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Former and current members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, formerly the Exclusive Brethren, have described it as a controlling sect rather than a religion, detailing how dissenting members are excommunicated, shunned by family and monitored by church authorities.
· 3 sourcesPolice have confirmed a body has been found in the search for three men who were aboard a fishing boat that went missing off the Western Isles. A large scale search is ongoing for the two remaining men.
· 3 sourcesA Brisbane widower told a stunned courtroom on Wednesday that he hopes the teenager who killed his wife in a high-speed crash will one day find someone who loves him as much as he was loved. Jean-Paul Franzidis was speaking at the sentencing of the now-18-year-old driver for the manslaughter of Rosemary Franzidis, 69, who died on November 7, 2024 when a stolen car driven at more than 130km/h struck her vehicle as she returned home from morning Mass in Brisbane's north.
· 6 sourcesAnti-government protests in Albania have continued to grip Tirana, with thousands of demonstrators confronting riot police in the capital as calls for Prime Minister Edi Rama to step down grow louder. The clash follows an outbreak of violence that saw students set fire to the education ministry and two banks, drawing a heavy police response and concern from the European Union.
· 4 sourcesThomas Murfett, 63, has described how he circled Muchea airfield looking for a safe landing spot on Saturday morning after sensing something wrong with his home-built RV-6A, before the aircraft stalled and crash-landed in a paddock near the Brand Highway.
· 3 sourcesThe UK government is pressing ahead with artificial intelligence ambitions despite failing to replace aging IT systems that expose departments to cyberattacks and fraud, according to a damning report from Parliament's spending watchdog. Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, warned that Whitehall lacks the digital skills and urgency needed to tackle the challenge.
Two leaders of India's "cockroach" youth movement will serve five days in jail after being detained during a protest in New Delhi, police said. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were among a dozen people detained after climbing barricades to enter Jantar Mantar, a historic site police say is no longer an official protest venue.
New rules in Azerbaijan’s public schools banning clothing that violates secularism have led to teachers and students being denied entry, sparking protests and detentions. English teacher Gulshan Aliyeva, a 23-year veteran, was turned away from her school in Baku this week for wearing a headscarf; her daughter was also prevented from attending. At least 37 people have been detained for disrupting public order, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Western Australian Supreme Court has heard that a woman accused of murder admitted to a fellow prisoner that she stabbed her ex-girlfriend in the neck and dragged her through the house, while police listened on a hidden microphone.
· 4 sourcesDecades of international sanctions, tightened further during the current US-Israeli war on Iran, have cut off most of the country from the global banking system, forcing individuals and businesses to rely on informal currency exchange networks, intermediary firms and private trust-based deals to move money across borders. These channels provide a lifeline for international trade and personal payments, but come with higher costs, delays and no enforceable guarantees.
The UK government has announced it will increase the supply of anti-drone missiles to Ukraine, according to Andy Burnham, as preparations continue for Prime Minister's Questions and a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of showing 'ostentatious disrespect' towards the United States after Moscow launched fresh attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leaving an estimated 600,000 people without power. Zelenskyy said the strikes targeted sites covered by a ceasefire announced by the American president, while reports emerged that Ukrainian soldiers have had their access to Starlink satellite internet restricted.
Former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila has officially allied with M23 rebels and other armed groups, launching a new political-military coalition called the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation (FRN) from his residence in Goma. The alliance threatens to escalate a conflict that has already killed thousands and displaced millions in the country's mineral-rich east.
Six months after a framework agreement aimed at securing Israel's phased withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the occupation continues behind what is called the 'Yellow Line', a zone up to 10 kilometres deep where Israeli forces have systematically demolished homes and infrastructure. Tens of thousands of Lebanese remain displaced, and Hezbollah has resumed rocket attacks after more than a year of relative calm.
Ukrainian soldiers in combat suddenly lost access to Starlink satellite internet terminals on Tuesday evening, causing several combat missions to fail, as the Trump administration intensifies pressure on Ukraine to halt long-range strikes on Russia's oil industry, according to officials and military sources.
