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The relationship between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has sunk to a new low, marked by personal attacks, disputed claims over intelligence sharing and Starlink access, and US policy shifts that Kyiv sees as favoring Russia.
First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has warned that Wales must prepare for another 'difficult' summer of wildfires after a summit in Merthyr Tydfil on Thursday highlighted critical gaps in prevention and response, including a lack of dedicated aerial support and a shortage of firefighters that the Fire Brigades Union described as a 'crisis.'
There were bad-tempered exchanges and a protest on the steps of the Senedd on Wednesday night as Reform UK members called for a ban on Muslim religious face coverings, prompting cross-chamber condemnation and a comparison to the Nuremberg Laws from the Deputy First Minister. The short debate, which the Senedd has no power to act on, saw no vote but drew sharp divisions between Reform and opposition parties.
Keeley McKee, who was three years old when her mother was killed by her partner, is speaking out about the damage caused by domestic abuse, saying she refuses to be "a victim of this story" and wants greater recognition of the impact on children and families left behind.
House prices in most parts of regional NSW and Victoria are still higher than a year ago, even as every Australian capital city recorded a quarterly decline for the first time in 15 years, the latest Domain House Price Report shows. The divergence highlights how rising interest rates, cost-of-living pressures and federal tax changes are hitting city markets harder than their regional counterparts.
Aneurin Bevan, the Labour minister who created the National Health Service, was the subject of MI5 surveillance for more than two decades, newly released files from the National Archives reveal, with the security service opening a file on him in 1933 and only closing it in 1975, 15 years after his death.
The United States has ordered non-essential embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, after an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed at least one person and wounded eight. The order came as Saudi Arabia reported near-daily attacks this month from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, including a drone interception at an oil field that killed two workers.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of a nuclear mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv and warned voters that only he could prevent annihilation, as Israeli media reported a clash between Netanyahu and the military chief of staff over a directive that could provoke conflict with Iran. Netanyahu has denied the report, but new accounts suggest he has been pushing for renewed action against Iran ahead of Tuesday's election.
Ukrainian forces struck the Russian city of Lipetsk in an overnight drone attack on Oct. 22, according to monitoring channels, with eyewitness footage showing low-flying drones and fires lighting up the night sky. The Russian regional governor confirmed damage to residential buildings and a clinic, while the full extent of the attack could not be independently verified.
Prominent Democratic groups and leaders including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Trump administration of illegally pressuring states to purge voter rolls using unreliable noncitizen data and threatening election officials with prosecution. The suit, which names President Donald Trump, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security and their heads, asks a judge to declare the actions unlawful and block further interference.
This week, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hit out at countries that 'like to insult' his nation over the haze from its worst wildfires in a decade, even as a growing chorus of voices across Southeast Asia demands legal accountability for the plantation owners blamed for the crisis. The fires, which have burned more than 2 million hectares of land, have sent toxic smoke across Malaysia and Singapore, pushing major population centres to the top of global tables for poor air quality.
Two-time Australian sprint champion Jake Doran has been charged with indecent treatment of a child under 16 in Queensland. The 26-year-old athlete was arrested by Townsville police last week and bailed to reappear on November 5. Australian Athletics has imposed a provisional ban prohibiting him from attending any national, state or club events or training sessions.
The White House has demanded that Politico retract or correct three stories about Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, issue a public apology and remove the reports from its archives within 48 hours, warning of unspecified consequences if it does not. The ultimatum, from White House Counsel Will Scharf, deepens an ongoing confrontation between the administration and Washington news organizations.
Fresh fighting has erupted on the outskirts of Yemen's Taiz, the UN says, as nearly 260,000 people have been displaced since August and about half have taken refuge in the besieged city. Government forces reported clashes with Houthi fighters near the old airport and Jabal Han mountain on Wednesday, while aid agencies warn that a renewed siege has cut off garbage collection, fuel and water supplies.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine supports a US proposal for three-way talks with Russia and the United States at negotiator level, to be held as soon as possible and preferably before early November, even as analysts question whether Vladimir Putin would risk meeting him.
One in four Australian workers are being underpaid superannuation by their employers, costing about $6 billion each year, with only about 15 per cent ever recovered by the Australian Taxation Office, independent reports show. Two Brisbane oral health therapists who won complaints against their employer 18 months ago say they still have not seen a cent returned to their super funds.
