Optus grilling | The Optus chief executive, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, faces senators today over the telco’s handling of last week’s 14-hour nationwide outage and whether its data offer to customers is sufficient compensation.

‘Deeply disturbing’ | The Labor veteran Kim Carr has criticised the government’s “deeply disturbing” decision to sign up to mandatory minimum sentences in a deal to pass bridging visa changes with Coalition support. As many pointed out, the law contradicts Labor’s national policy platform.

‘Mafia in the sky’ | Australian airlines are acting like a “mafia of the sky” in continuing to strategically cancel flights they never intended to operate, an MP has claimed, arguing for the urgent introduction of compensation laws so carriers are deterred by immediate penalties.

Whistleblower move | The federal government will consider whether whistleblowers should be protected for gathering evidence before disclosing possible wrongdoing amid criticisms existing laws are not doing enough.

Murder plot | The former history lecturer Lisa Lines is awaiting extradition from a Pacific Island to South Australia after she was arrested for allegedly conspiring with a her lover to murder her former partner.

Santos to go | The Republican congressman George Santos said he would not seek re-election next year after the US House ethics committee found him guilty of “grave and pervasive campaign finance violations and fraudulent activity”.

Sánchez victory | Pedro Sánchez has clinched a second term as Spain’s prime minister for his Socialist party after winning an ill-tempered investiture vote that was dominated by his decision to do a deal with Catalan separatists.

Apec armistice | China has praised the “warm” meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in California, in a marked shift of rhetoric after months of negotiations aimed at stabilising what has been a testy relationship.

Manchin warning | Joe Manchin, the outgoing Democratic US senator from West Virginia, has warned that if Donald Trump is sent back to the White House in next year’s presidential election “he will destroy democracy in America”.

Musk’s ‘truth’ | The billionaire owner of Tesla and X Elon Musk has tweeted his agreement with a tweet accusing Jews of “hatred against whites”, calling it the “the actual truth” and criticising America’s Anti-Defamation League.

Cricket | Australia’s bowlers set the template with a brilliant display against South Africa in the World Cup semi-final overnight, limiting the Proteas to just 212. It looked like a formality for Australia but several key wickets were thrown away and it needed the old heads of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc to steer them home.

Football | Jamie Maclaren grabbed a hat-trick as Australia thumped Bangladesh 7-0 in their opening World Cup qualifying game in Melbourne. He was one of a number of veterans to star but Graham Arnold will have to bring on a new generation before the tournament in the US in 2026.

Tennis | Novak Djokovic defeated Hubert Hurkacz in his final round-robin match at the ATP Finals but must wait to see if he qualifies for the last four.

Education | Schoolchildren across the country are staging a climate strike.

Melbourne | An application will be heard for a doctor suspended for giving a large number of Covid vaccination exemption certificates.

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