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Perth owner Bob Peters has entrusted his star galloper Cosmic Crusader to little-known Victorian trainer Andrea Leek, and the gamble is paying off: the six-year-old gelding has won three of five starts this preparation and heads into Saturday's $6 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup as the favourite.
· 3 sourcesKangaroos fullback Reece Walsh has praised rival No.1 James Tedesco for helping him prepare for his World Cup starting debut, and says he will pay "top dollar" to any specialist who can stop him vomiting during matches, a problem that flared again in Australia's 24-22 opening win over New Zealand.
· 3 sourcesAustralian endurance runner Jack Hanley will strive to be the last man standing when he represents Team Australia at the Backyard Ultra in Wollongong on Saturday, hoping to beat his previous record of 74 hours in a race that has no finish line.
· 3 sourcesCleveland Police have arrested 50 people as part of a wider operation against organised crime following a fatal head-on crash on the A66 in Teesside that killed seven people, including two police officers.
Undercover footage broadcast by ITV News this week shows a Reform UK local party chairman advising an aspiring candidate to delete social media posts supportive of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson before encouraging them to stand as a councillor, deepening questions over the party's candidate vetting procedures.
· 2 sourcesPolice have locked down part of Dulwich Hill in Sydney's inner west after reports of gunfire and a man armed with a shotgun who allegedly set fire to a stolen car and fled on foot. Heavily armed tactical police, a police helicopter, and general duties officers responded to the area near Williams Parade and Constitution Road on Friday morning.
· 3 sourcesA Russian jet-powered drone struck the roof of a supermarket in the town of Mayaky in Ukraine's Odesa region on Thursday, injuring at least three people and sparking a major fire, Ukrainian officials said.
· 2 sourcesTwo pipelines carrying gas and oil products were damaged in separate incidents in Syria on Thursday, state media reported, the latest disruptions to an energy network that has suffered a series of suspected sabotage attacks in recent months. The state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company announced the damage, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Iraq's parliament has completed the formation of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's government, approving 11 vacant cabinet posts and three deputy prime ministers, including a senior leader of a US-sanctioned, Iran-backed movement, as the country grapples with severe liquidity shortages linked to the war on Iran.
This week, Ukraine's StarGate aerial medical evacuation drone was handed over to a combat brigade for evaluation under front-line conditions, moving the aircraft a step closer to real combat use after a year of development. The six-propeller drone, built by Ukrainian defence technology company SkyFall, is designed to fly into areas where enemy drones and artillery can leave wounded troops stranded, and carry them out without an evacuation crew.
· 4 sourcesThe order to restrict the SpaceX Starshield satellite service used by Ukraine's military came from inside the White House, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing two US officials and a Western official. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the restrictions "a big mistake" that would bring "a lot of human losses."
· 4 sourcesThe son of the Exclusive Brethren’s world leader has admitted meeting far-right agitators and belonging to secret chats where neo-Nazi associates and church elders plotted an election influence campaign, but told a parliamentary inquiry the encounters were “just business”. In a fiery three-hour hearing on Friday, Gareth Hales also acknowledged a “brief” meeting with then opposition leader Peter Dutton in 2025, while his father Bruce Hales revealed that church members have met with US President Donald Trump in New York.
· 10 sourcesA Cooloongup man will face court on Friday after allegedly engaging in sexual conversations online with someone he believed was a 12-year-old girl, following an Australian Federal Police investigation.
· 3 sourcesWestern Australia's most senior police officer has publicly defended a police chase that left an elderly man fighting for life.
· 4 sourcesGreens senator Jordon Steele-John will not attend parliament while allegations about his behaviour in the presence of women are investigated, with party leader David Shoebridge again refusing to say whether the independent inquiry's findings will be made public.
· 3 sourcesCarlton defender Lachie Cowan will miss the opening two matches of the 2027 AFL season after the league found him guilty of conduct unbecoming over his use of an illicit substance. Cowan collapsed at a party last weekend and was helped by medical professionals, whom he has publicly thanked.
