Sky News UK Middle East Correspondent Alistair Bunkall says there has been a lot of aid for Gaza “stacking up” on the Egyptian side amid Israel’s military operation in Rafah. This comes as the Rafah crossing has not been open for aid. Mr Bunkall said there has been an agreement between Egyptians and Israelis to “allow some of that aid to come round”. “Around 200 trucks made that crossing, including some much-needed fuel,” Mr Bunkall said.

A drone light show lit up Hong Kong over the weekend. 1,000 drones lit up the sky at Victoria Harbour. The show was based on characters from a Japanese manga series. The drones formed various colourful patterns to resemble characters from the show Doraemon.

Former US president Donald Trump received a frosty reception at a major gathering of Libertarians in Washington D.C. Libertarian voters usually lean right, but many are angry over Mr Trump’s handling of the pandemic and are supporting wildcard independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Members of the crowd heckled and booed Donald Trump while some groups turned their backs on him.

Israel has conducted air strikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Hamas-run government says at least 30 people have been killed in the attack. The IDF has claimed it was targeting a Hamas compound where significant terrorists were operating. The Israeli strike comes just hours after Hamas launched missiles at Tel Aviv.

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says the ASX 200 is expected to kick off in positive territory “by a decent margin” on Monday. “The Futures are telling us it will be up by over a half of one per cent,” he told Sky News Australia. “So in part that reflects the tone that we saw for US markets.” Presented by CommSec.

Join Paul as he explores the magic and the history of Parkes, a town famous for its role in the 1969 moon landing and as the host of the world’s biggest Elvis festivals, for this month's Our Town episode. In partnership with Harvey Norman.

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli announces the launch of his North Queensland election campaign and discusses his promises for the future of the state if elected its next premier. “The government at the moment is at war with themselves, they are just trying to do and say anything in the shadows of the election,” Mr Crisafulli told Sky News Australia. “I just want Queenslanders to know we are serious about them, we have listened, we are hungry to serve them and we want Queenslanders to know that if they vote for change in October, there is a better way for this great state.”

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard says the Royal Family is “legally allowed to vote”. Ms Mollard told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo that there is “nothing stopping them voting”. “But they don’t because it would be seen to be potentially subjected bias.”

Meghan Markle’s ‘heavy hand’ is visible in recent trips overseas with Prince Harry, Writer and Broadcaster Esther Krakue says. “The decisions are clearly made in house there is a certain lack of finesse that you can see if just being made by people that don’t have the benefit of the royal firm and all the expertise that goes with it,” Ms Krakue said. “You can definitely see a heavy hand by Meghan.”

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard says the Royal Family has to remain “completely neutral” in UK politics. Ms Mollard told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo that the Royal Family is “pulling out of events” to not “distract” from the election. “Or pull attention away from it.”

Sky News host Caroline Di Russo says the Royal Family’s part in the transfer of political power in the dissolving of UK parliament shows their important “purpose”. “Parliament is over until a new government is formed after the general election, parliament itself will be formally dissolved next Thursday,” Ms Di Russo said. “The calling of an election is a really good time for royal observers to reflect … we are all reminded of the purpose of the royal family, its place in the cultural and political landscape of the United Kingdom … the seamlessness in the transfer of political power.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland are “trying to censor the internet” with their interpretations of “misinformation”. “Be careful what you wish for … they right now are trying to censor the internet,” Mr Murray said. “By trying to make it illegal for anyone to post [misinformation] but of course the reality is the misinformation is judged by the people in power.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted the previous government’s inaction on cost-of-living while taking “no responsibility” for Australia’s current crisis. “Every single thing to do with cost-of-living was personal, it was the then prime minister and his government’s fault,” Mr Murray said. “So, you see cost-of-living is completely the prime minister’s responsibility unless of course it is this prime minister.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims to feel the public’s cost-of-living pain amid receiving the largest federal pay rise in ten years. “You will be pleased to know we have a prime minister who feels our pain … the guy who took $1,500 out of the automatic tax return for ten million voters in Australia,” Mr Murray said. “The man who feels the cost-of-living pain because he, along with every other person in our federal government, got the largest pay rise in ten years, on his watch.”

Harvey Norman launches ‘Future Flames’ – a pathway program with the Sydney Flames for junior female basketballers in New South Wales, Sky News host Paul Murray says. “Regional Australian sport … and the access girls turning into young women have to a full career in sport from places like Parkes,” Mr Murray said. “There is now a pathway from the basketball courts of this part of Australia all the way to the bright lights of the WNBL.” According to the WNBL Basketball website ‘the program focuses on identifying, nurturing and empowering promising female basketball players, specifically in the under 18 to under 20s age group’. In partnership with Harvey Norman.

Scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet. Two teams have discovered the exoplanet, Gliese 12 b, which is 40 light years away. Experts estimate it would take 225,000 years for the fastest spacecraft available to reach.

Chevron doubles down on Australia's gas future, a look at Australia's resilience against future pandemics. Plus, Xero's shares and profits surge under CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's leadership.

Non-executive director of HaemaLogiX Greg Hunt discusses Australia’s future resilience for the next pandemic. Mr Hunt was the former Health Minister for Australia and oversaw the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There will inevitably be another pandemic,” Mr Hunt told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “We don’t know when, but we do know the likely frequency because of interaction between humans and animals, because of the movement of humans makes it more likely. “We have to have capability to prepare for all of the outcomes without ever knowing what will be the exact form.”

Xero Chief Executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy says the aspiration for the New-Zealand based company is “not to be an American company”. The online accounting software company reported revenue growth of 22 per cent in the past year and is also rapidly expanding its US operations. “Our aspiration is not to be an American company,” Ms Singh Cassidy told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “Our aspiration is to be one of the best-run companies in the world in global SAS with the unique heritage from Australia and New Zealand.”

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says financial markets are “schizophrenic” at the moment. “With every new inflation number, employment statistic or economic growth projection; equity, bond and currency markets, they boil and bubble,” Mr Greenwood said. “Take Dan Kemp, the global Chief Investment Officer for Morningstar's Investment Management Group. “In recent weeks, his research headlines, they read: stocks are starting to look cheap again – that was April and in hindsight – he was right.”