Yesterday, American rapper Macklemore revealed he'd been dropped from his slot opening for Ed Sheeran's world tour.

It came less than a week after the performer made comments on stage in support of Palestine.

The moment gained worldwide attention after pop star Pink weighed in on social media, with calls for Macklemore to be pulled from the lineup.

Today we're getting into what actually happened, who's saying what, and how one tour’s opening act turned into the main story.

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Yesterday, American rapper Macklemore revealed he'd been dropped from his slot opening for Ed Sheeran's world tour.
It came less than a week after the performer made comments on stage in support of Palestine.
The moment gained worldwide attention after pop star Pink weighed in on social media, with calls for Macklemore to be pulled from the lineup.
Today we're getting into what actually happened, who's saying what, and how one tour&rsquo;s opening act turned into the main story.
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Macklemore, Ed Sheeran, and Pink's argument over Gaza

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And today’s good news: A woman in the U.S. with a paralysing neurological disorder has been given the ability to speak again, thanks to a wireless brain implant. 

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Todays headlines include:
<ul>
<li>The youngest person jailed over the notorious Snowtown killings will be released after serving 26 years in prison.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Pauline Hanson has refused to apologise for widely condemned comments calling First Nations Australians &ldquo;the most primitive race on Earth.&rdquo;</li>
<li>Rough seas are hindering rescue efforts in Indonesia, where authorities are searching for 129 people missing after a ferry capsized.&nbsp;</li>
<li>And today&rsquo;s good news: A woman in the U.S. with a paralysing neurological disorder has been given the ability to speak again, thanks to a wireless brain implant.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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Does the artificial intelligence industry need to slow down? An Anthropic researcher says he&rsquo;s quit his job over mounting fears his employer and its competitors are racing to build systems they won&rsquo;t be able to control &ndash; systems he warns could &ldquo;kill us all by the end of the decade&rdquo;.&nbsp;Tech CEOs say they agree with him, so what does that mean for the future of AI, and how has the rest of the world responded? We&rsquo;ll unpack it all in today&rsquo;s deep dive.&nbsp;
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A man has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a shark attack at a remote beach in Western Australia.
A search in waters off the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu is continuing for more than 30 people who are missing after a passenger ferry sank. 
Sweden's national election results show a dead heat, with a partial count pointing to a one-seat majority for the centre-left opposition bloc.
And today’s good news! A rare fossil has been found by accident in a creekbed in the U.S. state of California.

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Todays headlines include:
<ul>
<li>A man has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a shark attack at a remote beach in Western Australia.</li>
<li>A search in waters off the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu is continuing for more than 30 people who are missing after a passenger ferry sank.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Sweden's national election results show a dead heat, with a partial count pointing to a one-seat majority for the centre-left opposition bloc.</li>
<li>And today&rsquo;s good news! A rare fossil has been found by accident in a creekbed in the U.S. state of California.</li>
</ul>
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