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A Four Corners investigation has found that some for-profit health companies are aggressively targeting Australian veterans through advertising and phone calls, offering 'free' DVA-funded treatments. In one case, a veteran was prescribed up to 1,220mg of THC per day — a dose described by medical experts as 'ghastly' — without ever speaking to the prescribing doctor.
Thousands of youth and opposition protesters have marched for a third consecutive day in India demanding the resignation of Election Commission of India (ECI) chief Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of overseeing voter-roll revisions that removed millions of eligible voters. The protests, led by opposition leaders Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai, and gathering in New Delhi, began on Friday and were met with police detentions and a ban on mass gatherings in the capital.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday that Ukraine is prepared to hold trilateral talks with the United States and Russia this month, as Washington pushes for technical-level negotiations by the end of October. The comments, made during a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, suggest a renewed diplomatic push after a pause in US ceasefire efforts.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has claimed that nearly all women who attempt to reach the UK via small boats from northern France have been raped during their journey. Speaking on The Rest Is Politics podcast, she said the criminal gangs that control the crossings are responsible for systemic abuse, and that the current border system is not in Britain's control.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he has “thought about” retiring after the high court’s last term but decided against it, believing he could still make a valuable contribution, according to an interview with CBS News. The 76-year-old justice also dismissed retirement speculation linked to November’s midterm elections as “bemusing,” telling Fox News Sunday that calculating when to step down would be “foolhardy.”
As world leaders gather in Fiji for pre-COP climate talks ahead of next month's COP31 summit, Pacific islanders displaced by extreme weather are calling out Australia's expanding fossil fuel industry as a contradiction to its climate diplomacy. Marica Malumuca, 66, has lived in a tent for five years after cyclones damaged her village of Nabavatu, and her son Sami Veloko urged industrialised nations to recognise their contribution to the crisis.
Sadistic online networks are using popular gaming platforms including Steam, Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite to coerce Australian children into self-harm and violence against siblings and pets, experts have warned. A scathing report by Australia's e-safety commissioner has found that failures at gaming giants Valve and Epic Games risk exposing children to sexual exploitation and abuse.
Former Iranian and US diplomats involved in past nuclear negotiations argue the current conflict between the United States and Iran is more likely to escalate than reach a peace deal or even a permanent stalemate, according to comments on an Al Jazeera program. Former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian and former US diplomat Alan Eyre said they do not see the war heading toward resolution soon, with Eyre noting the Trump administration favors quick victories and is pushing regional allies to take the lead rather than pursuing direct US diplomatic engagement.
Two people were killed and at least 25 others injured in a mass shooting at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, early Sunday, while a 12-year-old girl was shot dead in Baltimore on Saturday after an argument over a parking spot escalated into gunfire, authorities said.
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell, who resigned last month after an investigation found he sexually harassed a staffer and violated ethics rules, has taken the unusual step of citing artificial intelligence to argue his innocence, telling a public television interviewer that AI platforms analyzed the report and found no evidence of wrongdoing.
Delhi Police have transferred complaints of sexual harassment made by three female journalists to their crime branch for a formal inquiry, as street protests demanding the resignation of India's chief election commissioner entered a third consecutive day in Delhi and Mumbai.
Cavan Sullivan became the youngest US international goalscorer in history on Saturday, netting in the 62nd minute as the United States beat archrivals Mexico 3-0 in a friendly at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. At 17 years and five days, Sullivan broke a record set just five days earlier by Mathis Albert.
An air strike has killed a driver of a UN food aid convoy in Sudan's South Kordofan state, the World Food Programme said on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the attack on trucks it said were clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles.
Philippine authorities have arrested 244 foreign workers, the majority of them Chinese citizens, in their largest crackdown this year on illegal offshore gaming operators, targeting two addresses on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday.
As Israel prepares to mark three years since the October 7 attacks and with parliamentary elections less than a month away, media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned by the United Arab Emirates before the attacks have put his alleged responsibility at the centre of the electoral agenda, according to an analysis by Al Jazeera.
Egyptian authorities have charged journalist Mohamed Ashraf with joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, days after security forces arrested six journalists from the independent fact-checking platform Matsadaash. Rights groups have described the detentions as one of the gravest attacks on journalism in Egypt's modern history.
