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Several Australian news outlets, including the Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times, have published headlines indicating an Australian defector is under investigation, but the accompanying reports contain no substantive details about the individual, the nature of the investigation, or the circumstances.
Israeli forces raided the offices of several Palestinian nongovernmental organisations and the courtyard of the Palestine Medical Complex in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, confiscating equipment and deploying snipers around the hospital entrance, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Al Jazeera reporting.
Britain has appealed to Interpol to reject Argentina's requests for the arrest of individuals involved in the Sea Lion oil project off the Falkland Islands, arguing that the red notice applications are politically motivated. Interpol has indicated it will respect article 3 of its constitution, which forbids it from undertaking interventions of a political character.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro has made Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes the central target of his family's campaign in Brazil's presidential election, framing the vote as a choice about the judge who sentenced his father to prison, as a scandal engulfing the top court threatens to return the Bolsonaros to power.
Russell Brand took the witness stand at Southwark Crown Court today as his defence team began presenting its case in his trial for rape and sexual assault. The 51-year-old comedian denied all charges and told the jury that consent is 'in many ways more important than sex itself'. The development comes after the prosecution concluded its case, which spanned nearly two weeks and included testimony from six women who allege Brand assaulted them between 1999 and 2009.
The Trump administration has proposed a rule change to the 2030 U.S. census that would exclude millions of noncitizens without permanent resident status, potentially altering congressional representation and how federal funding is distributed, according to a September notice. Congressional Democrats and civil rights groups say the change violates the 14th Amendment and are bracing for a legal fight.
Millions of Medicaid beneficiaries in the United States will be required from 1 January 2027 to prove through government paperwork that they work at least 80 hours a month, the marquee change of a Republican healthcare reform law that cuts roughly $1tn in federal health spending and is expected to leave about 17 million people newly uninsured through 2034.
Tens of thousands of year 12 students across New South Wales sat their first HSC exam on Tuesday, facing an English paper that asked them to examine 'assumptions about human strength and vulnerability.' While some students reported feeling the question was fair, others described it as challenging, with one Reddit user warning it could 'kick most people in the ass.'
School leavers hoping to study in Sydney next year are being urged to accept any university offer they receive, as a new federal funding regime passed by parliament this week tightens entry at some of the city's most popular universities.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government is seeking advice on how to stop Australians from watching the planned livestream of a US firing squad execution, after the eSafety Commission said it lacks the power to proactively prevent the broadcast. Mr Albanese labelled the proposed stream 'completely abhorrent' as pressure mounted across the political divide for the government to block it.
Malaysian low-cost carrier Firefly has extended its suspension of flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore through Wednesday as smoke from fires in Indonesia continues to blanket the region, with an air quality monitor ranking both cities among the world's most polluted.
A dying Queensland plumber has been awarded Australia's largest-ever asbestosis compensation payout, receiving $1,897,000 plus legal costs after decades of exposure to asbestos while working at the Mackay Harbour Board.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has forecast a year of economic turmoil and warned progressives not to sneer at supporters of One Nation, as Labor prepares to introduce its 30 per cent tax on trusts and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese moves to steady nervous backbenchers.
Nigel Farage has denied that a Reform UK government would authorise lethal force against migrant crossings in the Channel, hours after one of his MPs said the Royal Marines should be permitted to fire on the boats.
More than 150 clinicians in England have written an open letter to Education Secretary Lucy Powell and Health Secretary Yvette Cooper urging a rollback of screen use in schools, warning that tablets and laptops are being used without a full understanding of their long-term effects on children's physical and developmental health, including eye health.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to file a legal challenge on Tuesday against the federal government's imposition of emergency and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the crackdown on the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan intensifies.
The Welsh government has reached a deal with Labour on its mini-budget, which failed to pass in the summer, with ministers agreeing an extra £60m for children with additional learning needs (ALN). The supplementary budget will be debated in the Senedd on 3 November.
An analysis of Australia's declining fertility rate, published across the Nine network's major mastheads, examines how falling birth rates are reshaping family life and what the trend means for the country's not-too-distant future.
A 32-year-old woman with chronic endometriosis says she paid £20,000 for private treatment after waking from more than one operation in Wales to be told adequate resources were not available to perform the procedure. Gynaecologists warn that specialist centres for complex endometriosis in Wales are in jeopardy and a national service must be commissioned to prevent a skills exodus and patients being sent to England for care.
A four-month investigation by the Guardian has found that Latin American organised crime groups are now active in at least 12 European countries, fuelling a dramatic rise in cocaine trafficking across the continent. The probe, which drew on police databases, intelligence agencies and interviews with judges, prosecutors and experts from eight countries, documents the presence of cartels and factions from Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico and the United States operating in Europe and forming close links with local mafia organisations.
A mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine people dead on Friday, including the gunman and two young children. The shooter, 45-year-old Matthew Stone Sr., died by suicide after killing eight others, according to the Erie County Coroner.
Former AFL prospect Jake Calvert has been charged with 232 counts of making false documents as part of a police taskforce investigation into the distribution of hundreds of fake building qualifications across Victoria's Big Build projects, sparking opposition calls for a broadened royal commission.
The University of Newcastle researcher who led a cannabis-based cancer study has lost his case before the Fair Work Commission and been terminated for research misconduct, following revelations that women's cells were used in mice experiments without patient consent. The research centre he directed has been shut down, all samples and data destroyed, staff lost their jobs, PhD students abandoned their studies, and the university has had to repay donors.
