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• 由于 Avi Yemini 详细计划在州选举中将选票引导至保守党派，工党面临取消团体投票票单（group voting tickets）的压力。 • 一名右翼煽动者计划注册“Free Palestine party”，并将其用于在维多利亚州州选举中将选票引导至保守党派，此举再次引发了人们对该州投票制度的担忧。 • Avi Yemini 曾是一名以色列士兵，自称是一名调查记者，为其 YouTube 频道 Rebel News Australia 创作内容。他在周二宣布了注册该党的计划，并表示该党将在 11 月的投票中“将我们的偏好票流向那些希望将巴勒斯坦从 Hamas 统治中解放出来的政党”。

据国家通讯社新华社报道，执政的共产党最高决策机构——政治局表示，今年经济开局好于预期。

• The Taliban government announced restrictions on international health NGOs operating in Afghanistan on Monday, citing concerns over 'political interference' and threatening revocation of licenses for non-compliant organizations. • Medical organizations warned that the restrictions would devastate maternal and pediatric health services, particularly in rural areas where international agencies provide 70 percent of healthcare capacity. • The U.S. State Department condemned the move as undermining humanitarian efforts and expressed concern for vulnerable populations, with officials exploring alternative delivery mechanisms for critical medical assistance.

Soaring cost of building materials, lack of affordability and planning bottlenecks are some of the obstacles thwarting housing targetAt South and City College in Birmingham, dozens of young people clad in hi-vis vests and hard hats are building mini-walls and plastering half-formed rooms.Some weave in and out of stacks of bricks with wheelbarrows, while others use spirit levels to check the walls are straight and flat. In a few days time, these walls will be demolished and the plastering scraped away, for a new class to come in and try their hands. Continue reading...

• The Snohomish County Board of Health approved new protections mandating septic system inspections prior to any home sale. • Ordinance aims to prevent buyer exposure to faulty systems, promoting public health and property safety. • Impacts thousands of rural Washington homes reliant on septic over municipal sewer.