Good morning. As the funerals of five Al Jazeera journalists are held in Gaza City, global outrage is mounting over Israel’s targeted killings – including of prominent reporter Anas al-Sharif.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has seized control of Washington DC police and deployed the national guard in the US capital, erroneously claiming it to be one of the most crime-ridden cities in the world.

Closer to home, coral bleaching has devastated a vast area of Western Australia’s reef systems following a record marine heatwave. And we look at the journey towards Indigenous inclusion at the University of Melbourne.

Australia Photograph: Violeta J Brosig/Minderoo Foundation/AFP/Getty ImagesWorldUkrainian soldiers from an air-defence unit fire at Russian drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/APFull Story Composite: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Australia’s plan to recognise Palestine

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has confirmed his government will join other allies to formally recognise Palestinian statehood. Our chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy speaks with Full Story host Nour Haydar about why the Australian government is making this move now – and whether it will change anything for the Palestinians living under attack in Gaza.

In-depthProf Marcia Langton, who co-wrote and edited the book, says the work of Indigenous staff and students to turn the university towards respect for Indigenous knowledge ‘echoes across history’. Photograph: Tamati Smith/The Guardian

As it seeks to increase Indigenous representation, the University of Melbourne has released the second volume of Dhoombak Goobgoowana – translated as “truth-telling” in the Woi Wurrung language. As Caitlin Cassidy discovers, it reveals a process of reconciliation that has been “imperfect, overdue and then often painfully slow, but marked by stories of courage and hope”.

Not the newsRose Nolan in her studio in Richmond before the opening of her exhibition Breathing Helps at TarraWarra Museum of Art. Photograph: Eugene Hyland/The Guardian

Text-based artist Rose Nolan has long worked with tactile and humble materials, eschewing time-saving methods in favour of cutting thousands of shapes by hand. She believes the labour embedded in the work transfers to viewers, making them slow down to take it all in. As her new exhibition – Breathing Helps – opens, she reflects on her “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll” past, avoiding social media, and her “very analogue” present.

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A NSW Health webinar told GPs that Blue Mountains residents could reduce their exposure to “forever chemicals” by donating blood, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Scientists thought dolphins “harassed” whales – but Australian researchers have revealed the marine animals are actually playing together, the Age reports. A $60m cotton gin facility has opened in WA’s far north, ushering in a new era for the region’s cotton industry, ABC News reports.

What’s happening today

RBA | The Reserve Bank of Australia is set to announce its official cash rate decision this afternoon.

NT | The trial of crocodile wrangler Matt Wright, accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice, continues.

SA | Flinders University is set to host the Torres Strait health research symposium.

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