Pomp, circumstance and tradition will feature extensively in the formalities to be held in the following days as final preparations are made for the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

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Ukrainian troops pile pressure on retreating Russian forces, pressing deeper into occupied territory and sending more invaders fleeing ahead of the counteroffensive.

With Westminster Hall to remain open around the clock, mourners are expected to line the banks of the Thames in their thousands for Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state. Follow live.

Prince William and Prince Harry will join their father, King Charles III, and walk in silence behind the Queen's carriage with other senior royals. 

A crackdown on protesters holding "Not my King" and "Abolish the monarchy" signs in the UK sparks a series of new demonstrations, amid fears freedom of expression is being squashed in the wake of the Queen's death. 

Kylie Hennessy, a 50-year-old mother of two, says she made a round trip of 1,600 kilometres to Adelaide for a brain scan after facing a months-long wait in Melbourne.

The Northern Territory's elite police response unit is responding to a death in the remote community of Peppimenarti overnight, following unrest in the region. 

An unexpected rise in US consumer prices sees global share markets take fright on worries about more aggressive interest rate rises by the US central bank. The Australian dollar plunges on a surging greenback. 

Libby Ruge was killed in 2020 after Arpan Sharma pulled the handbrake of a car being driven by Jaskaran Singh. Her mother says it's time to stop referring to acts of "stupidity" as "accidents".

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The crown usually dooms royal siblings to a life of jealousy and suspicion. But the love between Queen Elizabeth and Margaret endured through scandals, a constitutional crisis and a string of heartbreaks.

King Charles III says he "can't bear this bloody thing" as a pen appears to leak on his hand at Northern Ireland's Hillsborough Castle. 

As mosquito season approaches, health bodies along the NSW-Victoria border are racing to vaccinate people most at risk of contracting Japanese encephalitis virus. 

Organisers of the Melbourne Royal Show are going a step further than others by enacting a complete ban on pigs this year due to the species having a higher risk of harbouring and spreading disease.

Canberra prisoner Kane Quinn says he was unaware of Lila Walto's plan to free him until after she rammed into the vehicle he was travelling in.

Melissa Caddick's husband told a police officer she might resurface at a Sydney court two weeks after she went missing from her home, an inquest hears.

Gareth Dodunski was crushed by heavy duty hydraulic machinery while working in the Surat Basin, north of Roma, in June 2013.

Colombian national Juliana Castrillon, 36, is being walked out of the bush by SES volunteers after going missing from a music festival on Saturday.

A West Australian farmer says two of his animals were killed by lightning after the "worst storm in years" hit his property in the state's south. WARNING: This story contains content some readers may find disturbing

The Queen sat for more than 200 official portraits during her reign and often let modern artists to do their own thing — which caused a fair share of controversy. 

The superstitious and somewhat cute tradition of 'telling the bees' of a death in the family has been part rural British folklore for centuries. It was no different for the death of Britain's longest reigning monarch.

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As Donald Trump faces mounting allegations of impropriety, experts say even a prison sentence wouldn't necessarily stop him becoming US president for a second time.