· 3 sourcesGuam has declared Condition of Readiness 3 as Tropical Storm Champi intensifies east of the Mariana Islands, signalling that destructive winds are possible within 48 hours. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero ordered the alert, urging residents to prepare their homes and stock up on essential supplies as the storm takes aim at the region.
· 2 sourcesA Victorian coroner has ruled that the death of teenage cricketer Ben Austin was a misadventure and will make no adverse findings or recommendations over the incident, which happened in cricket nets at Ferntree Gully in October last year.
· 3 sourcesYemen's Houthis fired two missiles at Aden International Airport on Friday as a passenger plane prepared to take off for Cairo, a day after their attack on the city's presidential palace killed five people. No casualties were reported at the airport, which Yemeni officials said was the second attack on the facility in less than a week.
· 2 sourcesA US federal judge has ruled that an alleged confession by the Libyan man accused of building the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 can be used as evidence at his trial, despite defence arguments that the confession was coerced and that the document was not an original.
A study published Thursday in JAMA estimates that up to 25 percent of active-duty Army members could receive a low testosterone result under the mandatory screening announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in July, even though the true prevalence of the condition is likely a tiny fraction of that figure. Medical experts warn the program could trigger a cascade of unnecessary evaluations, misdiagnoses and treatments.
Communities across California are bracing for another round of dangerous weather this week, with strong Santa Ana winds and high temperatures expected to create critical fire conditions through Saturday, days after the state was battered by flooding and high surf. Thousands of residents were without electricity on Thursday as utilities cut power to reduce the risk of windblown power lines sparking fires.
Israeli authorities have barred commercial goods from entering Gaza for two days, citing a tax dispute between local merchants and Hamas, a claim Gaza's government media office has rejected as a false statement. The halt cuts off a crucial source of food and winter clothing for the enclave's 2.1 million people.
· 2 sourcesA new Fox News poll has found that a majority of registered US voters believe President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign has gone too far, as the debate shifts from border security to the conduct of operations ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. The poll, conducted in September, shows 53% of registered voters feel the crackdown has overreached, with 60% of independents and two-thirds of Hispanic participants sharing that view.
A high-profile youth advocate has been charged with drug offences, according to identical headlines published on 15 October 2026 by The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday and Brisbane Times. No further details were available in the published reports.
· 3 sourcesA Louisiana judge has resentenced Danette Colbert to life in prison plus 75 years for her role in a criminal enterprise that targeted tourists in New Orleans and led to the death of Adan Manzano, a Telemundo Kansas City reporter who was in the city to cover the Super Bowl.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has strongly protested Formula 1's announcement of a Grand Prix in Rwanda, accusing the motorsport series of whitewashing an authoritarian leader's reputation and indirectly supporting a regional conflict. Foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said allowing Rwanda to host the race would be 'morally indefensible'.
An investigation by Al Jazeera's Fault Lines series has detailed the death of Ismael Ayala-Uribe, a 39-year-old Mexican-born detainee who died in California in September 2025, one of more than 50 people who have died in ICE custody during the first 500 days of President Donald Trump's second term. The reporting says 2025 was the deadliest year on record for people in immigration detention, and experts fear 2026 could match or surpass it.
· 2 sourcesPrince Harry and Meghan Markle have made their first joint public appearances since moving back to England, arriving at the first of three charities they are set to visit in Nottingham.
· 3 sourcesRussian drones are suspected of sinking a cargo ship and setting two chemical tankers ablaze near the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and Romania, marking the first such attacks to enter NATO members' territorial waters. NATO has responded by increasing counter-drone capabilities along its eastern flank, according to Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Ethiopian forces and allied fighters have expanded their control across the northern Tigray region and entered the historic city of Aksum, while a pro-government militia claims Eritrean forces have suffered heavy losses and retreated toward the border, allegations Eritrea has rejected as false.
A woman and her son were asleep when bullets struck a microwave and wall inside their home in Pyle, Bridgend, during a gang shooting that targeted a young child but hit the wrong property, Cardiff Crown Court has heard. No one was injured in the attack, which occurred in the early hours of 22 September 2025.
