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Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:53:00 +1100
Andrew is now a pariah. Here’s why he wants to turn the tables on police
Whatever happens in the police investigation and the judicial review, the former prince will be judged by the public based on years of testimony and documents.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:28:54 +1100
Co-pilot planned flydubai attack before joining airline, two Israeli officials say
Another source said Hamam al-Hammami also operated a flight to Tel Aviv earlier this year and intended to hijack and crash the plane then, but opted not to.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +1100
Russian researcher feared to have died of plague after lab accident
The 28-year-old scientist was taken to hospital with symptoms of severe pneumonia and placed on a ventilator before dying two days later.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:06:02 +1100
A visit to Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton, Washington, near Seattle
The 737 begins life as the fuselage, shipped in by train from Kansas, where it’s made, and enters the factory.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:45:01 +1100
Mayor expresses sadness after girl shot dead in fight over carpark
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has expressed his grief at the death of a 12-year-old girl at a junior football game.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:49:00 +1100
The Conservative Party has a bold agenda – but there’s a problem
The leader of the Conservative Party is trying to sell voters an unpopular truth when cost-of-living concerns are high.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:41:41 +1100
Russian drones attack Kyiv as Merz meets Zelensky
Two people were injured when a bridge over the Dnipro River was targeted during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Ukraine on Sunday.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:53:30 +1100
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes police to court over Epstein files arrest
Royal commentator Russell Myers explains what the former prince's legal action means for the British royal family.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:07:12 +1100
Andrew takes police to court over Epstein files arrest
The former Duke of York, who was detained in a blaze of publicity eight months ago, has asked a judge to determine whether the force’s action against him was lawful.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:52:59 +1100
US pulls bomber jets from UK air base after suspected terror plot
The Pentagon said all B-1 bombers deployed to the base, which US forces have used to strike Iran, have returned to the US.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:10:30 +1100
Debris found from missing US plane
Debris has been found in waters off the US east coast in the search for a missing medical plane carrying seven people.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:08:14 +1100
Russian drones strike major bridges in Ukraine
Russia has ramped up its attacks on Ukraine, targeting major bridges in Kyiv.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:47:03 +1100
Cornell president calls for stronger rape laws in New York
The case has renewed scrutiny of a controversial state law that makes it difficult to prosecute sexual assault cases if accusers voluntarily drank or took drugs, even if they became too intoxicated to consent.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:37:55 +1100
Saudi-Backed Yemeni government declares war against Houthis, widening crisis
The government and the Houthis have been engaged in fierce battles in recent weeks, after the Iran-allied militia took control of the country’s Red Sea coast, increasing pressure on shipping routes and energy markets unsettled by the U.S.-Israeli w...

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +1100
US-Russia talks on Ukraine now involve an oil deal tied to Trump allies
Vladimir Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with the US president’s envoys, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +1100
Elon Musk is back in the White House as privatisation spreads to warfare
A change in how America decides what future military power looks like transforms the assumptions around which Australian defence capability is built.

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:54:59 +1100
Why Iran could choose to escalate the war
Trump’s Iran war should be taught for decades as a model of how not to conduct either war or foreign policy.

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +1100
Cornell case revives anger about handling of campus sexual assault claims
A lawsuit alleging rape at Cornell has led to an outpouring of women sharing stories about sexual violence on college campuses.

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:08:21 +1100
Two Iranians appear in UK court over alleged plot to target Jewish sites
The men are charged with plotting acts of terrorism involving use of a homemade bomb to attack the Jewish community in northern England at the behest of a figure believed to be based in Iran.

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:22:54 +1100
Tennessee’s prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
The state’s governor also announced that former US attorney Ed Stanton will lead a review into what happened in Pike’s death chamber.

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