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Swedish Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has announced she sees no possibility of forming a government with the other parties in the left-wing bloc, following the September 13 general election in which the centre-left won a narrow majority of 176 seats to the incumbent right bloc's 173 seats.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. granted an absolute pardon on Friday to Mary Jane Veloso, a 41-year-old domestic worker and mother of two who was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 for drug trafficking and later sentenced to death. Veloso, who has always maintained her innocence, was released from prison in the Philippines after the pardon was signed, marking the end of a long-running case that drew international attention.
Bangkok was declared a disaster zone by city officials late last week after a stalled low-pressure system submerged streets in up to waist-high flood water, with one weather station near Prachin Buri recording 213.5mm within 24 hours.
Rescuers have recovered two bodies from the site of an avalanche that struck a climbing group camped on Himlung Himal in the Nepalese Himalayas, with around a dozen people still missing, local authorities have confirmed.
A 26-year-old Lao activist and social media content creator, Khieo Lapchanh, disappeared in Thailand on September 15, 2026, just hours before he was scheduled to attend his first asylum registration interview with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The incident has raised renewed concerns about cross-border repression of dissidents in the Mekong region.
Beijing has disclosed further details from last week's Trump-Xi summit, revealing agreements to launch an AI dialogue, establish a communication channel for AI incidents, extend the existing trade truce by two months, and hold behind-closed-doors discussions on Iran. The disclosures, released by China on Monday, provide the first concrete outcomes from a meeting that otherwise produced no joint statements and little public breakthrough.
· 3 sourcesMadonna swept the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with seven wins from 13 nominations, the most of any artist this year, while Taylor Swift captured video of the year and became the most decorated artist in VMA history.
· 2 sourcesLabor is urging regional businesses to hire Pacific migrants as it pushes back against industry warnings that planned cuts to working holidaymaker visas will cripple operations, with Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce accusing some Australians of being unwilling to do the work.
· 2 sourcesPetrol and diesel prices in Australia have climbed to their highest average levels since April, with regular unleaded rising 10¢ to $2.37 a litre and diesel jumping nearly 14¢ to $2.87 a litre, as a diplomatic impasse between the United States and Iran keeps crude oil prices elevated.
· 3 sourcesChancellor John Healey will use his speech to the Labour conference today to promise a 'new age of industrialisation' for Britain and announce new facilities to maintain nuclear submarines on the Clyde, as he prepares to deliver his first budget in four weeks.
Queensland's opposition has demanded Premier David Crisafulli “front up” over a report showing a sharp rise in the number of children known to the child protection system who died last financial year, accusing the government of releasing the figures on the eve of the AFL grand final weekend to avoid scrutiny.
Australian cyclist Michael Matthews has won a silver medal at the world road race championships in Montreal, completing a remarkable comeback less than eight months after a head-on collision with a fire truck at a combined speed of 100km/h left him with multiple fractures and doubts about his future in the sport.
Al Jazeera's September 28 video newsfeed featured reports on the Sudanese army impounding motorcycles under a Blue Nile curfew, deadly floods and landslides in Nepal, Ireland's football victory over Israel, a UK activist confrontation, and a threatening video from Israeli minister Ben-Gvir.
A pub in Western Australia's Kimberley region has been ordered to forfeit $25,000 it earned by flouting pandemic-era alcohol purchase limits designed to curb liquor-fuelled violence, potentially ending almost six years of court action over the breaches.
· 2 sourcesAt the height of the Trump administration's most significant feud with the media, the Australian embassy in Washington hosted a moment of rare detente on Sunday, as White House staff and journalists from CNN and The New York Times faced off across the ambassador's grass tennis court for the annual Kangaroo Cup.
· 2 sourcesBrazil have cancelled a planned open training session at Suncorp Stadium and moved practice behind closed doors as coach Carlo Ancelotti faces fierce criticism at home following a 1-1 draw with the Socceroos in Townsville.
