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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: Imran Khan wounded in ‘assassination attempt’, cybercrime threat, Chalmers’s energy pledge

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan November 3, 2022 in this still image obtained from video.
The former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan on 3 November. Photograph: Urdu Media/Reuters

Morning everyone. Pakistan risks further political turmoil after the former prime minister and cricket legend Imran Khan was wounded – but not seriously – in an apparent assassination attempt overnight. Khan, who was ousted from power earlier in the year, was rallying support in the country’s east when his convoy came under fire, sparking protests by his supporters all over the country. Cyberspace has become a “battleground” and is “increasingly the domain of warfare”, according to the Australian Signals Directorate, which also warns about the threat from sophisticated “state-based actors”. And federal treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised to unveil his plan to help households with energy bills by Christmas.

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