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Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:30:35 +1000Trump administration officially rejects Epstein conspiracy theories
The far right have been pushing for the Trump administration to release more information about the investigation into child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +1000‘He died trying to save Mystic girls’: Texas flood victims named and mourned
Hour by hour, the names of more children who died in the devastating Texas flood were revealed, as well as two camp directors who gave their lives trying to save them.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:04:16 +1000Cabin swept away with people still inside
Footage shows a cabin swept away in Texas' deadly floods, which have killed dozens.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:54:37 +1000‘Unimaginable’: Texas flood death toll rises as Trump declares major disaster
At least 82 people have been confirmed killed, including 28 children, with authorities warning that the death toll will rise. Ten girls and a counsellor from the Camp Mystic summer camp remain missing.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:48:49 +1000Gaza buffer zone plan outlined ahead of key Netanyahu-Trump meeting
New details have emerged of how a ceasefire in Gaza could work as Israel and Hamas edge closer to an agreement, while Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Washington.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:25:26 +1000‘Train wreck’: Trump slams Musk’s ‘ridiculous’ new political party
After the tech billionaire escalated his feud with the US president and announced the formation of his “America Party”, Trump posted on social media that Musk had gone “completely off the rails”.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:33:39 +1000Texas flood death toll rises
The death toll from the deadly Texas floods continues to rise.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +1000How a gunshot at dawn broke a mother’s heart, and left a prime minister fighting for her job
By first light on May 28, the soldiers had already stirred from their remote jungle beds. Some were making coffee. Others were pulling on uniforms. What happened next depends on who you talk to.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +1000‘If I could have amnesia, I would’: The horror day that left 52 dead in London
Thelma Stober was on the Tube when a terrorist standing next to her detonated a bomb. Her thoughts 20 years later are with those who did not make it.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:00:00 +1000Poland, Germany deepen row over asylum seekers as vigilantes patrol border
Far-right vigilantes have also begun patrolling the border to prevent asylum seekers moving between the two countries.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:03:22 +1000Search for missing children in Texas floods
The death toll from unparalleled flash flooding, which has swept across several Texan counties, has risen further.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 16:53:32 +1000Australia needs a new China strategy: America’s promised pivot to Asia is unlikely
The United States cannot disentangle itself from the Middle East – and that has big consequences for our defence planning.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:30:00 +1000My close encounter with America’s founding fathers exposed Trump, the foundering father
On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s throats – a world where Trump and JD Vance excel.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 12:07:29 +1000Between broken tree limbs and muddied cabins, a father looks for his missing child
Michael McCown drove to the Texas Hill Country as soon as he heard about the flood. His little girl had been at Camp Mystic, among the youngest campers in the Bubble Inn cabin beside the river.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:56:15 +1000‘Thankful she was with her friends’: Eight-year-old girl among 15 children killed in Texas flood
Authorities were coming under growing scrutiny over whether the camps and residents in places long vulnerable to flooding received proper warning and whether enough preparations were made.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +1000Spurned by Netanyahu, Israeli hostage families turn to Trump
As the agony for the families of Israel’s hostages drags on, some now believe one man holds the key to achieving their freedom.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 07:18:20 +1000At least 27 people dead, including 9 children in Texas floods
At least 27 people have died, including 9 children in fast-moving floods in Texas.
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +1000On the edge of danger, children laugh in quiet defiance of Putin and his missiles
This city is under near-constant bombardment. Every night, sirens wail and explosions shake buildings. Yet life persists. And nowhere is that tenacity more visible than in a group of children gathered in a bunker classroom.
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:40:04 +1000Trump signs sweeping domestic policy bill into law.
Donald Trump has swept sweeping domestic policy bill into law on Independence Day.
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:39:54 +1000Devastating floods in Texas have left more than 20 children missing.
Parents frantically posted photos of their daughters on social media with pleas for information as more than 20 campers from an summer camp were unaccounted for after deadly floods.