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Former Australian soldier breaks with Andrew Tate, reveals secret courses on exploiting billionaires

A former Australian soldier who taught secret courses to Andrew Tate's inner circle on exploiting the vulnerabilities of billionaires has become the first of Tate's trusted generals to speak publicly against his misogyny. Joule Sullivan, once one of Tate's closest friends and advisers, told this masthead he had turned his back on Tate and the 'manosphere,' citing growing concern over the scale of sex trafficking, abuse and rape charges Tate and his brother Tristan now face in multiple countries.

·2 min·4 sources
Australia

When Bushfire Strikes and the Phones Go Dead: A Castlemaine Resident's Ordeal Reveals Critical Communication Gaps

During catastrophic bushfire conditions in central Victoria on January 9, 2026, Castlemaine resident Fiannuala Morgan experienced a cascading failure of the communication systems relied on for emergency warnings: her mobile phone lost service, the emergency app froze, she could not call or text her parents, the NBN failed with the power blackout, and the ABC broadcast tower at Mount Alexander burned down. A grassfire that eventually destroyed 66 dwellings in nearby Harcourt and threatened Castlemaine underscored what happens when the digital safety net collapses in a disaster, as detailed in a new report by Rhiannon Stevens and Kylie Silvester.

·3 min·2 sources
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India orders removal of Jack Dorsey's Bitchat messaging app from app stores

Jack Dorsey's Bitchat, a decentralized messaging app that works without an internet connection, has been removed from Apple and Google's app stores in India after a government order. Dorsey posted a notice from Apple on Saturday showing the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued the demand under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, the country's primary legal provision for government-ordered online blocking.

·2 min
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Flydubai co-pilot used crash axe in attempted terrorist attack, UAE says; identified as Omani national barred from flying by Oman

The United Arab Emirates has announced that the co-pilot of a Flydubai flight that nearly crashed on its way to Israel attempted a terrorist attack using a crash axe, as the suspect was identified as Hammam al-Hammami, an Omani national whom Oman had previously barred from flying over concerns he had adopted extremist views. The early findings from the UAE Prosecutor General, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, confirmed that the co-pilot attacked the captain with an axe kept inside the cockpit, and the incident was only averted by two off-duty pilots who stabilised the aircraft and diverted it to a regional airport in Saudi Arabia.

·2 min·10 sources
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Six presumed dead as Coast Guard suspends search for missing medical plane off Nantucket

The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for six people aboard a medical transport plane that vanished off the coast of Massachusetts on Saturday, saying all aboard are presumed dead. The Gulfstream G100, operated by Canadian company Latitude Air Ambulance, disappeared from radar while flying from Bermuda to Boston after the pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency.

·3 min·9 sources
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Spanish housing protesters set up camp in Madrid as snap election looms

Hundreds of Spanish housing protesters have been camping in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square for a week, vowing to stay until the government addresses a deepening crisis that has now triggered a snap election. The encampment, organised by tenant unions, follows the eviction of an 87-year-old woman last month and the defeat of emergency housing legislation in Congress, prompting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call an early general election.

·2 min·2 sources
Australia

Teen driver charged after car ploughed into Newcastle Knights fans, leaving 10 injured

The 18-year-old driver of the car that crashed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters on Saturday morning has been charged with multiple driving offences, as one victim described from his hospital bed how he thought he was about to die. Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe faces three charges of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, three of negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, and three of causing bodily harm by misconduct. His P1 provisional licence has been suspended and the vehicle has been seized.

·3 min·11 sources