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Finance officials from around the world are gathering in Bangkok this week for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, with a widening war in the Middle East, the biggest energy supply shock on record and rising interest rates dominating the agenda.
A teenage boy has been charged with ten offences after allegedly hitting a 57-year-old woman with a stolen car near the Melbourne Marathon route on Sunday morning, as runners also complained of being struck by pacing vehicles during the event.
· 6 sourcesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pledged to continue drone strikes targeting Russian oil refineries, pushing back against criticism from US President Donald Trump over the campaign.
· 3 sourcesAt least 11 people were killed and 27 injured on Sunday morning when a tour bus collided with a tow truck near toll booths on a highway in western Turkiye, according to the Manisa governor's office.
A framed Crown apology on the remote Chatham Islands formally acknowledges the New Zealand government's role in creating and propagating a false history that declared the Moriori people extinct, while a movement is underway to revive the ta rē Moriori language. Historian Garritt C. Van Dyk, writing for The Conversation, reports that the 2020 apology details the Crown's failure to protect the Moriori from enslavement and land dispossession, and its role in spreading a fabricated account that misled generations of schoolchildren.
With fewer than 50 days until Victorians cast their votes, the state election is shaping up as a proxy war with national consequences, as One Nation's rising influence collides with the Liberal Party's identity crisis and Labor's fight to convince voters it offers change.
Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering removing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging improper conduct, including a potential quid pro quo. A senior U.S. official said Sunday that the pair are "extremely pissed off" and will likely decide this week after Monday's federal holiday.
· 3 sourcesBeijing will become the only city in China to ban the ownership of drones when new rules take effect on November 15, forcing residents to move their aircraft out of the capital or dispose of them through government-approved buyback and recycling programs.
Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson's plan to fund 25,000 additional elective surgeries by winding up state-owned investment company Breakthrough Victoria has left an $880 million hole in Coalition costings, according to a Parliamentary Budget Office analysis, as a letter to The Age draws comparisons to the privatisation era of former premier Jeff Kennett.
· 2 sourcesDomestic violence victim-survivor advocates are warning that federal government and opposition proposals to crack down on visa overstayers will embolden abusers who weaponise Australia's migration system, including through threats of deportation, visa cancellation and detention.
A 14-year-old student in the southern Philippines has recounted how he kicked an armed classmate and blocked his classroom door during a lunchtime shooting that left students with gunshot wounds and ended with the gunman dying by suicide.
The Minns government has announced a significant shake-up of NSW lobbying laws, extending disclosure rules to local councils for the first time and formally making the NSW Electoral Commission the regulator for lobbyists with new investigative powers, but the reforms have already been criticised as a watered-down response to the Operation Rosny corruption inquiry.
· 2 sourcesMore than 97,000 people were hospitalised with respiratory disease in New Zealand in 2025, according to new data from the Cardiac and Respiratory Foundation showing admissions have climbed steadily for three years at an estimated cost to the economy of about $11.5 billion a year.
Manchester City shrugged off a vitriolic reception at Anfield to defeat Liverpool 3-0 on Sunday, in their first match since being found guilty of 114 Premier League financial rule breaches. Second-half goals from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki maintained City's perfect start under manager Enzo Maresca, but the victory does little to resolve the existential threat posed by the guilty verdict and the club's ongoing appeal.
· 8 sourcesAn analysis published by Al Jazeera warns that United States sanctions on the International Criminal Court could paralyse its operations, urging member states to use a 180-day grace period to strengthen the court's resilience instead of pursuing negotiations with Washington.
Sara Qalandari has been her family’s carer since she was 10, and at 25 she says the role is forcing her to choose between caring for her brother and her dream of becoming a doctor. She is one of an estimated 40,000 young carers in Western Australia, and her advocacy for a university pathway for carers has so far brought little response from politicians.
· 4 sourcesLabour's Sagal Abdi-Wali was set to take her seat as the new MP for Holborn and St Pancras on Monday, as Green Party leader Zack Polanski faced a mounting internal backlash over a controversial party conference motion equating Zionism with racism. In an op-ed for the Guardian, Polanski proposed a significant overhaul of the party's internal democracy, arguing leaders need more control over strategic direction to prevent a small minority of members from setting damaging policy.