· 2 sourcesRussian air attacks killed at least six people in Ukraine and left hundreds of thousands without power on Wednesday, in what Kyiv called a deliberate violation of the "energy ceasefire" announced days earlier by US President Donald Trump.
United States President Donald Trump has announced that 'massive' exploration for oil, gas and minerals is set to begin in Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, citing its vast untapped resources and its strategic importance for US defence.
· 2 sourcesRussia launched an overnight attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure that left at least 600,000 people without power in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, in what he called a deliberate breach of the US-brokered energy ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump on Sunday.
The final question on Wednesday's Higher School Certificate English Advanced exam used a fishing metaphor to prompt students to reflect on the importance of wonder, absorption and play for human flourishing, rather than merely achieving outcomes.
· 2 sourcesWestern Australia's parliament descended into chaos during question time when Higher Education Minister Tony Buti said Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas had privately backed the government's controversial three-way university merger, a claim Zempilas repeatedly rejected as a lie.
· 3 sourcesRussian ballistic missiles struck a key energy facility supplying Kyiv with heating and electricity and damaged a residential building late on Tuesday, killing two people, in an attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said came with no early warning and undercut the energy ceasefire that the United States said Russia and Ukraine had agreed two days earlier.
· 2 sourcesA teenager who fled Gaza in search of safety and an education has been left without a school or college place in Northern Ireland, where compulsory education ends at 16 and asylum seekers of that age have no automatic right to keep studying. Mona, 16, attended school in Coleraine after arriving, but has been unable to get a place since her family moved to Belfast.
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations, in his most significant public act since undergoing lung cancer surgery earlier this week.
· 16 sourcesA car is stolen every four minutes in the UK, according to Home Office data, with vehicle thefts in England and Wales up almost 50% compared with a decade ago. Despite a recent drop, only 3% of vehicle theft offences resulted in a charge or summons last year, leaving victims frustrated and police struggling to keep pace with sophisticated criminal networks.
· 2 sourcesOutgoing Coalition frontbencher Jonno Duniam has used his final speech to parliament to warn the Liberal Party against mimicking One Nation, urging colleagues to return to their roots and stay the course as the party struggles in the polls after two successive election defeats.
· 3 sourcesA new DemosAU MRP poll projects Labor would win a clear majority of House of Representatives seats if a federal election were held now, despite receiving only 27% of the national primary vote. The poll, conducted for Capital Brief from August 4 to September 19 with a sample of 9,740, shows Labor winning 84 of the 150 seats, well over the 76 needed for a majority. One Nation's seat projection fell sharply from 60 in a previous MRP poll to 24 in this one.
Donkey prices in Gaza have soared to $US30,000 ($43,000), about 30 times their pre-war average, according to one of the enclave's most senior veterinarians, in the latest sign of how the war has disabled ordinary transport and fuelled a black market in aid.
· 4 sourcesThree water companies are seeking emergency powers to impose severe restrictions on business water use, including banning golf clubs and private schools from irrigating playing fields and halting commercial car washes, as the drought across most of England continues to worsen.
· 2 sourcesResources minister Madeleine King has told the National Press Club that Australian industry will remain reliant on gas for the foreseeable future, and has defended the national gas reservation scheme as a measure that will push down power prices. She stopped short of putting a price tag on gas under the proposal or predicting when households and businesses would see financial relief.
· 2 sourcesGreens leader David Shoebridge has warned the Ukrainian-Australian community not to alienate the minor party during a tense meeting over its opposition to military aid for Ukraine, as internal divisions deepen with Senator Sarah Hanson-Young breaking ranks to support arming the country. Shoebridge is scheduled to meet Ukrainian ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko on Friday in an effort to contain the backlash.
· 4 sourcesA New South Wales coroner has found that a wait of at least 305 days for mental health support likely contributed to the death of an inmate who took his own life in his cell at Junee Correctional Centre.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has undercut Treasurer Jim Chalmers in a move that deepens signs of strain in their working relationship, as Labor faces mounting pressure from a resurgent One Nation and growing economic discontent.
