By Sarah Rainsford Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered a new phase. Drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are now frequent and massive, overwhelming its current air defences. They often include the same Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Tehran at Israel. Seeing the robust response to that attack by Israel’s allies, President Volodymyr […]
By Tiffanie Turnbull Former Australian political staffer Bruce Lehrmann raped his colleague Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House, a judge has found in a defamation case. Mr Lehrmann has always denied sex took place. He sued Network 10 over a media report in 2021 which sent shockwaves around the nation and sparked public outrage. The outlet […]
By Peter Hoskins & Nick Edser Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran’s reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend. Brent crude – a key benchmark for oil prices internationally – was lower but still trading close to $90 a barrel on Monday morning. Prices had already risen in expectation of action by […]
By Guy Delauney The involvement of Croatia’s sharp-tongued president in the country’s parliamentary election on Wednesday may not be constitutional. But it is certainly livening up what had threatened to be a predictable affair. The country’s parliamentary polls tend to follow a pattern. A centre-left coalition led by the Social Democrats (SDP) runs against the […]
By Zeinab Mohammed Salih I’m not supposed to cry as a journalist when I am covering stories, but I have been crying a lot lately. Before December, when I travelled on a reporting trip from my home in the Sudanese city of Omdurman – just across the river from the capital, Khartoum – the only […]
By Madeline Halpert Donald Trump will set foot in a New York courthouse on Monday and become the first former US president to stand trial in a criminal case. He is accused of falsifying his business records to disguise a hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels, a former adult film star, shortly before the 2016 […]
By Alan Yentob & Noor Nanji Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken in chilling detail to the BBC about what he remembers of the attack two years ago, in which he was stabbed on stage. The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was left hanging down his face “like a soft-boiled egg”, and that losing the […]
By Tom Spender For the first time ever, Iran has carried out strikes against Israeli territory. In the middle of Saturday night, air raid alerts went off in Israel, residents were urged to seek shelter while explosions were heard as air defences were activated. Interceptions lit up the night sky in several places across the […]
Five of the six people who died were women. Several others, including a baby, were injured. The New South Wales police commissioner told Australia’s ABC News that it was “obvious” Mr Cauchi focused on women. The man killed was security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, who tried to intervene in the attack. “The videos speak for […]
By Hugo Bachega Israel is weighing possible responses to Iran’s attack with hundreds of drones and missiles, amid growing calls for restraint to avert a wider war. Israel and its allies shot down nearly all projectiles fired in the first ever direct Iranian attack on Israel. The US has said it will not take part […]