The United States is likely to experience a warmer and wetter winter this year, driven by a strong El Niño pattern, according to the seasonal outlook released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Federal and private meteorologists say the north-east, Great Lakes, upper midwest and northern Rockies should expect below-normal snowfall, while the southern Rockies, south-east and south-west may see more than usual.
A minibus carrying lorry drivers struck a stationary freight train on the loading platform of the Channel Tunnel at Coquelles, near Calais, on Thursday evening, injuring 19 people including the driver, French authorities have said. The bus driver and one passenger were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter, but none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.
· 4 sourcesThe final major poll before Brazil's presidential run-off on Sunday places Senator Flavio Bolsonaro at 46.3 percent and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at 45 percent, a difference comfortably within the 2.2 percentage point margin of error and a virtual tie. The CNT/MDA survey was conducted from October 21 to 23 and released the day after the candidates held their final debate.
· 4 sourcesThe Department of Health and Human Services has submitted a plan to the White House that would allow specialty pharmacies to compound certain peptide drugs, a class of largely unregulated injections that have gained popularity among followers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and wellness influencers. The policy, filed Thursday with the Office of Management and Budget, is the latest sign the Trump administration is seeking to widen access to products that have not undergone full FDA approval.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck the presidential palace complex in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Thursday, hitting a command centre used by the Saudi-led coalition and killing at least four people, according to government military sources. It was the first attack on the palace area since Yemen's civil war flared back to life in July, and marked an escalation in the rebels' campaign against Saudi targets.
· 4 sourcesA 16-year-old boy killed three children aged five, eight and 11 and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before a community member chased him into the school and shot him dead, police said.
· 15 sourcesA mother in Khan Younis has described the joy of holding her premature son against her bare chest for the first time, as a newly-launched kangaroo mother care programme at Nasser Medical Complex offers a low-tech intervention for vulnerable newborns in Gaza.
The Albanese government introduced its digital duty of care bill to parliament on Thursday, with Communications Minister Anika Wells confirming the reforms would capture US President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform and revealing a list of proscribed online harms. The same day, the government's private health insurance rebate bill faced a Senate standoff, and Greens senator Jordon Steele-John took leave amid allegations.
· 3 sourcesFrance has dropped its opposition to the UK being included in the EU's 'Made in Europe' legislation, provided the British government aligns with the bloc's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, according to a joint Franco-German paper seen by The Guardian. The development marks a significant shift in EU-UK trade relations and could safeguard billions of pounds in automotive supply chains.
The ACT government has committed to introducing laws targeting illegal tobacco retailers, including rapid closure powers, after the federal minister leading the black market crackdown warned the territory risked becoming a "national joke". Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Health Minister Marisa Paterson issued a joint statement confirming legislation was being drafted and planned for introduction before the end of the year.
· 3 sourcesThe ACT government has abandoned its pledge to introduce electronic monitoring for high-risk domestic and family violence offenders, with the cost of expanding the scheme estimated at more than $18 million a year, prompting strong criticism from women's safety advocates and the police union.
The Migrant Workers Association has claimed that New Zealand First has adopted its policy on visa changes, with the group expressing support for the party's proposed reforms. The development comes during the 2026 election campaign, with NZ First leader Winston Peters promoting the changes.
· 2 sourcesNigel Farage was told by a senior Reform official that he was "protecting" a mayoral candidate accused of making racist comments about David Lammy, an undercover investigation by ITV has revealed.
· 2 sourcesNepal has been hit by catastrophic flooding twice since August, and development workers say the U.S. response has been severely limited due to the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which was effectively destroyed in July 2025 after funding freezes and mass layoffs under the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency. The absence of USAID, once a steadfast partner in Nepal's disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response, has left the country exposed as it confronts more extreme and unpredictable climate-related disasters with fewer resources.
Police officer Shaun Winstanley has endured three years of operations since he was shot in the face at an Auckland construction site. He has undergone 20 surgeries and still has pellets in his face.
Fontaines DC have released Dopamine Chamber, a new album that critics say completes the band's transformation from snarling Dublin post-punk outfit to stadium-scale rock act. The record, which earned four stars in reviews across Nine's titles, follows their arena-rock pivot Romance and pushes their sound toward cosmic, synth-laced atmospherics.
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