The Australian Electoral Commission is investigating over 47,000 pamphlets distributed in the Sydney electorate of Wentworth, anonymously attacking sitting independent MP Allegra Spender. So who is behind them?

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Video has been emerging online of the blows Israel and Iran have been trading.

ABC NEWS Verify has been working hard to verify it, but sometimes the vision is not what it seems.

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Story 1: Nearly one in five young adults believe tracking a partner's location is to be expected in a relationship, new research has found.

The eSafety Commission study has linked location-sharing apps with an increased risk of coercive control.

Tech-based coercive control is defined as a behaviour pattern that uses digital technology to control, manipulate and create fear in a current or former relationship.

Story 2: R&B singer Casandra Ventura, known by the stage name Cassie, has spent a second day testifying about the abuse and violence she said she suffered at the hands of her long-term partner.

She told a New York court how he would allegedly threaten to release sex tapes to humiliate her and ruin her career.

She also gave more evidence about the days-long, drug-fuelled orgies known as "freak-offs" that she said she felt pressured to partake in.

Story 3: US President Donald Trump has met face-to-face with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

It's the first meeting between US and Syrian leaders in 25 years.

The meeting followed a surprise announcement by Mr Trump that the US would lift sanctions on Syria.

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Here are the moments from the election campaign that will live in our heads rent-free.

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