· 2 sourcesA column by Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times has criticised the NRL for inconsistency in its disciplinary process after two similar hip-drop tackles produced sharply different outcomes. Newcastle's Phoenix Crossland broke Penrith star Nathan Cleary's leg, effectively ending his season on the eve of the grand final, while Roosters forward Victor Radley received only a penalty for a similar tackle on Herbie Farnworth. Knox argues the league's practice of factoring injury into grading creates inconsistency and fuels perceptions of bias.
· 2 sourcesTikTok and Meta accepted advertising revenue from criminal groups to run ads for illegal cigarettes and vapes on their platforms, according to an investigation by this masthead. The ads, some featuring AI-generated women, appeared on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, promoting brands such as Alibarbar, Austobac and Double Happiness. The companies removed many of the ads after inquiries but did not explain how they were approved or how much revenue they generated.
· 2 sourcesThe New South Wales government has announced the reopening of the Dawn de Loas Correctional Centre at Silverwater, four years after it was shut down, as the prison population swells following 2024 reforms to domestic violence bail laws. The facility, which holds 515 beds, will be reactivated next year to accommodate a sharp rise in remand prisoners, with Premier Chris Minns citing community safety as the driving force behind the decision.
· 4 sourcesUS Ambassador to China David Perdue has revealed President Donald Trump asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping whether China would like to purchase American weapons. The disclosure, made on Fox News Sunday, comes as the Trump administration withholds a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, raising questions about the administration's broader strategy toward Beijing.
· 4 sourcesA new exhibition at Kin Museum in Kiruna, Sweden, is shedding light on the experiences of the Sami people, coinciding with the handover of a long-awaited report on state abuses against Europe's only recognized Indigenous group.
NSW Police are searching for a woman who allegedly reversed into and killed a 73-year-old man after a roadside argument on the state's South Coast last month, with investigators appealing for the driver to come forward.
Madonna, 68, won three trophies including Artist of the Year at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, outscoring Taylor Swift's two wins. Swift, however, captured the evening's biggest honour, Video of the Year, and set a new record for most VMA wins by a director.
· 2 sourcesEd Miliband will tell Labour's conference that campaigners who raised the plight of Palestinians were right that the party's approach had not been enough, as the government prepares sanctions on Israeli settlements.
The federal budget deficit for 2025-26 came in at $22.3 billion, $6 billion better than forecast, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers sought to frame Tuesday's expected interest rate rise as the product of Middle East conflict and high oil prices rather than government spending or wage growth.
· 12 sourcesDean Jason Milley, a 53-year-old man from Longwarry in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, has been sentenced to prison after he was caught offering vapes and money to teenage boys in exchange for child sex abuse material, the County Court heard. Judge Diana Manova described his conversations with victims as 'highly sexualised and depraved'.
Fremantle's signature "Wharfie Time" fan activation backfired spectacularly in the AFL Grand Final on Saturday, inspiring Brisbane to a remarkable come-from-behind victory that delivered the Lions a second three-peat and extended the Dockers' premiership drought to 32 years.
· 3 sourcesThe 31-tonne humpback whale carcass that drew great white sharks dangerously close to shore at Perth's City Beach has been removed, but the beach remains closed to the public as shark activity persists. A large crane was required after an excavator brought in on Wednesday could not safely lift the carcass.
· 13 sourcesLabor's Cameron Maclean has been elected lord mayor of Parramatta by a single vote after Tanya Raffoul, the councillor who quit the Liberal Party hours earlier over its links to One Nation, used her vote to back him at a testy and tearful council meeting on Monday.
· 5 sourcesThe Wallabies survived a remarkable final 10 minutes in Perth on Sunday night, holding on to defeat world champions South Africa despite having as few as 11 players on the field after four yellow cards decimated their ranks.
· 3 sourcesARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys personally intervened to save thousands of Newcastle Knights fans from a travel nightmare, securing NSW Premier Chris Minns's agreement to scrap planned trackwork on the Newcastle-to-Sydney line as Sunday's NRL grand final sold out on Monday morning.
· 5 sourcesA former NSW police officer on trial for murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies discussed with a friend how he would dispose of a body if he killed someone, a court has heard. Beau Lamarre-Condon asked Georgia Cook over dinner in May 2023 whether she would help hide a body, and later outlined a plan to dump belongings and hide bodies in bushland.