The Trump administration has agreed to drop two of its appeals of a federal court ruling that blocked its plan to limit eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, according to reports on Wednesday. The decision marks a pause in the administration's efforts to narrow the program, which forgives student debt for government and nonprofit workers after 10 years of payments.
For the first time, Germany's military has classified the threat of Russian sabotage against its troops and facilities as 'significant', the second highest threat level, following a series of incidents including an explosives laden drone found near the Wunstorf air base in Lower Saxony. The classification, reported by Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Oct. 21, marks an escalation in Germany's response to what intelligence officials describe as a 'shadow war' with Russia.
A student-led political movement has toppled longtime Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić in a parliamentary election, ending his 14-year grip on power, Al Jazeera and the Washington Examiner report.
A Mexican judge has ordered César Jáuregui Moreno, the former attorney general of Chihuahua state, to remain in pretrial detention on treason charges, in a case that has exposed tensions over the role of US agents in Mexico's anti-drug operations. A court hearing is scheduled for Saturday to decide whether there is enough evidence to proceed.
The Trump administration filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Wednesday asking the justices to lift a federal judge's injunction blocking construction of a border wall system across roughly 500 miles of Texas's Big Bend region, a day after the judge again ruled against the administration. Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the injunction "baseless" and argued that the government's border-security interests outweigh the environmental, aesthetic and recreational harms cited by opponents. The court has not yet responded.
Senate Republicans are considering last-ditch spending in Mississippi and additional cash for South Carolina and Kansas, an acknowledgment that the party's once-impregnable Senate map is now under strain. The scramble comes as Senate Majority PAC, the main Democratic super PAC, announced a $1.2 million investment in the Mississippi race on Tuesday to back Democrat Scott Colom against Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
President Donald Trump’s political groups have spent nearly $277 million since the start of September to boost Republican midterm candidates, an outlay that strategists say far outstrips any previous sitting president, according to new Federal Election Commission filings. The bulk of the money flowed through Trump's flagship super PAC, MAGA Inc., which transferred $200 million to No Going Back PAC and $25 million to Safety & Affordability PAC for advertising. Despite the heavy spending, MAGA Inc. still reported $164 million cash on hand as of Oct. 14, giving the Trump operation ample firepower for the final weeks of the campaign.
Colombian police have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine destined for the Netherlands at the port of Cartagena, President Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Tuesday, calling it the largest cocaine seizure at the port in the last ten years.
A man who harassed Labour MP Henry Tufnell for being English and carried an axe to a pub has been given a suspended prison sentence. Michael Glover, 59, left a note at the MP's office in Haverfordwest claiming he knew where Tufnell lived with his wife and newborn baby, and the following day brandished an axe in a local pub. Swansea Crown Court heard the defendant had 'complex mental health difficulties' and was frustrated over a delay in his blue badge application.
The first severe thunderstorm of the season is forecast to hit Brisbane on Thursday morning, with the Bureau of Meteorology issuing flash flooding warnings from the Sunshine Coast to the state border. The storm has already dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain on Caboolture and Morayfield in two hours, and is expected to move across the city's western suburbs by early morning.
Ben Roberts-Smith has denied allegations of murder in an interview with 2GB's Ben Fordham after being charged with five counts of war crime-murder.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied a request for individual assistance for Texans affected by July 2026 floods, telling states they must take the lead on disaster recovery. Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Division of Emergency Management are reviewing the decision, according to a statement from the governor's office. The denial leaves residents in Kerr County and Uvalde, many still rebuilding from deadly floods in July 2025, without federal funds for temporary housing, home repairs and lost belongings.
Brazil's top election authority is being asked to intervene over claims that Meta suppressed content supporting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva while favoring his challenger, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, in the final stretch of a tight presidential runoff.
As the Chinese Communist Party prepares for the Fifth Plenum of its 20th Central Committee, rumours again circulate about a successor to Xi Jinping. But a new analysis argues that the real story is not who might replace Xi, but how he relies on two key lieutenants, Premier Li Qiang and senior official Cai Qi, to sustain his rule, forming what one commentator calls a 'central gang of three' that defines elite politics in the Xi era.
With the end of 2026 approaching, streaming platforms are unveiling a slate of high-profile series spanning blockbuster adaptations, true-crime documentaries, and original dramas. Among the most anticipated are the Harry Potter TV series, the Blade Runner 2099 sequel, and a dramatisation of the FTX collapse titled The Altruists.
