Gaza peace tested by dead hostage returns, the case for lowering speed limits, Broad’s Ashes sledge

Speed test | Reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h would protect cyclists from danger and make riding less stressful while not causing traffic delays for cars, researchers in Melbourne claim.

Content crackdown | Two months before the under-16s social media ban comes into effect, Instagram is restricting the content teens can see and bringing in stricter parental controls for young people’s accounts.

E-bike declutter | Dumped e-bikes will no longer clutter Sydney’s entranceways and footpaths under laws being introduced to parliament today which will enforce designated bays on the city’s streets.

Rent support | Landlords and real estate agents will have to provide renters with proof to back up a bond claim and will be banned from charging fees to process rent, under long-awaited legislation to be introduced to Victorian parliament.

Super idea | Treasury calculations reckon that millions of lower-paid Australians will benefit from Labor’s changes to super. Patrick Commins explains how it will work.

China ‘fight’ | China has said it will “fight to the end” in trade talks with the US after a Washington official said the Beijing regime was trying to hurt the world economy. It came as the IMF said the global economy had shown “unexpected resilience” in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs, but the full impact is yet to be felt, and outlook for growth remains “dim”.

Fragile peace | The families of missing dead Israeli hostages have written to the US special envoy Steve Witkoff to urge him to “pull out every stop and leave no stone unturned” in forcing Hamas to bring their relatives home from Gaza. Hamas was due this morning to hand over more hostages’ bodies while Israel threatened to throttle aid: follow developments live. Meanwhile, Israeli hostages released by Hamas have been telling stories of their time in captivity

Pensioned off | France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has suspended Emmanuel Macron’s flagship 2023 pension reform until after the 2027 presidential election in the hope of winning over enough Socialist deputies to survive a no-confidence vote.

Scam freeze | The UK and US have imposed sanctions and frozen London properties owned by the alleged leaders of scam centres in Cambodia that trick victims around the world and torture their trafficked workers.

Jones defeat | The US supreme court has refused an appeal from Alex Jones against the $1.4bn defamation penalty awarded to the families of victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.