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The House of Commons has approved the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill at its third reading by 330 votes to 178, a government majority of 152, sending the draft legislation to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. The bill, which replaces the previous Conservative government's 2023 Legacy Act, is designed to address the unresolved legacy of the conflict that killed more than 3,500 people.
Greens leader David Shoebridge and senator Jordon Steele-John are openly at odds this week after the senator released a lengthy statement denying allegations of misconduct towards women and disputing his leader's account that he agreed to take leave. While Mr Shoebridge's office maintains leave was agreed and is appropriate, Senator Steele-John insists he never consented to stepping back and accuses party factions of weaponising unsubstantiated rumours for preselection battles.
CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has apologized and deleted a social media post in which she praised a man who interrupted a Democratic Michigan Senate candidate's town hall with questions about the Muslim Brotherhood, as the man was identified as a former aide to Senator Josh Hawley. The incident has intensified scrutiny of CBS's editorial direction under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and highlighted the role of the Muslim Brotherhood issue in a closely watched midterm contest.
President Donald Trump has unveiled detailed plans to turn Washington's historic East Potomac Golf Links into a single 18-hole championship course, announcing a November 15 start date that clashes with a federal judge's orders halting work at the site. Judge Ana Reyes responded by extending a ban on further tree removal to October 26 and demanding the government state whether its legal position, that the project was only at a preliminary stage, still stands.
Albertans go to the polls on Monday to decide whether to begin the process of leaving Canada, a referendum polls suggest will be comfortably defeated and that has been overshadowed by a deadly fire at a military base in the province. A blaze tore through CFB Wainwright on Saturday afternoon, with Canada's armed forces announcing "profound sadness" at multiple deaths and injuries. Premier Danielle Smith, who called the vote under pressure from her own party, has already said she voted against independence.
On Sunday, an alliance of Venezuelan opposition parties reaffirmed exiled Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado as its leader and renewed calls for free elections, issuing a 14-point proposal for democratic transition that includes her safe return from exile.
A new wave of synthetic drugs, including the animal tranquilliser tranq, is sweeping across the United States, intensifying fears of a worsening drug crisis despite a recent decline in overdose deaths, according to a BBC report from Chicago's South Side.
US President Donald Trump has defended his suspension of Russian sanctions as a deliberate tactic to keep Moscow at the negotiating table, and again accused Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky of not wanting the war to end, deepening a public rift between Washington and Kyiv.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is chairing a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday after a weekend of violent protests and looting across France, as President Emmanuel Macron ordered a review of possible intelligence and policing failures. The unrest, which saw nearly 2,400 arrests and about 1,000 police injured, has cast a shadow over the government's upcoming budget vote and intensified political tensions ahead of next year's presidential election.
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has pleaded not guilty in Manukau District Court to three charges of inciting racial disharmony, laid under the Human Rights Act. He will reappear in January next year.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber have publicly addressed the death of their son Presley Gerber for the first time, posting a tribute on Crawford’s Instagram account, with Presley’s sister Kaia Gerber also signing off and posting her own separate message. Presley, a model and mental health advocate, died at a rehabilitation facility on September 20 at 27 years old. The death is being investigated as a suspected overdose; no official cause of death not yet revealed. The family said they are “beyond heartbroken” and grateful for “outpouring of love.” Kaia Gerber posted her own tribute with video and picture. Presley had been open about mental health struggles and substance abuse, and was charged with drink-driving in 2019. His sister described his battle with addiction in a Vogue interview.
New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has pledged to implement a social media ban for under-16s within its first 100 days in government, alongside a new 'Digital Duty of Care' law and an independent online regulator with powers to fine tech companies that breach safety rules.
A former Victoria Police digital forensics officer who worked on child abuse investigations has been charged with 23 offences, including possessing child abuse material and misconduct in public office. The allegations triggered a sweeping audit that delayed over a hundred court cases and caused significant distress for victims.
Resale websites including Vinted and eBay have removed suspicious listings after apparently stolen goods from weekend looting in France appeared on their platforms, with products including perfumes, designer handbags and Pokémon cards being offered at a fraction of retail prices.
A report from Al Jazeera's The Listening Post program has highlighted significant political developments across three countries. In India, youth-led protests have returned to Delhi after the Electoral Commission removed 130 million names from voter rolls, accompanied by a crackdown on journalists. Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, imposing a media blackout and internet shutdown after protests demanding the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. In Brazil, more than three years after Jair Bolsonaro's fall, a new generation of evangelical political influencers is mobilising followers through religious media.
