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But of course,
What happened here will draw, once again, intense scrutiny on the government's recognition of the Palestinian state and also its response to anti-Semitism.
We've told that the older of the two suspects was a licensed gun holder.
And what strikes me is that Australia is often praised for having very tight gun control laws, tight restrictions on who gets to own a gun.
Presumably, there's now going to be questions raised about whether those laws really work.
Well, we heard from the New South Wales state premier, a man called Chris Minns, and he is suggesting that those gun laws could well be revisited.
This is Australia's worst mass shooting for almost 30 years.
In 1996, 35 people died at a place called Port Arthur on the island state of Tasmania.
That prompted sweeping gun control measures.
And once again, with an atrocity like this, in a place like this, at a political situation like this, you'd have to say that further scrutiny of Australia's gun control measures will be an inevitable consequence of this.
Phil Mercer in Sydney.
And since I spoke to Phil, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has said he will pursue tougher gun laws.
The choice in Chile could not have been more stark.
When voters went to the polls on Sunday, they had two candidates for president.
On the one hand, a communist.
On the other, a man usually described as far-right.
Josรฉ Antonio Kast is the son of a German Nazi party member, and he's expressed admiration for Augusto Pinochet, the country's one-time dictator.
He's promised to crack down on crime and deport illegal immigrants.
And that apparently has paid dividends at the ballot box, giving him victory by what seems to be an unexpectedly high margin.
The Communist Party candidate, Hanet Hara, was quick to concede.