Mass walkout for Netanyahu at UN; further AI hacks warning; and Lachie’s lucky break

Hack alert | Technology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk. Here’s what we know so far about the hack.

Shooting death | A boy who was allegedly shot at a home in Sydney’s north-west earlier this week has died. The 11-year-old, who was found with a gunshot wound at a unit in Norwest on Monday, died at about 8pm last night, police said.

NSW | Another of the children allegedly stabbed by their mother in the Blue Mountains at the weekend has died. A five-year-old died at the scene on Sunday but police said their one-year-old sibling died in hospital on Thursday, while a three-year-old remains critical.

‘Suicide risk’ | A 16-year-old boy was held in conditions akin to solitary confinement in adult prison for 22 hours a day, leading him to have suicidal thoughts, a Victorian ombudsman report has revealed.

‘Free Palestine’ | Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at the international media and accused the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, of being antisemitic in a fiery address to the United Nations that was preluded by a mass walkout by delegates. Earlier, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel’s “malicious colonial plan” for Gaza. Macklemore, the US rapper dropped by Ed Sheeran from American concert dates, has announced a “Free Palestine” tour to raise funds for humanitarian causes in Palestine.

Xi ‘trap’ | Xi Jinping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and China on a military collision course. With a state dinner coming up, follow it live, while our Washington correspondent examines Donald Trump’s swooning over “strongmen”.

Media win | Journalists for CNN, MS Now and Politico have finally been granted access to the White House, hours after a federal judge had ruled that the Trump administration must allow them back in after imposing a ban.

Nato warning | Russia could launch a limited military attack against a Nato country in the coming months, Danish intelligence said, in one of the starkest warnings yet by western security services.

Eyes left | Rory Stewart, the Old Etonian famed for being one half of the Rest is Politics, has gone viral for a decidedly eccentric performance on BBC’s Newsnight during which he stares almost terrifyingly at another guest.