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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Update. I'm Susie Thompson. Homicide detectives have charged a sixty seven year old man with murder following the discovery of a body at the site of a grass fire in Victoria's northwest. Police believe the dead person is female and attesting to confirm their identity. The man will face Bendigo Magistrates Court this morning. Two Queensland Police officers have been charged accused of accessing child exploitation material while off duty. The constables, aged twenty seven and thirty, have been suspended from the Queensland Police Force. The thirty three year old man charged over an alleged anti Semitic attack at a Sydney synagogue will front court today. He's accused of spray painting swashstickers on the building in Newtown and attempting to set it on fire. There have been explosions and gunfire in the occupied West Bank as Israel continues what it says is a counter terrorism operation. Palacinian health officials say at least ten people have been killed in the city of Janine. The US President Donald Trump has threatened Russia and other participating countries with taxes, tariffs and sanctions if a deal to end the war in Ukraine is not struck soon. On his social media platform, Trump says he would have no choice but to impose the measures. Meantime, Ukraine's President Volodomi Zelenski says at least two hundred thousand European peacekeepers would be needed to prevent a new Russian attack after any ceasefire deal. Sport and Entertainment and X In sport, the Australian Open Mixed doubles will be a showdown of local talent, with all four players to take the court. Ozsis, Olivia Gadeki and John Pierce will face Kimberly Birrel and John Patrick Smith. While Alex Demenor has been eliminated in the men's quarterfinals, He's gone down in straight sets to world number one at Yannik Sinna. A delay due to lightning has failed to stop the Sydney Thunder from beating the Melbourne Stars by twenty one runs in the Big Bash knockout at Homebush Thunder was limited to one hundred and thirty five runs, but the Stars could only manage one fourteen. In reply, The Thunder and the Sixers will now do battle in an all Sydney clash to determine who faces the Hurricanes in Hobart for the season final. In entertainment, news, Prince Harry has reached an out of court settlement with the UK publisher of the Sun in a privacy invasion lawsuit. Newsgroup Newspapers has offered an apology to Harry for serious intrusions into his personal life and has agreed to pay him substantial damages. His lawyer, David Sherborne says the admission the paper engaged in unlawful practices is a monumental victory. This represents a vindication for the hundreds of other payments who were strong armed into settling without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them. And Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds of Fire the letter in court calling for a protective order to be issued to stop Justin Baldoni's lawyers from engaging in improper conduct. And that is the latest from the Nova podcast team. We'll see you later on for another update. I'm Susie Thompson.