Paramount and Netflix are (almost) knocking each other out to buy Warner Bros Discovery – but there are bigger things than cable TV and movie studios at stake.

The clock is ticking for the US government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein – and it has to be done before Christmas.

Hate preachers and potential terrorists could be targeted and deported by officials pursuing their tax and immigration records under a new approach to tackling extremism.

Nick Reiner, 32, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. Prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty.

The move follows the US seizure of a tanker last week and appears designed to apply more pressure to President Nicolas Maduro.

Vladimir Putin’s favourite singer has been stung by a public backlash after a court case left a young mother homeless and $3.3 million out of pocket.

The man who stabbed an 11-year-old Australian girl in London has been sentenced.

“You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror,” a Liverpool judge told Paul Doyle.

Susie Wiles, the president’s trusted and respected chief of staff, revealed her true feelings in a series of candid chats with Vanity Fair magazine, describing her boss as having “an alcoholic’s personality”.

President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Rob Reiner, asserting Monday that the slain Hollywood director was “a deranged person".

The country’s southern regions have long been a breeding group for Islamic militancy, attracting foreign fighters to a network of shadowy training camps.

The president has followed through on his threat to sue Britain’s public broadcaster in a row over edited speech footage that has already cost the jobs of two senior executives.

American gun lobbyists quickly hijacked the Sydney massacre for their own political purposes, as did anti-immigration activists – in a harbinger of what’s to come.

The former Duke of York – a former naval helicopter pilot who flew in the Falklands conflict – had his honorary military rank removed over his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The NATO-like security proposal would only be on the table for a limited time. Germany’s leader said, “For the first time, a ceasefire now seems possible”.

A quiet, months-long battle between a Republican congressman and Bill and Hillary Clinton could come to a head this week.

Officials said the investigation had taken them in a “different direction”.

The 78-year-old, an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party and a vocal democracy campaigner, faces potential life imprisonment.

The move marks a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join NATO as a safeguard against Russian attacks.

As hundreds braved bitterly cold conditions in the US capital to light the National Menorah, the horrific news and images from Sydney were top of mind.