Police in New Delhi detained leaders of India's Cockroach Janta Party on Tuesday after they climbed over barricades to enter Jantar Mantar, the historic protest site that authorities had stripped of designated protest status a day earlier. The detentions came as the youth-led movement presses its demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over a controversial voter list revision.
A police officer has told a coronial inquest that Queensland child safety staff were determined to send Elizabeth Struhs home to her parents in 2019 despite concerns raised by hospital doctors, and that their decision could not be changed once made. Elizabeth, then aged six, died at home in Toowoomba on 7 January 2022 after her parents, members of a religious sect known as the Saints, withdrew the insulin she needed for type 1 diabetes.
Two ships have been hit by drones off the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea, with one vessel sunk and another damaged. Rescue operations are underway, according to The Guardian.
Emergency calls released from the failed execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike show that help was delayed by several minutes as first responders and prison officials struggled to confirm the emergency was legitimate, with one dispatcher even suggesting the request could be a hoax.
Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila has joined a new political-military coalition that includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, dealing a fresh blow to peace efforts as a United Nations envoy warns the window for a settlement will not remain open indefinitely.
The City of Stirling has unveiled plans for two vacant parcels of land at Scarborough Beach, with one site set aside for public use and the other to go to market as a low-scale, hospitality-led development.
Wallabies star Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has voiced his hope that Mark Nawaqanitawase will rejoin the national team as early as next month on the spring tour, but the winger's return remains contingent on negotiations between Rugby Australia and his new Japanese club, Panasonic Saitama Wild Knights.
The BBC's Orla Guerin has travelled with Yemen's southern national security forces to frontline desert positions where they are battling Houthi fighters, in a civil war the broadcaster describes as having global consequences.
The UK government's Northern Ireland Troubles Bill is set to be debated in the House of Commons on Tuesday, with a series of amendments tabled including a requirement that the Attorney General consent to any serious prosecutions related to the conflict. The bill, first introduced last year following a joint framework with the Irish government, aims to replace the previous Conservative government's contentious 2023 Legacy Act.
The ability for Australians to turn off social media algorithms and sue tech platforms for harm they experience online faces delay, after both the Coalition and the Greens confirmed they will send the government's digital duty of care bill to a Senate inquiry.
About 650 offenders left prisons across England and Wales on Tuesday as the second phase of the government's early release scheme began, with probation officers preparing to ballot for strike action and new scrutiny of prisoners who reoffend after release.
Small Business Minister Anne Aly has accused Liberal MP Angie Bell of making racist and misogynistic comments in parliament after Bell called for Aly and the prime minister to be 'shamed and stoned in the square' over the tax office's decision to ban credit card payments. Aly also revealed she has received 19 death threats in the past week alone.
The International Monetary Fund has projected that the Middle East and Central Asia will be the only region in the world to record negative economic growth in 2026, with GDP expected to contract by 0.3 percent as the US-Israel war on Iran disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
A passenger train travelling from the southern port city of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar derailed in central Pakistan early Tuesday, killing four people and injuring 30 others, railway officials said. The train came off the tracks in Sher Shah city in Punjab province.
At least 183 homes on the east coast of England have been demolished over the past 16 years after councils judged them too dangerous to remain occupied, figures obtained by the Guardian show. The proactive demolitions, concentrated in Yorkshire and East Anglia, cost £1.1 million, with the Environment Agency contributing about £482,000 towards clearing 61 properties.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly declined to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's October 27 election, a notable departure for a leader who has championed the Israeli right for nearly a decade. In a Time magazine interview, Trump dodged a direct endorsement three times and said of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot: "I don't hear bad things."
Democrats are expressing cautious optimism about retaking the House of Representatives in next week's US midterm elections, as President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at about 37% and affordability is a key voter concern, while control of the Senate remains up for grabs and could be decided by a handful of spoiler candidates.
Ukraine's former commander-in-chief has said Kyiv has stabilised the front line and "broken Russia's ability to advance" by inflicting heavy losses on its invading forces, in his first interview since being dismissed this summer.
Sarah Jassim, an Iraqi women's rights activist, is documenting sexual harassment in Baghdad by publishing videos of alleged offenders on Instagram, telling the BBC the footage gives women evidence if they decide to sue and a way to shame their harassers. Her work has come at a heavy personal cost, including death threats and isolation, according to the BBC.
A contentious revision of India's electoral rolls that has removed 130 million people from the register has ignited a week of protests and an aggressive security crackdown in Delhi, with opposition leaders detained, internet services cut and the capital placed under effective lockdown over the weekend.
More than 100 foreign trekkers were stranded on Nepal's Manaslu trekking route on Monday after flash floods in the Gorkha district washed away bridges, trails and hundreds of homes, with rescue teams carrying out operations as river levels receded.
A man is fighting for his life after crashing his car into a gelato store in Sydney's eastern suburbs, forcing the closure of a neighbouring barber shop owned by rugby league star Angus Crichton.
A Guardian report describes a campaign of lobbying, legal pressure and media commentary aimed at derailing the Church of England's £100m fund to atone for its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The fund, announced in 2023 and known internally as Project Spire, has become a flashpoint in Britain's debate over colonial history.
The South Australian government will table amendments to cigarette and retail laws in parliament this week, targeting the illicit tobacco trade with jail time for repeat-offending landlords, longer business closure orders, and higher penalties of up to 17 years in prison and $21 million in fines.
WA Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas has challenged Labor state secretary Mark Reed to repay a $6600 donation to the party from homelessness and domestic violence charity Ruah, questioning why an organisation heavily reliant on government grants would pay for access to ministers.