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Two Russian journalists forced into exile after raids by the FSB intelligence service have published a biography of Vladimir Putin that presents him as a leader capable of 'limitless cruelty', drawing on their own encounters with the state's climate of fear and violence.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its measles dashboard on Friday but still excludes four measles deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating and clinicians report encountering cases unlike anything seen before. Members of Congress have requested an immediate briefing on the decision to change how measles deaths are reported, as cases nationwide reach levels not seen in decades. A possible measles exposure was also reported in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last week.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Austin, Texas, his lawyer said Tuesday. Judge Orlando Garcia ordered that Garces Perez appear in person on September 30, effectively preventing his removal before that date.
· 2 sourcesA Kansas man has been convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of a school teacher, Ashleigh Boyd, whose husband was killed months earlier in a separate incident. The verdict comes just four days after a Louisiana jury found a woman guilty in the drugging death of Boyd's widower, Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano.
A row over President Donald Trump's decision to ban three news organisations from the White House has led to a network boycott that disrupted live coverage of a presidential event on Monday, with remarks barely audible in footage of a new helipad ceremony. The dispute centres on the White House press pool and could affect coverage of upcoming engagements including the UN General Assembly.
Consumers and businesses in the European Union are spending three times more on Chinese imports than their Chinese counterparts spend on EU goods, with the trade deficit running at more than €1 billion per day in July, according to a study of customs data.
· 2 sourcesA Sri Lankan court has sentenced 15 men to at least 200 years in prison each for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the deadliest attack in the country since its civil war ended. The convicted men were found guilty of plotting the coordinated suicide bombings that killed 267 people and wounded nearly 600 at three churches and three luxury hotels. Nine other accused were acquitted.
· 7 sourcesA teenager accused of planning a violent attack and possessing extremist material is set to appear in court on Tuesday, where he is expected to face three charges.
· 3 sourcesA power outage affecting nearly 3,000 residents and businesses in Mildura is expected to last until midday Friday, after a ute crashed into a critical power pole on Monday. The prolonged blackout has sparked distress among elderly residents, people with disabilities, and domestic violence survivors reliant on home security systems.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has cautioned that artificial intelligence could be a bubble and that there is no evidence it is making the economy more productive, contradicting government claims that the technology will solve Australia’s economic malaise. Speaking ahead of an expected interest rate rise, she also noted that the current house price slump is deeper than others in recent Australian history.
· 2 sourcesFederal immigration officials in Texas prevented Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX) from fully conducting congressional oversight at a controversial ICE detention facility last month, the lawmaker told the Guardian. The visit to the Camp East Montana tent facility at Fort Bliss came after two separate disturbances had been reported there.
The European Union has agreed to remove billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its Russia sanctions list while extending blacklist restrictions on almost 3,000 individuals and companies for three years, averting an end-of-Tuesday deadline that would have seen the measures lapse.
· 3 sourcesAl Jazeera's September 22 news feed delivered a wide-ranging lineup, from Syrian leadership proposals at the UN General Assembly to US domestic and foreign policy stories, including an attempted murder conviction in Vermont and a controversial US decision to send bombs to Israel.
Vladimir Putin has won the Russian presidential election in a result described as predictable for a country ruled for so long by an autocrat whose critics have met suspicious deaths.
· 3 sourcesProtesters gathered in Austin, Texas on Sunday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan DoorDash delivery driver, who was later transferred from hospital to a detention centre with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to his lawyer.
A Mississippi grand jury has unanimously declined to bring criminal charges against anyone in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, a Black teen whose body was found on Horn Island days after a July 4 boating trip with friends. The Jackson County grand jury, which met from September 14 to 18, issued 132 subpoenas, heard from 43 witnesses, and reviewed physical, digital and forensic evidence before concluding there was 'no credible evidence' of criminal conduct.
· 2 sourcesMajor US television networks suspended their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday in a coordinated protest against his decision to bar CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, while the three outlets filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban. The standoff has left the White House press corps without its standard shared video feed of the president's movements, including his arrival in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
· 10 sourcesThe family of Terry Denton, the beloved Australian illustrator and author of the Treehouse series, has described him as someone who ‘gave joy to millions of children around the world’ as news of his death at age 76 was confirmed Tuesday. Denton died on Monday surrounded by his family, his literary agency Curtis Brown and publisher Pan Macmillan announced.
· 8 sourcesA 42-year-old mother has been charged with the murder of her five-year-old son and the attempted murder of his two younger siblings after all three were found with stab wounds in a vehicle in Valley Heights in the Blue Mountains on Sunday.
· 11 sourcesRussia’s parliamentary election has yielded the widely expected outcome, with the Kremlin-backed United Russia party set to retain its constitutional majority in the State Duma, according to preliminary results published on 21 September 2026. The vote took place after more than four-and-a-half years of war in Ukraine, which has brought heavy military losses, economic difficulties and petrol shortages from Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities.
Lithuania's main airport in Vilnius was forced to halt flights late Monday night in what officials called a 'hybrid attack carried out by Belarus,' as Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius told the BBC the country has evacuation plans but will 'fight back' if Russia attacks. Separately, President Gitanas Nausėda confirmed a new US troop rotation is on its way to the Baltic state.
· 2 sourcesA private investigator has told the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) that he was instructed to surveil former Liberal minister David Elliott and provided secret recording devices to fugitive property developer Jean Nassif.
· 2 sourcesIntelligence chiefs have warned that Russia's appetite for risk is growing as a wave of sabotage and covert attacks against European states supporting Ukraine intensifies. The operations form part of a deliberate hybrid or 'shadow war' designed to disrupt support for Kyiv while remaining below the threshold for a military response from NATO, according to a briefing released as the UN General Assembly convenes in New York.
