Suspending industrial action only gives the government breathing space and prolongs the inevitable showdown with the Minns government.

After decades of bloody and brutal dictatorship, the Assad regime in Syria has been toppled in a matter of days.

The ceasefire in Lebanon was scarcely hours old before Israel launched fresh attacks, firing into the southern Lebanese town of Markaba, wounding two people. Israel also shelled the villages of Taybah and Khiam.