· 4 sourcesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signalled his willingness to accept an energy ceasefire with Russia after US President Donald Trump declared the deal unilaterally on social media, but reported that Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure continued throughout Sunday, including an attack on a power plant in Kharkiv.
· 7 sourcesPolish police have arrested 117 people nationwide for possessing knives or other weapons or threatening schools, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday, as he blamed a week of school stabbings on the online 'glorification of violence' and 'nihilistic violence' associated with the extreme right.
· 2 sourcesRussian strikes hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure, including a power plant in Kharkiv, within hours of US President Donald Trump declaring that both sides had agreed to an immediate 'energy ceasefire'. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the announcement was 'news to him' but expressed willingness to support the truce if Moscow reciprocates. The Kremlin has not publicly confirmed the agreement.
· 10 sourcesUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of violating the US-brokered 'energy ceasefire' almost as soon as it was announced, saying a power plant in Kharkiv was hit 'immediately after' President Donald Trump declared the truce. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, Zelenskyy said Putin 'does not read Truth Social', urged Washington to enforce the agreement and warned that Ukraine would respond if Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure continue.
· 8 sourcesUS President Donald Trump has claimed that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to halt attacks on each other's energy infrastructure, a proposal that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he supports but is awaiting details from the American side. Zelenskyy also proposed a 60-day full ceasefire as a condition for holding elections in Ukraine.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said it is "clear" that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, becoming the first UK leader to publicly acknowledge the Kremlin's involvement. In an interview with The Rest Is Politics podcast, Burnham said he asked the question upon entering Downing Street and received confirmation. He warned voters in France and Germany that similar Russian-backed disinformation efforts are targeting their politics.
· 7 sourcesDonald Trump has called for Ukraine to get "a new president" and announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine that Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was "news to me", as tensions between Washington and Kyiv over the US president's Russian diesel deal escalate weeks before the US midterm elections.
· 4 sourcesIsraeli authorities have installed three iron gates across a 200-metre stretch of Hebron's Old City, part of a tightening web of restrictions that residents say is turning their neighbourhood into a ghost town, according to an Al Jazeera report. The gates, erected in recent days, block vehicle access and pedestrian routes, adding to 89 checkpoints and 925 movement obstacles across the West Bank, with a heavy concentration in the Israeli-controlled H2 sector of Hebron.
Remnants of Hurricane Isaias were pushing north through the southern Appalachians and mid-Atlantic on Sunday, with heavy rain now the primary hazard, even as roughly 356,000 customers remained without power along the Gulf Coast. At least four deaths have been linked to the storm, the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season, which made landfall in Florida on Friday as a Category 2 hurricane.
· 3 sourcesCourt documents have revealed that The Australian's Shadow of Doubt podcast delayed by 10 months the Victorian sex offence trial of William "Rob" Gilfillan, a former physical education teacher already serving a 48-year jail term for abusing his daughter.
· 2 sourcesPauline Hanson's One Nation has promised to push Australia's net overseas migration below zero for three years, a policy economists say the country has never attempted by design. The party says its plan would cut rents, but the economists behind the research it relies on warn of significant costs to exports and government revenue.
· 3 sourcesEthiopia and Eritrea have accused each other of aggression in letters to the UN Security Council, raising fears of a fresh conflict in the Horn of Africa as fighting intensifies in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
Attacks around the strategic Strait of Hormuz have escalated again as mediated attempts to end the US-Israel war on Iran remain deadlocked, with Iran warning oil tankers against ignoring its security rules and the US continuing to enforce a naval blockade of Iran's ports.
The Greens will demand a private right for Australians to sue big tech companies over online harm as one of three tests for backing the government's Digital Duty of Care laws, which are due to be introduced to federal parliament this week. Labor is simultaneously preparing to drop a ministerial power to designate new categories of harm, which critics said gave Communications Minister Anika Wells too much authority.
· 11 sourcesFifty-two maternity wards across the United States have closed since a federal bill overhauling Medicaid was announced in July 2025, and experts expect further closures as the changes take full effect in the new year. Analysis by the non-profit Protect Our Care found a further eight wards have announced upcoming closures, with hospitals in Virginia and Georgia citing the federal policy changes directly.
