Good morning, it's Friday. I'm Thomas Morgan with your AM NewsMail. Authorities in Manchester have declared a deadly attack on a synagogue a terror incident. Two members of the city's Jewish community are dead, along with the attacker.

Also making news this morning, how a sexual predator taught in Brisbane schools for nine years after parents complained. Plus, we take you back four decades to recount how Australians conquered Mt Everest for the first time.

And with the NRL Grand Final looming large, we have two quizzes for the price of one to round out your week.

What's the story? Two members of the Jewish community are dead after a terror attack on a synagogue in the UK city of Manchester. The suspected attacker, named by police as Jihad Al-Shamie, was shot dead by police, and three other people have been arrested. The attack took place on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.

Reaction: On antisemitism, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says: "We must be clear this is a hatred that is rising once again, and Britain must defeat it once again." Meanwhile, Israel's foreign minister says his country will "demand" action against "rampant" antisemitism in the UK.

In context: Authorities have been tracing rising antisemitism since the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel and subsequent war in Gaza. In the 12 months to March 2024, the UK government recorded a 25 per cent increase in religious hate crimes compared with the previous year. 

'I feel a lot of guilt': Former Brisbane teacher Kellie Whiteside — who was recently convicted of repeated sexual conduct with a former student — taught in Queensland schools for nine years after suspicions about her were first raised. Today, the victim's family tells the ABC how they made three separate complaints about Whiteside during this time, including two to their primary school.

COP climate summit: For Tongan-Australian climate activist Joseph Sikulu, attending the talks each year is a "heartbreaking" exercise. But still, he says: "If we're not part of this, we're invisible". As Pacific nations grow frustrated with a lack of progress, they're now gunning to bring the summit to them.

Internal backlash: A new visa unveiled by Beijing to attract global talent to China's science and technology companies is facing opposition from an unlikely place — China's own citizens. Weibo users are venting online about how the new K visa will "lead to endless trouble".

Empires do not collapse overnight: Since the party's formation in 1955, Japanese voters have almost always voted the Liberal Democratic Party into power. But as our North Asia correspondent James Oaten writes, the ground is shifting under the party's feet, leaving its members stuck between two starkly different choices for its next leader.

• 'Staggeringly beautiful': Four decades on, Greg Mortimer can still remember watching the sun set over the Tibetan plateau. Back in 1984, he and fellow summiteer Tim Macartney-Snape were the first Australians to scale Mt Everest. Through historical documentary footage, we take you up the mountain with them as they pioneered a new way to the roof of the world.
• Should we have more federal politicians? Special Minister of State Don Farrell believes there's a case in favour. But the key question will be whether the opposition, and the Australian public, are ready to hop on board, writes Michelle Grattan.
• Dezi Freeman search: Weeks of uncertainty and lockdowns have brought businesses in the tiny community of Porepunkah to the brink. Despite promises from the Victorian government, operators tell the ABC "not a single cent has arrived".

— As the man who made Terminator, it's little surprise James Cameron wants "massive guardrails" put around artificial intelligence. 

Ahead of the release of his latest Avatar film, the award-winning director sits down with 7.30's Sarah Ferguson to discuss the franchise, the growing threat posed by AI to the world, and Papua New Guinea fire dances. You can watch the full interview here▶️.

PLUS: Last time Taylor Swift released an album, her fans bought or downloaded it more than two million times. So can she do it again with The Life of a Showgirl? That, and the study of Swiftmania, are discussed with a Harvard professor on today's episode of ABC News Daily