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Thirteen freshwater turtles rescued from a drying water hole in western New South Wales have been returned to the Gingham water hole, months after the state government stopped environmental water flows to the area following a private landholder complaint.
· 2 sourcesThree Australian news outlets have reported on an alleged stabbing murder of a Sydney father, but as of the initial publication no details about the victim, suspect, or circumstances have been disclosed.
· 3 sourcesA university student dressed in black and wearing a mask lay in wait for his housemate before stabbing him 30 times, then cycled away and later pretended to find the body, a murder trial has heard. Zack Coughlan, 23, is accused of murdering Jamie Collins, 21, near their shared home in Filton, south Gloucestershire, on 8 April.
· 2 sourcesA 17-person US research expedition is approaching the remote Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro, where it hopes to find the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra and solve one of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century.
A fire has destroyed the Marché des Enfants Rouges, Paris's oldest surviving covered food market and a popular street food destination in the Marais district. The blaze broke out soon after 3am, and central Paris mayor Ariel Weil said the market had been 'totally destroyed', though the fire did not spread to surrounding buildings.
· 2 sourcesGermany's labour minister and co-leader of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), Bärbel Bas, has resigned from both positions, saying political attacks against her intensified after the death of her stepdaughter. The departure is a stinging blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's fragile coalition government, which is already reeling from three state election losses.
A Colombian man wanted for allegedly laundering money syphoned from a Venezuelan government welfare plan has been detained in the United States, the US Department of Justice said. Álvaro Pulido, 62, was arrested during a Homeland Security Task Force operation on Sunday and is due to appear in court on Tuesday.
Australia's online safety regulator could try to stop Australians from watching a planned livestream of a US military execution in early December, but a history of court battles with social media platforms suggests any attempt would trigger a very public fight and possibly a diplomatic incident with Washington.
· 3 sourcesSouth Africa's deputy national police commissioner, Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya, resigned at the start of his disciplinary hearing on Monday, three weeks after being arrested on charges of sexual offences and corruption. Police have classified his departure as a dishonourable discharge.
· 3 sourcesOnline property management platforms are charging Australian renters new fees or pushing them onto paid "memberships" in response to the Reserve Bank's ban on card surcharges, which took effect on 1 October. Tenants are being encouraged to challenge or bypass the extra charges, including in Victoria, where fees on rent payments are already banned.
· 3 sourcesReform UK has unveiled its most hardline immigration platform to date, proposing a five-year ban on people being granted asylum, automatic rejection of all new claims and the deportation of more than one million people. Announced by Nigel Farage at a press conference in Kent, the plan includes the immediate removal of 90,000 asylum seekers with no exemption for children or mothers, and a review of every asylum grant made since 2024.
· 3 sourcesUkrainian drone strikes seriously damaged three Yandex data centers over the past week, forcing Russia's largest technology company to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. The attacks, which Yandex confirmed caused widespread service outages, have left customers unable to access cloud files, payments, and other key services. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes were retaliation for Russian drone attacks that targeted data centers in Kyiv.
· 3 sourcesIranian authorities have signalled they will disrupt the Arab-operated, US-assisted oil shuttle moving exports through the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran's security chief declaring the system an explicit military target amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.
The wife of Australian democracy campaigner Tran Hiep has pleaded for his release after learning he spent his 51st birthday alone in a pre-trial detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City, almost a month after Vietnamese authorities arrested him on alleged terrorism offences.
· 3 sourcesUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained more than 1,000 immigrants across metro Atlanta in a little-publicised 'shadow surge' that has disproportionately hit Gwinnett County, one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States and a potential deciding factor in the Senate race between Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins. The arrests, which began in August under the name Operation Safe Community, have intensified fears in immigrant communities weeks before the election.
The BBC has defended its decision to edit out a transgender rights slogan from a T-shirt worn by Strictly Come Dancing contestant Bethany Antonia, saying it was standard practice to remove overt branding or slogans regardless of their message.