· 6 sourcesThe number of registered rooming houses in Victoria has jumped nearly 19% over the past year to more than 2,040, as former residents and advocates warn the system is failing vulnerable tenants with limited privacy and scant access to support services.
· 3 sourcesNewcastle hooker Phoenix Crossland has been referred straight to the NRL judiciary after his hip-drop tackle caused a catastrophic double compound fracture to Penrith star Nathan Cleary's left ankle, with a bone piercing the skin and blood supply at risk, club sources have revealed. Crossland is almost certain to miss Sunday's grand final against the Sydney Roosters.
· 8 sourcesMike Baird has resigned as chair of Cricket Australia after his home state, New South Wales, withdrew support for him over his decision to push ahead with plans to sell Big Bash League clubs. Former Test batsman David Boon will take over as interim chair at next month's annual general meeting, while a search is conducted for a longer-term replacement.
· 3 sourcesBritish celebrities who successfully beat back AI companies lobbying for free use of their work are warning Australia to prepare for a similar fight, as the Albanese government considers copyright reforms that could allow artificial intelligence systems to train on creative content without permission or payment.
· 2 sourcesReports on 27 September 2026 indicate that the Ethiopian army has recaptured a strategic town in the Tigray region, as clashes intensify beyond previous frontlines.
Classes at Lovely University have been suspended for 10 days following violent protests triggered by an alleged rape on campus, with university officials denying the allegations.
· 2 sourcesPremier Ben Carroll has announced an $80 million election pledge to duplicate the Upfield line in Melbourne’s north, promising to increase train capacity by 50 per cent, while delaying the removal of eight level crossings on the line until 2033, saving the state budget $686 million.
· 7 sourcesIn rare access to the front line in south-western Yemen, the BBC has travelled with Saudi-backed government forces near the city of Taiz, where Houthi fighters are pushing to expand their territorial gains after sweeping down the Red Sea coast earlier this month and seizing a strategic shipping chokepoint. A drone overhead, which a soldier said typically precedes an attack, was followed by multiple strikes within minutes of the BBC crew withdrawing.
· 3 sourcesThe United States has withdrawn all B-1 bomber jets from RAF Fairford in south-west England after the base was the target of a suspected terror plot last weekend, while a sixth man has been arrested and bailed in connection with the investigation.
· 19 sourcesA reported sexual assault on a university campus in India has sparked violent protests, with students clashing with authorities over the incident.
A September 27 news roundup reported five separate incidents: a violent protest at an Indian university over an alleged rape, flooding in southeastern Algeria, a deadly strike on a market in Yemen's Taiz, continued Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire, and the arrest of five people near a UK RAF base over a suspected explosives plot.
Al Jazeera is reporting a deadly strike has hit a market in the Yemeni city of Taiz, according to the headline on its website. The outlet's video newsfeed also covers an alleged rape that sparked violent protest at an Indian university, flooding in southeastern Algeria, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire, five arrests near a UK RAF base over an alleged explosives terror plot, and a reported Ethiopian army recapture of a strategic town.
New floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people and left a dozen missing in Nepal, a month after catastrophic floods left thousands unaccounted for. The disaster is among several developing stories, including a political shift in Israel where opposition leaders have united in a bid to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a confrontation between UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and activists over a ban on the Palestine Action group.
· 2 sourcesBritish counter-terrorism police have arrested five men on suspicion of terror offences after explosives were found in three vans parked near an RAF base used by the US military, according to reports. Investigators are examining whether Iran is behind the alleged bomb plot.
· 3 sourcesA new dedicated service will open in New South Wales to support sexual assault victim-survivors as they navigate the legal system, following a case in which one woman spent more than two years prosecuting her former partner.
· 2 sourcesTreasurer Jim Chalmers is set to reveal a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit, offering a brighter budget outlook ahead of a widely expected Reserve Bank interest rate hike. The announcement comes as the government and opposition stake out positions on regulating artificial intelligence following the recent OpenAI agent hack, with Finance Minister Katy Gallagher pledging legislative guardrails by year-end and Shadow Defence Minister James Paterson urging caution against excessive penalties.
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