The leader of the youth wing of India's Cockroach Janata party, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by Delhi police on Friday, intensifying a government crackdown on a protest movement that has become a major challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Dipke was picked up ahead of a planned demonstration in central Delhi where he had called on supporters to wave the Indian flag.
· 4 sourcesA Coalition-Greens-One Nation alliance has effectively killed the Albanese government's plan to wind back private health insurance rebates for Australians aged 65 and over, with the Senate discharging the bill on Tuesday. Health Minister Mark Butler has vowed to reintroduce identical legislation on Thursday, calling the move an "absolute travesty."
· 7 sourcesIndependent Senator Jacqui Lambie has told the Senate that a hidden recording device found in the shower facilities of a Royal Australian Navy ship may have captured footage that was uploaded online before the device was discovered, prompting an investigation by military police and civilian authorities.
· 9 sourcesFederal Resources Minister Madeleine King has announced new laws forcing large gas exporters to reserve 20 per cent of extracted gas for the domestic market, a move aimed at addressing high energy prices in eastern Australia but which has drawn a cautious response from Western Australia, where a longstanding 15 per cent reservation policy already exists.
· 4 sourcesFour rural doctors have written to South Australia's health minister warning that a new six-month birthing trial at two Mid North hospitals is "unsafe" and "unsustainable", with the rotating model taking effect this week amid ongoing midwifery shortages.
Resources Minister Madeleine King has said nationalising the Perth-based heavy rare earths company Northern Minerals is an option for the government, as China-linked investors continue to defy federal orders to sell their stakes in the strategically sensitive miner.
· 2 sourcesTurkish police raided the Istanbul headquarters of opposition-aligned broadcaster Halk TV on Wednesday, halting live broadcasts, barring employees from entering the building, and issuing 17 arrest warrants linked to the channel's owner, in the latest crackdown on media critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government.
· 3 sourcesGwent Police is considering hiring detectives on zero-hours style contracts to cope with what the chief constable described as an 'unprecedented' number of murder investigations. The force has launched 11 murder probes in the past 10 months, far exceeding its typical annual rate of two or three.
Wallabies coach Les Kiss has moved star prop Angus Bell to the bench for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup rematch with the All Blacks in a bid to avoid a second-half fade-out, while first-choice playmaker Carter Gordon faces a fitness test that will shape next month's Nations Championship campaign.
· 3 sourcesThe wife of one of the AFL's most powerful executives has publicly expressed discomfort over North Melbourne's decision to trade for Nick Blakey, who remains the subject of an ongoing Victoria Police investigation into alleged sexual assault. Felicity Harley, an author and founder of Women's Health magazine, commented 'Struggling with this ...' on an Instagram post from the account Not All Clubs Media, which highlighted the apparent contradiction of a player linked to a sexual assault investigation receiving a multi-million dollar deal.
· 3 sourcesThe City of Perth has reappointed former chief executive Garry Hunt for a 12-month term, stepping into the role left vacant after the council sacked Michelle Reynolds. The appointment was endorsed at a special council meeting on Tuesday night.
· 3 sourcesA Democrat running for a local council seat in Indiana has become an internet sensation after a televised forum descended into a slurred, disjointed monologue in which she promised to fire all Republicans and warned 'we have guns too'.
· 3 sourcesThe Australian government will introduce its Digital Duty of Care Bill to parliament this week, legislation that would make platforms legally responsible for creating a 'safe online environment' protecting users from 'seriously harmful material and conduct'. Researchers are warning the bill's definition of serious harm is fundamentally flawed and could block vital drug and sex education content, undermining the government's own public health strategies.
The gap in health spending between metropolitan and rural Australia has blown out to $9.23 billion, an increase of almost $2.7 billion in two years, according to a report warning that millions of country residents face chronic doctor shortages and poorer health outcomes.
· 4 sourcesThe federal government has announced consultation on reforms that could see perpetrators of financial abuse held liable for tax and social security debts they create as a form of coercive control, with courts potentially given greater flexibility to transfer such debts to the abusive spouse in family law proceedings.
· 2 sourcesA mother charged over the alleged criminal neglect of a baby boy found dead inside a motel room in Adelaide had previously been reported missing in New South Wales five years ago with another child, police have said.