France will close up to 500 schools on Monday as student protests over education funding enter their second week, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced Sunday. Geffray said 24 schools have been burnt or ransacked and 78 education staff members injured since the protests began, with security conditions "not fulfilled" to keep schools open.
The family of a 19-year-old killed in a car crash near Stirling two years ago is launching a civil action against the driver, who was acquitted of causing death by careless driving in a criminal trial last November.
Nigel Farage has been interviewed by the parliamentary standards commissioner as part of an investigation into whether he should have declared a £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, received just before the 2024 general election.
Justice Secretary Alex Norris has been unable to say how many of the roughly 700 prisoners released early from jails in England and Wales last week were fitted with electronic monitoring tags, despite previous government assurances that tagging would be a key tool in managing the release programme. The first wave of releases began on Thursday under the Sentencing Act 2026, with nearly 5,000 prisoners due to be freed in stages over the next year to tackle severe overcrowding. Several prisoners told the Guardian they had not been tagged, and one said he had no idea when he would be fitted with a device.
An investigation by The Guardian has revealed that thousands of sexual offences against children under 13, including multiple rapes, are reported to police at schools in England and Wales every year, prompting condemnation from lawyers and campaigners over what they described as a 'horrifying' scale of peer-on-peer abuse.
Elfyn Evans is World Rally champion for the first time after rival Oliver Solberg crashed with less than 100 metres to go on the final stage of the Rally Italia Sardegna. The 37-year-old Welshman, a five-time runner-up, edged out Solberg by five points in the standings to become only the third British man to win the title, following Colin McRae in 1995 and Richard Burns in 2001.
The Green Party of England and Wales is facing international ostracism after adopting a policy equating Zionism with racism, with the European Green party demanding clarity on the party's stance and Israel banning party leader Zack Polanski from the country. The fallout comes just days after members voted 1,022 to 813 to adopt the binding motion, which also calls for Israel to be replaced by a single democratic Palestinian state.
Yemen's internationally recognised government has announced a major offensive against the Iran-backed Houthis in the strategic Taiz governorate, a move expected to trigger more battles in the country's most populous region. The operation, announced by Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad al-Alimi, aims to regain territory lost to the Houthis, who seized much of Yemen's Red Sea coast last month.
Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Bavaria have successfully launched an attack drone built and armed entirely within the unit, using a commercial quadcopter fitted with a 3D-printed casing called a 'Dragoon bomb' and an electronic safety device, according to a report by Stars and Stripes.
With the Cop31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, just a month away, hosts Australia and Turkey are facing criticism from activists for their partnership in a coal supply chain and near silence on plans to phase out fossil fuels.
Australia is debating whether sharply cutting net overseas migration would deliver a population 'reset' and restore stagnant living standards or 'trash the economy', with both sides pointing to Canada as a test case. One Nation has proposed cutting temporary migrants by more than 750,000 over three years, while Labor maintains a longer-term target of 225,000 net arrivals per year.
Yemen's Saudi-backed government has announced a sweeping military offensive to reclaim all territory held by the Houthi rebel group, even as the insurgents cut a key supply route to the besieged city of Taiz and launched missile attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities. The contradictory developments highlight the precarious position of the internationally recognised government, which has struggled to counter a recent Houthi surge.
Yemen's internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government has declared an all-out military campaign to retake every area held by the Houthi militia, a move that appears to close the door on any negotiated truce in the country's long-running civil war. The announcement followed an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition and a Houthi offensive that seized Yemen's Red Sea coast.
Japan has summoned US ambassador George Glass after a 20-year-old US Marine was arrested on suspicion of murdering a Japanese woman in a hotel in Okinawa, prompting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to lodge a strong protest and demand stricter discipline of American personnel.
A US marine stationed on Japan's southern island of Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 39-year-old Japanese woman at a hotel in the city of Naha, police said on Sunday, prompting a formal protest from Tokyo and renewed tensions over US military presence in the region.
Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has pledged $99 million to establish patient transit lounges at hospitals, a plan she says will free up beds faster, reduce emergency department overcrowding and ease ambulance ramping. The promise, part of the opposition's election platform, would deliver up to 10 new or expanded lounges where patients who are ready to leave hospital can wait for medication or transport. Premier Ben Carroll immediately criticised the plan, accusing the Liberals of funnelling public money into private healthcare and seeking to 'Americanise' the public health system.