Meta temporarily suspended the Instagram account of the No Kings movement on Saturday as the group organized nationwide pro-democracy protests aimed at boosting early voter turnout. The company apologized, attributing the shutdown to an automated system triggered by high-frequency posting, but the coalition and elected officials questioned the explanation, reigniting censorship concerns.
A major fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta has killed at least four people and injured dozens more, with Prime Minister Mark Carney describing the incident as one of the worst peacetime tragedies to strike Canadian forces on domestic soil.
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has accused factions within the party of weaponising rumours about him for political reasons, as he denied taking leave from the party despite leader David Shoebridge claiming Steele-John would not be in parliament while an investigation is ongoing.
Multiple Australian news outlets, including the Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today, Brisbane Times, and The Age, reported on October 18, 2026, that a woman has been arrested in connection with a hit-run spree in Adelaide. No further details have been released by these outlets.
Two people have died after a utility vehicle drove into a football match in the United States, according to reports from Australian news outlets. The incident was reported on October 18, 2026, but no details about the location, timing, or circumstances have been released.
Massachusetts Republican lieutenant governor candidate Shawn Oliver has suspended his campaign, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving following a late-night crash in New Bedford. His running mate, GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue, said he asked Oliver to immediately suspend the campaign and would formally ask for his resignation if elected.
Navy leadership has condemned an incident involving a hidden camera, according to reports carried by four major Australian newspaper websites on October 18. The published versions contain no further detail: the article text behind the identical headlines has not appeared, leaving the nature of the incident, where it occurred and any response unknown.
Australia's intelligence agencies are operating without specific rules for artificial intelligence, the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor has warned, as a planned review into the legal framework stalls. The Monitor's 2025-26 annual report says internal rules set by Defence Minister Richard Marles and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke 'say nothing about AI specifically', leaving a gap between common law and internal oversight that creates uncertainty about how AI is used in decisions such as warrant applications.
Labor has unveiled a $30 road toll cap in Victoria, according to headlines published on 18 October across The Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today and Brisbane Times.
Guam has begun recovering from Super Typhoon Champi, with government offices reopening and cargo operations partially resuming, while the neighbouring Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has declared the all clear. The storm, which narrowly missed Guam on Sunday, continues to move west over open ocean, but dangerous marine conditions and power outages persist across the Marianas.
The Grattan Institute, led by a member of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ economic advisory panel, has recommended raising the GST from 10 to 15 per cent and expanding its base, with the $76 billion in annual revenue used to cut income taxes for lower- and middle-income workers and boost JobSeeker, pensions and rent assistance. The proposal has drawn support from crossbench MP Allegra Spender and former Coalition treasurers, but faces political pushback from shadow treasurer Tim Wilson and internal government tensions.
Survivors of the Hunter Valley bus crash that killed 10 wedding guests in June 2023 have broken their silence, demanding action after an investigation found systemic failures allowed the driver to remain on the road.
The UK home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will meet the EU’s home affairs commissioner, Magnus Brunner, on Monday to discuss migration, border management, law enforcement cooperation and counter-terrorism, according to the European Commission. The talks come after Andy Burnham announced plans to use an upcoming EU-UK summit to lay out options for Britain’s long-term relationship with the bloc, including rejoining European law enforcement databases.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has for the first time publicly addressed growing calls for a special prosecutor to work alongside the state's CFMEU inquiry, telling a Brisbane audience the commission has already 'justified its existence' and declining to back the idea. He spoke as figures including the barrister whose report sparked the inquiry, the state's peak union body and Transparency International advocate for swifter action on alleged criminality before the 2027 final report.
Australia's sex discrimination laws must be overhauled to stop workplaces penalising pregnant women and mothers, the Australian Human Rights Commission has found in a report obtained by Four Corners. The investigation also heard from more than 100 women who said they experienced discrimination at work after falling pregnant.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s border czar, said on Saturday that Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar could “of course” be stripped of her citizenship and deported if she lied during the naturalization process. The remarks, made on Fox News, are the first attributed by name to a senior Trump administration official since federal agents raided Omar’s home on 12 October, sparking accusations of political weaponization.
The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by his co-pilot last month has described how he blocked axe blows to his head and opened the cockpit door to call for help, averting a disaster that could have killed more than 170 passengers. Capt Smit Machchhar said he struggled to stay conscious after being struck repeatedly with a crash axe, an emergency tool kept in the cockpit.