Two years after Donald Trump made "mass deportations" the centerpiece of his campaign, the consequences of that pledge are reshaping the November midterm elections, with Republican candidates in Florida, Maine and Kansas publicly distancing themselves from the enforcement agenda. Trump has called the vote, which will decide control of both houses of Congress, a referendum on his presidency, but many voters appear set to make it a referendum on his deportation policies instead.
· 2 sourcesThe judge leading a statutory inquiry into alleged summary killings by UK special forces in Afghanistan has revealed that most SAS personnel approached have refused to answer any questions, citing their privilege against self-incrimination.
Forces aligned with Yemen's internationally recognised government and the former Southern Transitional Council cut the main road linking the Red Sea port of Mocha to the Bab al-Mandeb strait on Monday, in one of the first major military gains against the Houthis in years.
A new documentary, Gaza: Still Reporting, follows Palestinian journalist Maram Humaid as she documents the war in Gaza through one of the most difficult periods of her life: Israel's first order for the total clearance of Gaza City.
Fresh polling projects Spain's conservative People's Party and the far-right Vox party will secure 198 seats in the November 29 snap election, above the 176 needed for a majority, with Vox's support predicted to double from 2023. A coalition would put the hard right in government for the first time since Francisco Franco's death in 1975.
· 2 sourcesAn Azerbaijani government decision to indirectly ban the hijab in state schools has triggered protests, social media campaigns and a student boycott, with critics calling it a violation of religious freedom in the predominantly Muslim country.
US President Donald Trump has said Ukraine needs a new president, claiming Volodymyr Zelenskyy's strikes on Russian refineries have hurt global diesel supplies. Zelenskyy has responded by proposing elections if Russia guarantees a 60-day ceasefire, with analysts naming former top general Valerii Zaluzhnyi as his most dangerous potential challenger.
Federal agents searched the Washington home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of immigration fraud, prompting a furious response from Democratic leaders who accused the Trump administration of weaponizing law enforcement against a political opponent. President Donald Trump denied having any role in the search, while Omar vowed not to be silenced.
· 18 sourcesPakistan has imposed a state of emergency and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, detaining the province's chief minister and suspending its elected government, in a sweeping federal takeover of the last stronghold of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party. The move, approved by President Asif Ali Zardari on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, invokes Articles 232 and 234 of the constitution to strip the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led provincial administration of executive and legislative powers.
· 2 sourcesA photo essay by Al Jazeera shows mothers in Gaza queueing for hours outside community kitchens for a single family meal, more than a year after a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was supposed to open the way for food into the enclave.
A BBC investigation has found that three mourners killed by Kenyan police at the national farewell for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga were not involved in the clashes that prompted the gunfire, with forensic analysis suggesting an elite presidential protection unit may have fired the fatal shots.
· 2 sourcesPolish authorities have arrested a man suspected of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, with officials describing the threat as 'deadly serious'. Tusk thanked police for their swift action in detaining the Polish national in the Lower Silesia region.
A 21-year-old man has denied the racially aggravated murder of Dr Fortune Gomo, a scientist attacked with a knife on a Dundee street in July last year. Kyler Rattray entered the plea at a virtual hearing at the High Court in Glasgow, with his trial set to begin on 5 January 2028.
· 2 sourcesThe latest edition of Column 8, the readers' letters slot published across the Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and WA Today, finds contributors testing artificial intelligence with absurd questions, celebrating a small act of childhood empathy at Nippers, and debating everything from egg freshness to the delights of the word "gruntled."
· 3 sourcesA descendant of the artist Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is planning legal action to have the original 19th-century ceiling of Paris's Palais Garnier opera house uncovered and restored, 60 years after it was hidden beneath a celebrated painted ceiling by Marc Chagall. Arnaud Carayon says he has made his request for three years, including two letters to President Emmanuel Macron, and has now instructed a lawyer.
