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Good morning folks, and welcome to the Morning Mail – sign up here to get it straight to your inbox every weekday morning.
Sydney siege ends with three dead
 
• Australia has woken to the horrible news that the 16-hour siege in Sydney’s Martin Place ended overnight with three people killed - including the gunman - and four injured. 
• The Guardian’s live blog has been running throughout the night. Follow it now as events continue to unfold today and more information comes to light, and catch up on all the events from yesterday as they happened.
• What we know about Man Haron Monis, the gunman killed in the siege in the Lindt cafe in Martin Place: a self-proclaimed spiritual healer who had faced numerous sexual assault charges, he has long been viewed as a fringe figure in Sydney’s Islamic community and faced increasing marginalisation among his peers.
• Prime minister Tony Abbott has released a statement:

Australians awoke to the news this morning that the siege in Martin Place has ended. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two deceased hostages, the wounded and the other hostages.

Read the rest of his statement in today’s live blog.
• With fears Muslims would come under attack for wearing religious dress as the siege unfolded, Australia stood up in support and solidarity as the hashtag #illridewithyou trended worldwide on Twitter.
• The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov writes how the Sydney siege represents the sum of all Australian fears over the terror threat.
• We have more coverage of the Sydney siege than we can list here. Visit ourSydney siege tag page for the Guardian’s comprehensive coverage, including videos, images, a timeline of eventsand much more continuing throughout today.
Australian news and politics
• The budget deficit is expected to be $40.4bn when Joe Hockey hands down the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook. That’s $11bn higher than expected, and $3.7bn more will be cut from foreign aid.
• A barrister who is a former Liberal party official, and has been convicted of tax offences, is the Queensland government’s favoured candidate for a magistrate position.
• A teenager has been killed in a shark attack off Port Douglas in Queensland. 
• Former MP Craig Thomson has been convicted of theft for misusing union funds, but he’s been cleared of 49 charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception because of a prosecution error.
• Supermarket giant Coles to pay $10m fine, admitting to breaking consumer law after the ACCC took it to court.
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Mohammed Islam says he has made tens of millions of dollars in financial markets.
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• A high school senior who reportedly made more than $72m trading oil and gold futures on the financial markets has disputed the report.
• No reason has been given for the sudden cancellation of a hearing intended to examine allegations the FBI tried to infiltrate the legal defense teams of Guantánamo detainees.
• Texas police officer uses stun gun on 76-year-old during routine traffic stop.
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Through the 70s, 80s and 90s, all manner of drugs – both legal and illegal – were sold online.
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• The Sydney siege dominates the most read items on the Guardian this morning but, outside of that, this is the next most read item: Online highs are old as the net: the first e-commerce was a drugs deal
• The Sydney siege also leads every other major news outlet this morning. Visit their home pages to see how the news is being covered across the media spectrum: Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, SBS, The Daily Telegraph, The Australian, The Courier-Mail, The Herald Sun and The Age.
One last thing 



Roxie Hunt’s armpit hair
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Why dyed armpit hair will be 2015’s most subversive trend.
Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I’ve missed, let me know in the comments here or on Twitter @earleyedition.
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