Three years after the death of a Lower Hutt toddler, police say the homicide investigation remains active but will not say when anyone will be charged.
A West Midlands Police officer has been dismissed without notice and barred from future policing after a misconduct panel found she accessed police records more than 2,000 times over roughly five years for her own personal benefit rather than any legitimate policing purpose.
Taiwan's coastguard has confronted and driven away 16 Chinese vessels it said were engaged in a coordinated 'maritime harassment' operation near the main island and the disputed Pratas (Dongsha) archipelago, describing the manoeuvres as 'hybrid warfare'.
The U.S. Air Force has completed an airborne test in which an F-22 Raptor pilot successfully directed an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury drone during simulated combat, the service announced. The test, part of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, saw the pilot issue tactical commands that the autonomous wingman interpreted into tasks and flight maneuvers, demonstrating a key step toward integrating drones into fighter squadrons.
Violent anti-government protests in Albania's capital entered a sixth consecutive day on Sunday, with hundreds of demonstrators again facing police in Tirana while Prime Minister Edi Rama ruled out resigning and suggested the unrest could complicate Albania's path to European Union membership.
French President Emmanuel Macron appealed for "calm and order" in a national address from the Élysée Palace on Sunday night as France counted the cost of two days of riots that left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops ransacked and more than 2,000 people arrested, and as politicians on both the left and right demanded the resignation of the interior minister.
US President Donald Trump has issued a forceful endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling voters that if they elect any other leader, America would be forced to confront Iran alone, a task he said he was "not inclined" to undertake. The surprise intervention, posted on Trump's Truth Social platform on Sunday, represents an about-face after months in which Trump had refused to publicly back Netanyahu and had even called him "f***ing crazy" in a June phone call. The endorsement comes just nine days before Israel's October 27 elections, with most polls showing Netanyahu's coalition short of the 61 seats needed to form a government.
Israel has released nine of the 10 Israeli settlers arrested over attacks on a US photojournalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, placing them under house arrest, as the United Nations Secretary-General warned the situation was 'out of control'. One suspect remains in custody and an investigation continues, Israeli police said.
Luke Campbell, the Reform UK mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, is under police investigation for allegedly showing naked and sexualised images of himself to a female colleague. New witness accounts have emerged that contradict claims the image was simply a magazine cover, and Mr Campbell has been questioned under caution by Humberside police.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has condemned a 'vicious' and 'cowardly' attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villagers that left a Washington Post photographer seriously injured, with fractures to four vertebrae. The assault happened on Friday as villagers were collecting an olive harvest near Abu Falah, according to the Washington Examiner.
New computerised linguistic research has concluded beyond any reasonable doubt that William Shakespeare was the principal author of the anonymous 1596 history play Edward III, and that it was written in collaboration with Christopher Marlowe, a claim made seriously for the first time. The finding, described by researchers as having massive implications for both playwrights' canons, will be published in the Shakespeare Quarterly later this year.
The wave of protests in France has drawn renewed criticism of police tactics, with videos alleging brutality circulating online, as President Emmanuel Macron prepared to address the nation. More than 1,800 people were arrested in the weekend protests, and a historic town hall in Limoges was set ablaze. US President Donald Trump weighed in, urging France to secure its borders.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be "very careful" in public statements about U.S. support, after Zelenskyy alleged that the U.S. government was responsible for recent slowdowns to Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine. Bessent called the claims "reckless" and "not true."
A £55m loan to property companies controlled by Manchester City's Abu Dhabi owner, made while Andy Burnham was mayor of Greater Manchester, is to be investigated by councillors. The review adds to weeks of scrutiny of the prime minister's links to the club's owners after City was found guilty of a £900m breach of financial rules.
Prices of basic goods are climbing daily across Gaza as Israeli restrictions on commercial imports enter a fifth consecutive day, pushing families to stockpile what they can afford and leaving the poorest unable to buy even flour and eggs. The closure follows a dispute over fees involving Palestinian merchants and Hamas, which still holds some authority in the strip.
A series of attacks by Israeli settlers on European diplomats and an American journalist in the occupied West Bank has sparked condemnation from the European Union and raised concerns about the safety of foreign nationals and Palestinians in the territory. The incidents, which occurred during the olive harvest season, come weeks before Israel heads to the polls on October 27.