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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.
· 3 sourcesThe 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.
· 3 sourcesWallabies 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.
· 3 sourcesThe 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.
· 3 sourcesAbout 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.
· 4 sourcesSmall 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.
· 7 sourcesThe 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.
· 2 sourcesUS 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."
New York authorities were investigating ballot-scanner problems in Westchester County on Tuesday as Americans voted in midterm elections that could reshape President Donald Trump's remaining two years in office. State Attorney General Letitia James told voters they could still submit ballots at polling locations and that their votes would count.
· 26 sourcesUkraine'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.
· 3 sourcesA 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.
· 3 sourcesFiji's Justice Minister Siromi Turaga has resigned after an explicit video appeared on his Facebook profile on the eve of the country's 56th independence anniversary, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed on Tuesday.
Accused fitness entrepreneur Sam Wood and his wife Snezana Wood are set to list their jointly owned Brighton home, purchased for $7.15 million, as Wood remains in custody awaiting court on domestic violence charges. A source close to the couple says the on-market sales campaign will go live within 48 hours.
· 4 sourcesSt George Illawarra are ready to move for Dolphins and Kangaroos winger Jack Bostock should he become a free agent on November 1, with the club making the 24-year-old its priority marquee outside back target for 2028.
· 4 sourcesWestern Australia's opposition will introduce an amendment to the Coroners Act on Thursday to give the attorney general explicit power to order a coronial inquest, escalating pressure on the Cook government over the 2022 murders of three children in Port Hedland.
Vikki Campion, the News Corp columnist and wife of federal One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, has begun working as an adviser for the party in New South Wales in the lead-up to the March state election, providing media advice on a part-time basis as a contractor.
· 2 sourcesA Jetstar Airbus A320 narrowly avoided colliding with a van on the runway at Townsville Airport on October 7, with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) classifying the event as a serious incident and launching an investigation.
A Perth police officer who admitted shaking his five-week-old daughter when she would not settle has been sentenced to a 10-month community-based order, with a magistrate warning the assault on the newborn was a 'betrayal of trust'. Nickolas Wayne Peake, 30, appeared in Midland Magistrates Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to common assault in circumstances of aggravation.
· 7 sourcesFormer federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed he will wait until 2027 before deciding whether to run for his old inner-Melbourne seat of Kooyong, a timeline that casts a shadow over Opposition Leader Angus Taylor's leadership.
· 2 sourcesA split has emerged within the Australian Greens over military aid to Ukraine, with senator Sarah Hanson-Young breaking ranks to support arming the Ukrainian army while new party leader David Shoebridge has explicitly opposed such assistance. The division became public after Shoebridge held a tense meeting with Ukrainian-Australian community leaders on Friday.
The man killed when he was thrown from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia has been identified as Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old technology manager at an Atlanta public charter school. Nine similar rides remain closed across the United States and Canada while police and state inspectors investigate how Mr Kariem was ejected from the Goliath coaster on Monday.
· 7 sourcesA federal judge on Tuesday ordered a halt to tree-cutting at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington DC until 26 October, escalating a confrontation with the Trump administration after hundreds of mature trees were removed over the holiday weekend despite prior court directions to disclose major changes.
· 5 sourcesAs renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region threatens to unravel the November 2022 Pretoria peace agreement and destabilise the Horn of Africa, the United Arab Emirates has publicly backed Ethiopia's federal government while Saudi Arabia has remained silent on the latest escalation, according to reporting from Addis Ababa.
Glenorchy City Council Alderman Peter Ridler, who is seeking re-election, breached the council's code of conduct through a series of inappropriate interactions with female employees, a code of conduct panel has found. The determination, made public this week, followed a complaint from the council's former chief executive, Tony McMullen.
Federal ministers are facing renewed pressure from cabinet colleagues to halt the controversial Lee Point housing development in Darwin, as divisions emerge within the local Larrakia Indigenous community over whether sacred site concerns should stop the project.
A 40-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman have been charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains after a six-month-old baby boy was found dead at an Adelaide motel, with police investigating reports the infant's body may have gone undiscovered for up to a month.
· 6 sourcesThe Powerhouse Museum has appointed celebrity chef Kylie Kwong to a new ambassador role worth $440,000 of public money, just a month after confirming her tenure under a controversial associates program was over. The appointment has angered the arts sector while the museum remains under scrutiny for overspending and an executive procurement investigation referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
· 3 sourcesPolice have launched a homicide investigation after the body of 73-year-old grandmother Yvonne Whear was found partially submerged in a stock dip on a rural NSW property, almost eight months after she was last seen in the Northern Rivers.
· 3 sourcesNew quarterly figures show nine in ten children in urgent need of Queensland state care were not assessed on time in the past four months, a backward step on a year ago, as Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm returned to parliament and insisted the residential care system had stabilised.
· 4 sourcesNorth Melbourne has secured Sydney Swans All-Australian defender Nick Blakey on an eight-year deal worth close to $12 million, with reports revealing the Kangaroos took steps to manage the risk posed by the unresolved Pullman hotel incident before completing the trade.
· 11 sourcesLeaked draft documents show the Prime Minister's office edited and approved lines in a bipartisan parliamentary letter on artificial intelligence before it was sent to Anthony Albanese, prompting accusations of political interference and a rejection of that criticism from the committee's chair.
· 4 sourcesThe World Surf League has provisionally suspended Alan Cleland Jnr after it was made aware of allegations of a sexual assault involving an NSW teenager at a private gathering in Tahiti in August. Three other alleged perpetrators are not affiliated with the league.
· 4 sourcesSaudi Arabia's energy minister has vowed a 'serious' response to Houthi attacks on the kingdom's airports and oil and gas facilities, as international carriers suspend flights to Riyadh and Dammam and authorities say Riyadh's main airport will stay closed until Saturday.
· 2 sourcesThe Northern Territory government has announced it will make pepper spray accessible to 16 and 17-year-olds as part of legislation to permanently legalise the self-defence weapon, following a 12-month trial. Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the reforms would expand on trial conditions that limited purchase to adults.
Telstra’s nationwide mobile outage in July wiped an estimated $552 million from the Australian economy, according to new modelling that consumer advocates will put before senators this week. The figure is more than 500 times the roughly $1 million Telstra has paid in compensation.
· 4 sourcesA 39-year-old unvaccinated woman in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has become the sixth person to die from measles amid a state outbreak that has infected over a thousand people since April, according to local health authorities.
Queensland Attorney-General Deb Frecklington has told state parliament that notorious childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith has been approved for extradition to New South Wales, where he will face about 180 additional charges relating to children.
· 6 sourcesPolish authorities say two Turkish citizens have been arrested in Germany over a fire that destroyed a Starlink station in central Poland, an attack Warsaw has branded an act of sabotage carried out on Russia's behalf.