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The wife of slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk spoke of forgiveness at her husband’s funeral.

Erika Kirk appeared overcome by emotion as she said she forgives the man who allegedly shot and killed Kirk, earning a standing ovation from the crowd.

“I forgive him,” Erika said.

She quoted Jesus on the cross, saying: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

“I forgive him because it is what Christ did,” she said, without naming the suspect, Tyler Robinson. “The answer to hate is not hate.”

—With CNN

Bringing modified e-bikes onto NSW trains will soon come with fines of up to $1000.

The ban comes amid a spate of e-bike fires on public transport, and will take effect from November.

Standard e-bikes do not fall under the ban, but anyone caught with a converted e-bike — which pose a greater risk of battery fires — on TrainLink or Metro services, will be fined.

Donald Trump has now taken to the stage at the funeral for Charlie Kirk.

“Less than two weeks ago our country was robbed of one of the brightest lights of our times,” Trump said at the Arizona service.

“A giant of his generation and, above all, a devoted husband, father, son, Christian and patriot.

“Charles James Kirk was heinously murdered by a radicalised, cold-blooded monster, for speaking the truth that was in his heart.

“He was violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice, for God, his country, for reason and for common sense.

“He lived boldly and he argued brilliantly without apology. He did what was right for our nation.”

“Our greatest evangelist for American liberty became immortal, he’s a martyr now for American freedom.”

A pedestrian has been killed in a crash in Sydney’s southwest on Monday.

They were struck by a car on Peter Brock Dr at Oran Park about 4.07am.

Paramedics are also assesing the driver of the car involved, for minor physical injuries, NSW Ambulance told 7NEWS.com.au.

A worker has been killed on the job in Sydney’s Eastern Beaches.

The 57-year-old man was struck by a forklift in a warehouse on Military Rd at Matraville about 5.30am on Monday.

Paramedics treated the man in the warehouse, but he was unable to be saved.

SafeWork NSW have been notified, and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has recognised the state of Palestine.

“This is the world saying that this cycle of violence has to stop. This is a cycle that has gone on now for 80 years,” Albanese said.

He joins the leaders of Canada and the UK in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, during which France and Saudi Arabia will lead further action towards a two-state solution.

Their recognition of Palestinian sovereignty, and demands for ceasefire have landed the nations’ leaders in hot water with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The stance also puts Australia in direct opposition to US President Donald Trump, who Albanese is set to speak with soon.

“The Palestinian authority needs to be democratised and reformed, including in education and legal systems. The world wants to play a role in that,” Albanese said.

“The humanitarian catastrophe that we see rolling out in Gaza has to end.

“We want to see a ceasefire, we want to see hostages released, and we want to see aid be able to get into Gaza.”

Police have seized guns from the wife of alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman.

Several guns were taken from a Porepunkah home, which police confirmed were not used in the deadly shooting of two Victoria Police officers on August 26.

Mali Freeman is a licensed gun owner, but has not been cooperating much with police, Sunrise understands.

A Myrtleford man was also detained during a weapons blitz on the weekend, as police seek out illegal guns as part of an investigation prompted by the double murder.

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The search is on for a gunman after a shooting in Queensland on Sunday.

Bullet holes peppered a car, and a 35-year-old man was hospitalised after he was shot in the leg on Kingston Rd at Slacks Creek, in Logan, about 8.19am.

Two men and a woman in their 20s were seen fleeing on foot from the “targeted attack,” police said.

Investigations are ongoing.

Charlie Kirk is being farewelled by thousands in a huge funeral service in Arizona, US.

He is being remembered as a father-of-two and a husband, after the Turning Point USA CEO was shot dead during a speaking event at a Utah University this month.

Donald Trump is set to speak at the 70,000 person capacity venue, which is full and sending queuing mourners to a nearby overflow arena.

Upholding Kirk’s conservative movement is one of the main sentiments being expressed by speakers at the event, with many referring to Kirk as a martyr for the movement.

The CEO of Optus has been pressured to stand down after the company’s deadly outage.

Stephen Rue has apologised over the system upgrade which resulted in the deaths of four people when triple-0 could not be reached for 13 hours on Thursday.

But Rue has not promised that the failure will not occur again.

Federal government ministers have slammed the telco over failing to fix its systems, and for a failure to alert authorities over the deaths and outage.

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