Official development finance to Southeast Asia fell by nearly 10 percent to $US26 billion in 2024, the lowest level in a decade, according to new research from the Lowy Institute. The latest Southeast Asia Aid Map shows that Japan, China and the United States all reduced funding, with deeper cuts from Washington expected to hit future flows.
People smugglers continue to profit from transporting migrants across the English Channel, with asylum seekers in northern France describing them as highly adaptable and determined, even as the UK prepares to scrap its 'one in, one out' migration deal with France.
Air strikes have resumed on Yemen's capital Sanaa after the internationally recognised government announced a new military offensive, Operation Dawn of Yemen, to oust Houthi forces who have held the city since 2014. At least one child has been killed and seven civilians wounded in attacks that residents say have revived fears of the devastating Saudi-led bombing campaign that began a decade ago.
Young men in Hpa-An, the capital of Myanmar's Karen state, are living in fear of being snatched off the streets and forced into military service by the junta, according to leaked documents and local accounts. With the military enduring heavy losses in a civil war that began after the 2021 coup, authorities have been ordered to aggressively fulfil recruitment quotas, leading to arbitrary arrests and a climate of terror.
Poland's police have received information about a possible plot to attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, with authorities assessing a high probability the threat would have been carried out. The development emerges as Poland remains on high alert following multiple school stabbings this week and ongoing concerns over potential Russian hybrid warfare aimed at weakening Western support for Ukraine.
A second projectile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, sparking a fire and causing injuries, Saudi authorities said, one day after a deadlier attack killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300. The Saudi-led coalition blamed Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels and vowed to respond firmly, while the Houthis renewed their warning against using Saudi airports, saying 'the worst is yet to come' if Saudi military operations in Yemen continue.
· 11 sourcesAt least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the UN migration agency said on Sunday, revising its toll upward from 109 after 30 more bodies were recovered. More than 100 people remain missing and search and rescue operations are continuing.
· 5 sourcesPolish police have detained a man accused of planning an assassination attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the interior ministry announced on Sunday. The suspect, a Polish national, was arrested in the Lower Silesia region following what authorities described as credible intelligence.
· 2 sourcesAt least 109 people, including 15 children, have died and more than 116 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, according to the United Nations migration agency. The vessel was heading from Djibouti to Yemen with more than 300 people on board, and more than 80 survivors, all Ethiopians, have been rescued.
A photo review of Pizza Elettrica, a pizza parlour styled with kitschy 1980s suburban touches, was published on October 11 across the Brisbane Times, WA Today and Sydney Morning Herald. The 15-photo gallery, shot by Bonnie Savage, includes the 'Jupiter' pizza with tomato, mozzarella, 'nduja, stracciatella, basil, hot honey and pecorino.
· 3 sourcesSydney Morning Herald's Column 8 returns with reader anecdotes spanning a Vegemite delivery to a grateful Australian Navy warship in San Diego, a reflection on the Chelsea restaurant's clientele in the 1970s, and a complaint about the word 'versing' during rugby league coverage.
· 3 sourcesAndy Burnham is facing questions over plans to accelerate sweeping changes to Britain's electoral system, including scrapping the photo ID requirement for voters, lowering the voting age to 16 and tightening rules on political donations, amid speculation that some of his closest advisers are pressing for an early general election.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of two men at a lockdown party in Manchester more than six years ago, Greater Manchester Police has confirmed.
A leading emergency doctor in Scotland has said she is 'completely terrified' about upcoming winter pressures on the NHS, warning that accident and emergency departments are providing unsafe levels of care with some patients spending 72 hours on trolleys in hospital corridors.
British farmers are warning that rising costs, extreme weather and geopolitical shocks are pushing food producers to the brink, with the National Farmers' Union saying some businesses will not make it. Crop growers face almost-doubled red diesel costs since the Iran conflict began in late February, fertiliser prices up about 20%, and the UK's hottest summer on record has produced England's worst cereals harvest on official estimates. Food experts, academics and the National Audit Office have all urged the government to strengthen the resilience of the UK's food system.
Marco Bezzecchi delivered a dominant performance to win the Indonesian Grand Prix on Sunday, while Jorge Martin's third-place finish was enough to retake the overall MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez by two points.