‘Stunning example’ | The ANU’s Classics Museum has agreed to return to Italy a 2,500-year-old vase depicting Herakles fighting the Nemean lion to Italy after it emerged that it was stolen by looters.

‘Weapon of statecraft’ | In a speech last night, Australia’s top military leader, Gen Angus Campbell, has warned that artificial intelligence tools employed as a “a weapon of statecraft” by countries such as Russia could eventually leave citizens struggling to sort fact from fiction. Such campaigns could increasingly be used to fracture “the trust that binds us”, he said.

Doubting voice | Anti-voice campaigners are making unfounded claims about the impact ticks and crosses on ballot papers could have on the outcome of the referendum, with one campaigner claiming to volunteers that the issue could account for “5% of the vote” being discounted.

Qantas concerns | The heads of the Reserve Bank and the Productivity Commission face calls to turn down membership of Qantas’s high-end Chairman’s Lounge as concerns about the airline’s soft-power influence continues.

KPMG consultants | The Victorian government paid a consultancy firm that has spent decades working for big tobacco to lead the state’s consultation on changes to tobacco and vaping laws, before the process was abandoned.

‘Orwellian’ | British television channels agreed to let Buckingham Palace censor television coverage of King Charles’s coronation, according to the former boss of Sky News, including an “Orwellian” request to ban footage retrospectively.

US gun woe | School shootings in the US doubled to a record high of 327 last year, with 57 deaths, according to federal figures. In New Mexico, the Democratic governor has banned the carrying of weapons on state property for 30 days after a spate of shootings but now faces multiple lawsuits.

Crimea attacks | A missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea has severely damaged and possibly destroyed a Russian landing ship and a submarine, satellite footage shows, as Kyiv continues its attacks in the occupied region.

Dam fury | Libyans are demanding an inquiry into the catastrophic floods that have killed tens of thousands of people, including into allegations that officials imposed a curfew on the night Storm Daniel struck. A Libyan poet wrote about the danger of flooding days before he died in the disaster.

Licence loss | Kim Davis, the Kentucky official who refused to issue a marriage licence to a same-sex couple in 2015, must pay them $100,000, a court has ruled.

Tennis | Lleyton Hewitt’s Davis Cup team have fought back from the brink of elimination to keep their hopes well and truly alive with a 2-1 comeback triumph over France in Manchester.

Football | The Asian Football Confederation faces a potential legal challenge after seemingly ignoring its own regulations and allowing three Saudi-owned clubs to enter the Asian Champions League in which Australian teams compete.

AFL | When Carlton take the field against Melbourne tonight for their semi-final, they will be representing not just their thousands of fans but an entire community whose allegiance is enmeshed with generations of immigrants.

Health | Diabetes Australia, the AMA and other groups will appear at the first public hearing of an inquiry into diabetes.

Sydney | Anthony Albanese will address News Corp’s Future Energy summit.

Crime | Chris Dawson’s sentence hearing for carnal knowledge of student.

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