A Reform UK councillor on Hillingdon Council has been accused of stoking hatred after she commented 'import the 3rd world you get the 3rd world' on a social media post about a machete attack in Cowley, Uxbridge. The Metropolitan Police confirmed no information about the suspects' background had been published at the time.
Katie Amess, daughter of Conservative MP Sir David Amess who was murdered five years ago, has told the BBC that politicians remain at risk and questioned whether anything has improved since her father's death. She described the past five years as 'absolutely devastating and heartbreaking' and said the threats against members of parliament are not isolated.
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said the party will co-operate with any Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) investigation into the ongoing protest on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, which police have described as unnotified and therefore illegal.
An analysis of data from the V-Dem project and government policy actions reveals that Donald Trump's administration has significantly expanded state ownership of the US economy through equity stakes in critical industries, even as the former president campaigns against communism. According to the V-Dem index of state control over the economy, the United States dropped from being the second-least state-controlled economy in 2024 to 16th place in 2025, the first year of Trump's second term.
Max Verstappen secured his first Formula 1 victory of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix, held in Malaysia due to the Iran conflict, after George Russell retired with five laps remaining, handing a significant championship advantage to teammate Kimi Antonelli.
Rory McIlroy has urged leading professional golfers to play in the Australian Open, according to reports.
Australia has recorded its first achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets — a global benchmark for HIV diagnosis, treatment and viral suppression — as new data shows annual diagnoses have fallen by a quarter over the past decade. However, researchers from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney warn the gains are not shared equally, with First Nations Australians, overseas-born communities and people diagnosed late continuing to face heightened risks.
The Japanese government has expanded its sanctions against Russia over the continuing war in Ukraine, adding the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex to an asset freeze list that restricts payments and capital transactions with the targeted parties.
President Donald Trump has embarked on a 32-day campaign blitz ahead of next month's midterm elections, but some Republicans fear his signature rallies are turning into a liability as his approval rating sinks to a career low and voters express anger over the cost of living, the Iran war and immigration crackdowns.
Ethiopian federal forces and allied fighters have taken control of Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced a temporary withdrawal from the city. The development marks a significant shift in the renewed conflict that erupted in late September, reviving memories of the devastating 2020-22 civil war.
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States accepts its seven-day plan to reopen the waterway, with Tehran's top negotiator insisting that Washington's latest proposals do not change Iran's position.
At least two vessels were struck over the weekend in waters near Oman and in the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran reiterated that the strategic waterway will not reopen until its conditions under the Islamabad Memorandum are met. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre confirmed the attacks, and the United States is deploying additional forces to the region.
James Tedesco has been awarded the Clive Churchill Medal for best on ground after the Sydney Roosters held off a valiant Newcastle Knights 19-18 in one of the tightest NRL grand finals in memory. The victory was sealed by a one-point margin, with Spencer Leniu departing the club with a fourth premiership ring.
Newcastle Knights captain Kalyn Ponga remained on the field during Sunday's NRL grand final despite a high shoulder shot on Sydney Roosters forward Victor Radley, a decision that left Roosters skipper James Tedesco questioning the consistency of on-field officiating. The incident in the 25th minute at Accor Stadium drew only a penalty and a report, with bunker official Chris Butler declining to instruct referee Adam Gee to send Ponga off. Tedesco was overheard telling Gee, 'If we're consistent with the rules, that's a shoulder to the head. It's been a sin bin all year.' Ponga, who had been sin-binned for a similar act during State of Origin earlier this season, went on to run 95 metres for a try that extended Newcastle's lead to 10-0.
In today's Column 8, readers share lighthearted observations on everything from a Boeing-inspired baby name to the correct classification of tawny frogmouths, alongside reflections on Latin, private clubs, and the arrival of bogongs in MacMasters Beach.
A UK immigration tribunal has overturned a Home Office decision blocking mothers and children in Gaza from reuniting with family members granted refugee status in Britain, ruling the government acted unlawfully in how it applied its policy on unsafe journeys. The judgment could affect an estimated 250-300 people stranded in similar circumstances.