There is growing pressure on America diplomatically as Israel’s attacks on Gaza continue. Following a renewed assault on the city of Rafah which resulted in the death of 45 people, it has emerged that US-made weapons may have been used by the Israeli Defence Force. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement in which he labelled the strikes on the Rafah camp as a “tragic mistake”. The United Nations is preparing for another ceasefire vote as the civilian casualty toll in Gaza Rises. “Words cannot capture the sense of loss the families who live were shattered by this tragic incident,” said US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood. “The continued pattern of significant civilian harm resulting from incidents like Sunday’s airstrikes undermines Israel’s strategic goals in Gaza.” Powerful Republican Senators like Lindsey Graham make it very hard for US President Joe Biden to shift position. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has also been in Israel where she sent her own personal message to Gaza on a missile.

Former senator Derryn Hinch has joined Sky News Australia to discuss the recent death of DJ Bob Rogers. “I used to listen to him when I was a kid,” he said. Mr Rogers died at the age of 97 and began his career in Melbourne in 1942 as a panel operator for 3XY – now known as Magic Radio. Mr Rogers went on to work at 4BH in Brisbane before moving to 2UE and 2SM in Sydney.

China will be sending two young giant pandas to a zoo in the US. The pandas will head to the National Zoo in Washington D.C. after the zoo returned three bears to China just months ago. The bears were given back because of rising geopolitical tensions between the two superpowers, since then there's been increased engagement between Washington and Beijing. A new ten-year agreement was reached for the giant pandas.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have visited the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London as part of the drama school’s 120th anniversary. The King is a patron of the centre and was shown around and given a performance by third-year acting students. He has attended a number of engagements since coming back to work.

Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson has weighed in on the Albanese government's decision to revise its controversial Direction 99 ruling. Mr Paterson claimed the government’s backflip on Direction 99 was an “admission of guilt”. “The government has effectively made a very serious admission of guilt today, they are now going to revise Direction 99 issued by Andrew Giles after spending days defending it,” Mr Paterson said.

Former Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop says Anthony Albanese is just “not up to it” as Prime Minister. Ms Bishop told Sky News host Paul Murray that nobody ever said Anthony Albanese was “leadership material” during her time in parliament. “The ones who see themselves as potential leaders who do a better job, they start to get restless.

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly has blasted Joe Biden after it was revealed the US President will publicly address Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial when a verdict is reached. “Apparently, Joe Biden, Mr I’m not involved in any of this, even though I just sent my campaign to make comments about the trial at the trial site … prepared to deliver a statement himself from the White House,” Ms Kelly told Sky News host Paul Murray. “Which is totally inappropriate and totally stupid.”

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly joins Sky News host Paul Murray to discuss the closing arguments in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial. "I have to make a distinction here between the defence and the prosecution," Ms Kelly told Sky News host Paul Murray. "The defence has a man, potential freedom on the line, potentially the freedom of the country, the future of the free world since they're banking on this thing stopping Donald Trump from winning. "He took just over two hours almost two and a half hours that's actually a reasonable amount of time, he could have done it shorter but it's not totally unreasonable. "The prosecution estimated 4.5 hours they're still going right now."

Sky News host Caleb Bond says electric car manufacturers are reducing prices due to being unable to sell them. “The manufacturers are now reducing their prices on the shop floor significantly,” Mr Bond said. “Because they really need people to buy them.”

ABC Chair Kim Williams has been asked “repeatedly” to respond to ABC host Laura Tingle’s recent racism remarks, The Australian’s Media Writer Sophie Elsworth says. “Not only is she their most high-profile journalist on the broadcaster, she is also the staff-elected board member, so if they think this issue is just going to wash away by putting out statements this afternoon, they need to think again,” Ms Elsworth said. “Really, where is Kim Williams on this, he came out and said if you do not want to be impartial, do not work at the ABC … we have asked him repeatedly to respond to these remarks Laura made.”

