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A suspected Palestinian gunman opened fire in a bus station in Beersheba in southern Israel, killing one soldier and taking his assault rifle.  He then sprayed the crowd, injuring another ten people before cops shot him dead.  It's the latest in a string of 'lone wolf' attacks that resulted in eight Israeli and 42 Palestinian deaths - despite Israeli police and soldiers stepping up security.  The attacks seem to have no organization, and the only trigger is Palestinian anger over what they see as increased Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Iran is preparing to begin shutting down parts of the nuclear research program in accordance with the deal signed with the six world powers.  In return, the US will roll back economic sanctions that have stifled Iran's economy.  President Hassan Rouhani will likely give the order to dismantle nuclear centrifuges this week, and a program of regular inspections will make sure that Iran can't build a nuclear weapon for 15 years.

Thousands wake up in emergency shelters in the Philippines after Typhoon Koppu slammed into the archipelago nation's main island Luzon.  At least one person is dead and there is widespread flooding and damage from rain and powerful wind.  Emergency services will spread out into the more remote village to help stranded people.

Police in New Delhi arrested two 17-year old boys in the rape of a toddler girl.  Separately, they arrested three men for a similar assault on a five-year old.  Sadly, these weren't the only vile and violent attacks on little girls in Delhi this month.  Activists and women condemn the police, saying they have not done enough to protect women and children. 

The US claims a drone strike killed a senior leader of Khorasan, a group of al Qaeda veterans fighting in Syria.  A Pentagon statement said the Saudi national called Sanafi al-Nasr raised money and recruited jihadists to the main al Qaeda body and helped its "operations in the West". 

Voters in Egypt are casting ballots in long-delayed parliamentary elections.  Most of the candidates are supporters of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, and the Muslim Brotherhood is banned.  So, it's not like we don't know how this is turning out.

Henriette Reker won the election for mayor of Cologne, Germany - a day after being stabbed in the neck by an anti-immigration xenophobe while campaigning.  She's expected to fully recover and the injuries will not get in the way of her new job.

Canadians vote in national elections on Monday.  The latest polling shows Prime Minister Stephen Harper's conservatives are trailing the center-Left Liberals (what? Liberals that aren't Conservatives? What a concept!), led by Justin Trudeau - the eldest son of Canada's longest serving PM Pierre Trudeau (take a drink if you remember that name).  Almost a decade into the job, Harper appeared at a campaign rally over the weekend with Rob Ford, Toronto's crack-smoking, drunk-driving, man-pig former mayor who turned the normally boring Canadian metropolis into an international embarrassment. 

London's famed Big Ben is in urgent need of expensive repairs, and may fall silent for months or even years while they're carried out.  The UK House of Commons Finance Committee recommends a package of A$65 to A$85 Million to refurbish the dilapidated timepiece.  "The clock currently has chronic problems with the bearings behind the hands and the pendulum," Two newspapers quoted the report.  "Either could become acute at any time, causing the clock to stop - or worse."  It also warns of metal and masonry flaws in the Elizabeth Tower.