finds Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law
- Ryan Wood has blitzed the field to set the fastest time in practice on his Sydney Motorsport Park Supercars debut
A major technology outage has affected companies and people worldwide.
It was caused by a defect found in a CrowdStrike update for Windows hosts.
CrowdStrike is a cyber security company which has a significant share of the market globally.
The outage is thought to be the biggest ever recorded and it’s been confirmed there’s no evidence it’s a cyber attack.
CrowdStrike chief executive George Kurtz says they have issued a fix which will allow companies to reboot their systems without the problem.
But it’s been advised it may take some time to resolve due to the size and nature of the incident.
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The federal government has met with CrowdStrike as well as supermarket chains, telcos, airlines and other industries, to address the large-scale outage here in Australia.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says governments are closely engaged at all levels and are focused on making sure the fix is instituted as quickly as possible.
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Internationally, airports appear to have been worst affected, with people unable to board their flights.
In the United States, three major airlines requested a ‘global ground stop’ to prevent any flights from taking off.
Global aviation data from Cirium suggests at least 1,390 flights were cancelled globally out of over 110,000 scheduled commercial flights.
Authorities in Germany say critical infrastructure has been impacted, including energy, transport and telecommunications.
Pre-market trading in the U-S suggests Crowdstrike has lost a fifth of its value - which could mean a loss of billions of dollars in valuation.
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law and the country should stop settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The court says Israel should end what it calls its illegal occupation of those areas and the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the court has made a ''decision of lies".
The ICJ is based in The Hague in the Netherlands and its opinion is not legally binding.
The court's findings will now go to the UN General Assembly for its consideration, including the option of adopting a resolution.
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Yemen's Houthi armed forces has claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Tel Aviv, which killed one person and injured at least 10.
The group says it used a new form of drone that is "capable of bypassing interception systems and being unable to be detected by radars".
Israel's military says it's opened an investigation into the incident, which resulted in a large explosion near the United States embassy office.
It says its investigation will look at why the country's air defence systems were not activated to intercept the "aerial target".
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A top campaign staffer for U-S President Joe Biden insists he will stay in the race, even as pressure mounts from within his own party to end his bid for re-election.
More than one in ten congressional Democrats have now publicly called on the 81-year-old to drop out.
Mr Biden suspended campaigning earlier this week after testing positive for COVID-19.
He is currently isolating at his home in Delaware.
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US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years in a high-security penal colony on espionage charges.
The Wall Street Journal reporter was first arrested last March while on a reporting trip in the city of Yekaterinburg.
Prosecutors have accused him of working for the Central Intelligence Agency, which Mr Gershkovich, the Journal and the U-S deny.
It marks the first conviction of a US journalist for espionage in Russia since the Cold War ended more than 30 years ago.
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And in racing,
Ryan Wood has blitzed the field to set the fastest time in practice on his Sydney Motorsport Park Supercars debut.