Raphaël Glucksmann, a European parliamentarian and founder of the Place Publique movement, has secured the centre-left presidential nomination after winning a Socialist party primary, and immediately cast the 2027 election as an existential struggle to prevent Marine Le Pen's far right from taking power.
A second-in-command of the largest Uyghur militia in Syria has described how a deadly brawl at a toy factory in China’s Guangdong province in 2009 set him on the path from his home in Xinjiang to the front lines of Syria’s civil war, according to a new book by journalist Emily Feng.
A new poll shows that about two-thirds of Americans oppose the construction of data centers in their communities, as local resistance to the facilities powering President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence ambitions intensifies ahead of the midterm elections. At least 15 states are now considering moratoriums on new data center development, reflecting bipartisan alignment against the hyperscale facilities built by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian diesel imports, insisting he made the right choice for the American People as oil prices fell and a new Goldman Sachs analysis suggested the deal would provide minimal relief to record fuel costs.
· 4 sourcesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has threatened to retaliate if Russian attacks on the country's power grid continue, saying Moscow has struck six energy facilities since US President Donald Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" that Russia has neither confirmed nor rejected.
· 9 sourcesUK authorities have frozen the London penthouse of Thet Li, the alleged finance chief of Prince Group, the Cambodian conglomerate they accuse of running industrial-scale online fraud. The Times reported on Sunday that Li paid £8.9 million for the 13th-floor apartment overlooking Buckingham Palace in 2022, and that a freezing order was placed on its Land Registry record after a Foreign Office investigation.
A new global survey by players' union Fifpro has found that women's football is on track to become a billion-dollar industry, yet many professional players continue to face low wages, insecure contracts and rising psychological stress with inadequate support.
Israel has expanded its military control in the Gaza Strip beyond the boundaries of the US-brokered ceasefire's 'Yellow Line', forcing Palestinians into an ever-smaller share of the territory. Nearly two-thirds of Gaza is now under Israeli military control or subject to access restrictions.
The European Union will limit Chinese hybrid electric vehicle imports to 350,000 cars a year under a four-year agreement reached in Beijing last week, with the European Commission confirming the cap will halve China's market share when it comes into force in December.
· 3 sourcesA student has been arrested after a principal and a teacher were shot at a middle school in southern France on Monday morning. No children were harmed and both staff members are being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening, according to local officials.
· 3 sourcesA year after Tiana Mangakahia lost her battle with breast cancer, her family says the tears continue but now carry a rally cause in her honour. The former Opals guard, who braved her diagnosis to complete one final chapter on the basketball court, is remembered for a career that spanned Australia, Russia, France and America.
· 3 sourcesThe Age Good Food Guide has published its annual hats list for Victoria, awarding one, two or three chef's hats to restaurants based on a 20-point scoring system that covers food, hospitality, setting and value. The list includes several new entries alongside established venues.
· 3 sourcesReports across the Nine newspaper network are leading on a “freakish display” from Smith in Durban, with coverage indicating Australia has taken control of the Test against South Africa on day three at Kingsmead.
· 3 sourcesAbout 500 of Victoria's most prominent chefs, restaurateurs, and hospitality figures gathered on Monday evening at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne for the 46th Age Good Food Guide awards, an invite-only event where no tickets are sold and no venue can pay for inclusion.
· 3 sourcesOn day five of the first Test in Durban, South African opener Aiden Markram registered a defiant half-century off 130 deliveries, the second-slowest half-century of his Test career, as the Proteas fought to avoid defeat. Australia, needing six wickets to claim victory, remain in control but Markram's resistance has provided a rearguard dig.
· 11 sourcesLaura Johnson, the housing director who oversaw cost-cutting at Grenfell Tower before the 2017 fire that killed 72 people, has left a senior council housing role with the Barnet Group after a backlash from bereaved families and survivors.
· 2 sourcesRussell Brand's lawyer opened the defence's closing arguments on Monday, telling jurors that allegations of sexual conduct in 2023 "poisoned the wells" of justice, after the comedian's wife gave evidence describing him as "caring" and "kind".
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