Jack Ross, the former Conservative election candidate suspended after being filmed discussing the cost of hiring contract killers, worked as a consultant in Kemi Badenoch’s office as recently as last year, the Guardian has learned. Sources close to Badenoch said Ross was contracted as a junior social media external consultant, while a Tory staffer said he “would come and go in the office” and that some MPs were uncomfortable but senior figures valued the social media clicks he generated.
Thousands of California public employees walked off the job on Wednesday in a one-day strike, picketing outside government buildings in several cities as contract negotiations with Governor Gavin Newsom's administration remain deadlocked. The action, the first of its kind for SEIU Local 1000, comes five months after the union's contract expired.
Iran has reaffirmed that it will not remove any enriched uranium from the country, even as a wave of diplomatic visits to Tehran this week sought to end the US–Israel war that began in February. The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said late Tuesday that “not a single gram of enriched uranium will be removed from Iran”, though he did not rule out downblending the material inside the country under international supervision.
The two leaders of India's Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party were released from Tihar jail on Wednesday night, a week after their arrest for trespassing at Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site. A special executive magistrate declined a police request to extend their judicial custody by three more days, and the pair walked free on personal bonds of Rs 50,000 each.
The Australian Defence Force has confirmed that the six-wheel model of Supacat transporter that rolled and killed Corporal Brendan Hannam on October 5 had previously tipped over in a 2020 training exercise, and the ABC has revealed that the UK variant of the vehicle has been involved in more than 30 rollovers, including one that killed a Scottish reservist.
President Donald Trump returned to South Carolina on Wednesday to showcase what his administration describes as a record of delivering tax relief, private investment, rural healthcare expansion, and public safety improvements for the state, according to a White House statement.
Hospital officials have upgraded independent federal MP Helen Haines' condition to serious but stable, an improvement from critical but stable, five days after she was allegedly run down outside her electoral office in Wangaratta. The 65-year-old had both legs amputated in the days following the attack.
Police have renewed their appeal for information on the third anniversary of the death of Lower Hutt toddler Baby Ru, urging those withholding details to come forward.
Police have been granted a warrant to hold two men for up to seven more days without charge as part of the ongoing investigation into an alleged terror plot linked to suspected Iranian state involvement at RAF Fairford, Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) has confirmed.
Police have named the man shot dead in a targeted attack at a north London pub as 35-year-old Erdem Mustafa. Officers were called to the Sun and Woolpack on Hertford Road in Enfield on Monday, October 19, where Mustafa was treated for gunshot wounds but died at the scene. Detectives have released a CCTV image of a person they wish to speak to, though it remains unclear whether the individual is a man or woman, or if they are wearing a disguise.
Russian attacks on Oct. 21 struck a gas production facility in Kharkiv Oblast and critical infrastructure in Dnipro, leaving 30,000 consumers without power, local authorities reported. The strikes are part of a wider campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure as winter approaches, when increased consumption puts additional pressure on a system already damaged by years of attacks.
Trump-aligned super PACs have unleashed more than $300 million into the midterm campaign, with new Federal Election Commission filings showing heavy spending in House districts that were barely competitive two years ago. The outlays include $75.5 million in the first two weeks of October, much of it routed through two new groups: No Going Back PAC and Safety & Affordability PAC, which together have reported over $209 million in independent expenditures.
Dozens of Israeli fighter jets flew to the Iranian border on Monday in what Israeli and US officials described as a training exercise and power projection operation, raising concerns about miscalculation and potential escalation ahead of Israel's October 27 elections.
New Mexico's attorney general filed a federal civil lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal lawyer, Darren Indyke, and his accountant, Richard Kahn, accusing them of facilitating and concealing the late financier's sex trafficking operation. The suit asks a federal judge to prevent the two men from receiving payments from Epstein's estate while the case proceeds.
An organic recycling company has accused the Western Australian government of an over-reliance on landfill and called for stricter waste laws to recover nutrients for farming, as farmers report cost-effective benefits from compost made from organic waste.
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that 40 individuals have been charged in connection with more than $40 million in fraud targeting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federally funded food assistance program for low-income Americans. The announcement comes as the Trump administration highlights its anti-fraud task force, created in February, which the White House says has identified $260.7 billion in fraud across the federal government since President Trump took office.
European Public Prosecutor’s Office agents conducted searches on Wednesday morning at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, targeting the offices of the far-right Patriots group and its predecessor, the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the use of EU funds.