A man who shot three Palestinians in the US state of Vermont has been found guilty of attempted murder, according to reports from September 22, 2026.
The foreign ministers of the G7 nations on Tuesday demanded that Iran end its arming and support of Yemen's Houthi rebels, and called on the group to halt all military actions and attacks on civilian shipping, warning that recent escalation threatens international trade and global economic stability.
· 3 sourcesA male executive has told a Sydney court he felt 'disgusting and powerless' after alleging former broadcaster Alan Jones slid his hand down his back and touched his bottom at a function several years ago, as the sexual assault trial continues.
· 6 sourcesThe United States has escalated pressure on Iran by threatening to ground Iranian airlines worldwide starting Wednesday, warning that any airport or company servicing Iranian carriers could be cut off from the US dollar system.
· 2 sourcesThe United Nations is working to assert its relevance in the governance of artificial intelligence, even as foreign policy experts argue the technology's development is a race largely restricted to the United States and China, leaving the rest of the world on the sidelines.
· 2 sourcesThe registered nurse who triaged toddler Joe Massa told an inquest the hospital’s system gave no warning about his abnormal heartbeat, and that an alert would have led her to escalate his care. The case has exposed a litany of problems, including outdated guidelines and a long shift, reported in the lead-up to his death.
· 3 sourcesBritish mothers who flee domestic abuse abroad and return to the UK with their children may gain greater legal protection after the government agreed to examine how the Hague convention handles such cases. Currently, these women can face accusations of child abduction and court orders to return children to the country they escaped.
The future of the proposed Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula is in doubt after the Native Vegetation Council rejected a proposal to amend a heritage agreement, citing the need to protect native vegetation and endangered bird species at the conservation area.
· 2 sourcesA brief Al Jazeera article published on September 22, 2026, carries the headline that academic Mahmood Mamdani challenged President Donald Trump over the White House's press ban during a meeting. However, the page provides no further details, quotes, or video content, leaving the nature and outcome of the exchange unclear.
A Senate inquiry into the September 2025 Optus national outage has recommended sweeping changes to Australia's telecommunications industry, including mandatory domestic mobile roaming and stripping Telstra of its role as operator of the Triple Zero emergency call service.
The criminal trial of broadcaster Alan Jones has heard from a fourth male complainant, who told the court he felt 'disgusting and powerless' after the former radio host allegedly touched his bottom at an event more than five years ago.
· 4 sourcesWestern Australia will become the first state to completely ban the possession of smart glasses on public school premises, Education Minister Sabine Winton announced on Tuesday, in what she called the nation's 'most comprehensive' restriction on the increasingly popular recording devices.
· 2 sourcesAustralia has confirmed it is helping the US investigate how F-35 jet fighter parts, including a canopy with radar-resistant technology, were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong after leaving Australia, but Defence Minister Richard Marles insists no technologically 'sensitive' components were lost.
· 3 sourcesAuthorities have issued an Emergency Warning for a dangerous bushfire in Queensland's South Burnett region, while another fire in the Southern Downs prompted evacuations after a permitted burn jumped containment lines, officials said.
As an estimated 130 world leaders converge on New York for the United Nations General Assembly, the most consequential meeting may not happen there but in Washington, where US President Donald Trump is expected to host Chinese President Xi Jinping — a summit that could determine the direction of the Iran war, a widening conflict the US can neither end nor contain, and that is now strangling the global economy.
· 7 sourcesFearing loss of control in the US Congress, Republican lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to ban or restrict diesel exports to ease a surge in fuel prices ahead of the November midterm elections. Analysts and observers caution that such a move would likely backfire, with consequences far beyond America’s borders.
· 3 sourcesPrime Minister Andy Burnham has agreed to a Saudi request for the UK to provide air-to-air refuelling of Saudi fighter jets in a defensive effort to counter Houthi attacks on energy infrastructure, a move he says is intended to help restore Middle East stability and reduce the cost of living at home.
· 2 sourcesAs world leaders gather in New York for the 2026 UN General Assembly, the return of Donald Trump to the UN podium, a push by Secretary-General António Guterres for a global ban on autonomous weapons, and the plight of thousands of migrants stranded in Ceuta are set to dominate discussions, according to prepared coverage from Al Jazeera.
Britain and the United States have test-fired a torpedo from an uncrewed undersea vessel for the first time, a move the British government hailed as a major advance for submarine technology under the AUKUS alliance with Australia. The launch took place in UK waters last week from the 12-metre drone XV Excalibur, with the vessel remotely controlled from an operating centre in Australia more than 16,000 kilometres away.
As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump is set to address the body for the first time since returning to office, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres used the platform to call for a ban on autonomous weapons, and a separate White House event was marred by a boycott from US broadcast networks.
The Coalition has reopened debate on using superannuation to help Australians buy homes, with Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg set to float several options in a speech today — including using retirement savings as collateral for a loan or withdrawing a lump sum for a deposit — while stressing the opposition has not yet settled on a formal policy.
· 2 sourcesFormula 1 has approved a reduction in official race distances from 305 to 290 kilometres starting in 2027, as part of broader regulatory changes including revised power unit rules and increased flexibility for race organisers during rain delays.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described 'monetised misogyny' online as one factor fuelling domestic violence, while defending the Albanese government's decision to increase resourcing for family violence services rather than support a national royal commission into the issue.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators attended a right-wing protest in Spain calling for early elections and accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government of negligence over the migrant crisis in Ceuta, where humanitarian conditions are deteriorating for thousands of people stranded in the enclave.
· 3 sourcesIn what naval analysts describe as the world's first clash between uncrewed surface vessels, a Ukrainian naval drone sank a Russian explosive-laden drone boat using a remote-controlled machine gun turret, marking a new milestone in drone warfare.