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Nottingham police officer shot: four arrested, cordon lifted as officer recovers from surgery

A police officer shot in Nottingham city centre is stable in hospital after surgery, with four people now in custody. Nottinghamshire Police said a 27-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm, while three others face allegations of assisting an offender. The investigation continues and detectives say further arrests are likely.

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World

Macron refuses interior minister's resignation after weekend riots leave 2,400 arrested

French president Emmanuel Macron has refused interior minister Laurent Nuñez's offer to resign after a weekend of riots that left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops destroyed and looted, and at least 2,400 people arrested across the country. In a televised address, Macron condemned "unbridled violence," while unrest spread to Italy and Ukraine's president accused Washington of being "in denial" about Russia's war.

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Australia

PM says attack on MP Helen Haines was deliberate; suspect in custody as counter-terrorism taskforce investigates

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the attack on independent MP Helen Haines was a deliberate act, as police investigate the incident with the assistance of a joint counter-terrorism taskforce. Haines remains in critical condition at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital after surgery, following the alleged attack outside her electorate office in Wangaratta on Monday afternoon.

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Funding crisis forces WFP to cut food aid for 500,000 in Gaza

The World Food Programme has been forced to slash its life-saving operations in Gaza by a third, cutting half a million people from monthly assistance as a steep funding drop threatens gains made since the ceasefire. Starting October, the number of Palestinians receiving WFP support will fall from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, with ration boxes halved, flour bags shrunk, daily hot meals reduced from 250,000 to 150,000, and cash transfers cut by 40 per cent. The cuts come as winter begins and as two-thirds of Gaza's population, 1.4 million people, still face crisis-level food insecurity.

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Australia

Australia unveils secret Ghost Shark payloads: sea mines, drone swarms and supply caches

Australia has revealed three previously secret payloads for its Ghost Shark robotic submarines, including naval mines, armed aerial drones and underwater supply caches, in a major expansion of the uncrewed fleet's military capabilities. Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy unveiled the weapons during a visit to defence technology company Anduril's Sydney headquarters, saying the submarines now “have teeth”.

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Australia

Robert McClelland named new National Anti-Corruption Commissioner

Deputy chief justice and former Labor attorney-general Robert McClelland has been appointed head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland announced on Monday, after a turbulent first four years for the federal integrity body. McClelland will start in January with the task of restoring public confidence in the watchdog, which lost its inaugural commissioner early amid questions over conflicts of interest.

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Australia

Black-market tobacco sellers move online as Victoria cracks down on shops

The Age has published a first-hand test of Victoria's black-market tobacco trade, ordering a carton of illicit cigarettes through a nondescript e-commerce site and collecting them at an inner-city package locker just over a week later. The purchase highlights how sellers are shifting to social media advertising and home delivery as authorities shut down illegal tobacco shops across the state.

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Geopolitics

Ukrainian scientist still in Russian detention one year on, ambassador tells Antarctic meeting

Ukrainian scientist Leonid Pshenichnov, arrested by Russia in Crimea in 2025 on treason charges for his Antarctic conservation work, remains in detention more than a year later, Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia said on Monday. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Hobart, Vasyl Myroshnychenko raised serious concerns for the 71-year-old’s health and called for his immediate release.

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Brazilians vote in nail-biter runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro's son

Brazilians headed to the polls on Sunday in a tense presidential runoff between incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. The candidates wrapped up a bitter campaign with massive final rallies on Saturday and a final televised debate on Friday night. Polls show the race remains exceptionally tight, with Bolsonaro holding a narrow lead that has largely evaporated within the margin of error.

·3 min·12 sources
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Hotels, Restaurants, and Scenic Spots Ban Photography to Curb Influencer Culture

A growing number of luxury hotels, farm shops, and beauty spots across Europe, the US, and Japan are banning photography and photoshoots, driven by concerns that influencer activity is disrupting the experience for other guests and eroding privacy. The five-star Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes now requires permission for any photoshoot, while smaller venues like the Hollies farm shop in Cheshire restrict filming during peak hours. The trend reflects a broader shift away from documenting every moment and toward protecting the character of hospitality spaces.

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World

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie faces verdict over deaths of 191 children

A Kenyan court is set to deliver a judgment in the mass murder case against doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie and 29 followers, who are accused of murdering 191 children by starvation in the Shakahola forest. Mackenzie's cult allegedly forced children to starve to death as part of a doomsday doctrine that deemed education and modern medicine as evil. All defendants have pleaded not guilty, insisting that nobody was forced to die.

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Geopolitics

Trump open to trilateral summit with Putin and Xi, says focus would be denuclearization, not Ukraine

President Trump said Monday he would hold a trilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month, but cast it as a forum for denuclearization rather than ending the war in Ukraine. The comments follow a Wall Street Journal report that Putin proposed such a meeting during a phone call with Trump on Oct. 9, and come as Washington's recent concessions to Moscow deepen alarm in Kyiv and among European allies.

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Australia

NSW Premier intervenes to save Hunter Valley coal mine jobs after High Court ruling on climate emissions

The New South Wales government will legislate to approve an expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley, overriding a High Court ruling that found the original approval invalid for failing to consider emissions from exported coal. Premier Chris Minns announced the intervention on Monday, saying the move was necessary to prevent about 400 job losses before Christmas.

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Australia

New footage shows alleged unlawful force at Sydney protest, court told

New video footage played in a Sydney court shows police grabbing protesters by the head and neck and forcibly breaking up a group of Muslim worshippers at the February protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit, in scenes a defence lawyer says amount to unlawful arrests and excessive force. A judge has also ruled the defence can pursue communications between senior police and state government ministers, describing the material as having a "legitimate forensic purpose".

·3 min·7 sources
Australia

Court overturns Aboriginal heritage order on NSW goldmine, finds process 'fundamentally flawed'

The Federal Court has overturned an Aboriginal protection order covering part of the billion-dollar McPhillamys goldmine project near Blayney in New South Wales, ruling the decision-making process behind it was 'fundamentally flawed.' Justice James Stellios found that when Wiradjuri elders revealed the blue-banded bee Dreaming story in December 2023, officials should have treated it as a new application rather than extra detail, meaning the public never had an adequate chance to respond to the specific claim for protection.

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Australia

Hanson tells Lambie to 'get over it' as cartoon controversy draws cross-party condemnation

Pauline Hanson has dismissed Jacqui Lambie's anger over a One Nation cartoon mocking the Tasmanian senator's vaginal prolapse, telling her to "get over it" and "have a bit of a laugh", as cross-party condemnation of the attack continued to mount. Lambie accused One Nation of adding hatred and spite to public life, while Liberal MP Garth Hamilton called the cartoon 'nasty, crass and vulgar' and demanded an apology.

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