The University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott faces calls to resign over his handling of the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Sky News host Chris said; “Mark Scott should resign because of how weak he's been on the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas protesters”. “He's effectively rewarded their delinquency by offering them a role in reviewing university policy. “He’s caved into the threats of a small band of protestors really, he obviously hasn't got the stomach for the job, he should resign.’

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the significant number of Chinese spies in Australia is about “intimidating the diaspora”. This comes amid the recent defence summit in Canberra, where a former Chinese spy has warned there are more than 1,200 Chinese spies in Australia. “I think this very large number of people is essentially about monitoring, manipulating, controlling and intimidating the diaspora,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Peta Credlin.

The Australian’s Media Writer Sophie Elsworth says ABC host Laura Tingle is a “repeat offender” showing her partisan ways. “This is really quite extraordinary that after days of asking the ABC repeatedly … about the words Laura Tingle uttered at the Sydney Writers Festival … we got no response,” Ms Elsworth said. “Instead, the ABC decided to try and go after me and put cold water on my reporting, but this is really quite extraordinary.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the significant number of Chinese spies in Australia is a “failure of Australian institutions”. This comes amid the recent defence summit in Canberra, where a former Chinese spy has warned there are more than 1,200 Chinese spies in Australia. “We’ve published this figure several times before at The Australian,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “Most of those are … not full-time professionals and their predominant role is to surveil and harass the Chinese diaspora, especially the student community. Mr Sheridan attributes this as a “failure of Australian institutions and failure of governments of both sides of the aisle, politically.”

Donald Trump's children and his daughter-in-law have defended the former president outside the courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday. The former US President is accused of falsifying business records over hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. His trial heard closing arguments with Trump's lawyers telling the jurors ten reasons why he should not be convicted. Mr Trump said he has been a victim of blackmail and has criticised the star witness. Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Eric’s wife, Lara, Tiffany, and her husband, Michael Boulos all united in a show of support for their father outside the courthouse.

Liberal Senator Dave Sharma says Israel’s airstrike on Rafah has “nothing to do” with Jewish Australians. “We can have whatever views we want about Israel’s government and the conduct of their war and I appreciate there are different views about this," he told Sky News Australia. “But we shouldn’t be saying that Jewish Australians are vicariously responsible for that because doing so is just a recipe for the importation of civil strife and civil conflict.”

Liberal Senator Dave Sharma discusses the “inflationary pressures” consistently added by the Labor government. The April CPI indicator rose to 3.6 per cent from 3.5 per cent. “I think what our concern is on our side is that the government has been consistently adding to inflationary pressures,” Mr Sharma told Sky News Australia. “We’ve seen massive windfalls come into the budget through bracket creep - people paying more through their taxes and record high commodity prices. “The government is overwhelmingly spending four out of every five dollars that’s coming into the budget – that’s adding fuel to this inflationary fire.”

Liberal Senator Dave Sharma says the rising antisemitism in Australia is an “indictment on all of us”. “Josh Frydenberg’s documentary brought this out in quite a powerful way,” Mr Sharma told Sky News Australia. “We have school children that are concerned about going to school, we have university students that are avoiding university campuses, we have business owners being harassed. “How do we allow this to reach this point in Australia? It’s an indictment on all of us”

Liberal Senator Dave Sharma discusses the concerns around the increase in the monthly CPI. The April CPI indicator rose to 3.6 per cent from 3.5 per cent, worrying mortgage holders around Australia. “We’ve got concerns that the budget that the government announced last week is going to add to inflationary pressures in the economy,” Mr Sharma told Sky News Australia. “You’re already seeing economists out there today saying the reserve bank might need to raise rates.”

Robert De Niro has been brutally heckled during his appearance at a Joe Biden campaign conference outside of the Manhattan courthouse holding Donald Trump's criminal trial. The 80-year-old actor said the former president wants to "destroy" New York City and aims to eventually destroy the "entire world". De Niro was confronted by angry Trump supporters who labelled him a "washed-up actor" as they heckled him following the speech. He was then mocked on social media by critics of the Biden campaign.