World watches nervously to see what Iran does next

By Lyse Doucet In the wars within wars of this grievous Gaza crisis, the most explosive of all is the searing official enmity between Israel and Iran. It’s now at its most perilous point. And this region, and many capitals beyond, are watching and waiting with bated breath to see what Iran does next. It’s […]

Ukraine army chief says Russia making gains in east

By Thomas Mackintosh The head of Ukraine’s military has warned the battlefield situation in the east of the country has “significantly worsened” in recent days. Fierce battles are ongoing in a several villages in the eastern Donbas region. Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russia was benefitting from warm weather – making terrain more accessible to its […]

'She is a hero': Australia PM hails cop who shot attacker

By Hannah Ritchie An Australian police officer has been hailed as a hero by the country’s prime minister, after she confronted and shot dead a man who fatally stabbed six people at a Sydney shopping centre. “There is no doubt that she saved lives,” PM Anthony Albanese said, calling Saturday’s attack “a horrific act of […]

Knifeman rampaged through Sydney mall as shoppers ran for their lives

By Tiffanie Turnbull Westfield Bondi Junction looked exactly like it usually does on a Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of people crammed into the centre – packs of teenagers, parents with grumbling kids, and weary customers sneaking a caffeine hit between shops. Just minutes from Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach, this is one of the most popular shopping […]

Body of Israeli shepherd, 14, found in West Bank

By Thomas Mackintosh Israel’s army says it has found the body of a 14-year-old shepherd in the occupied West Bank, a day after he went missing. Benjamin Achimeir had taken a flock of sheep out to graze from Malachi Hashalom, a settler outpost near Ramallah on Friday morning. PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Achimeir’s death a […]

Dozens stranded after fatal Turkey cable car crash

By Thomas Mackintosh One person has been killed and 10 others injured after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole and burst open in southern Turkey. Passengers plummeted to the ground following the crash on Friday evening after the supporting pylon collapsed near Antalya. The whole cable car system was immobilised while emergency […]

'It was insanity' – Eyewitnesses tell of Sydney stabbings horror

By Tiffanie Turnbull & Katy Watson, in Bondi, & Doug Faulkner in London Eyewitnesses have described scenes of chaos as they fled a busy Sydney shopping mall where a knifeman killed six people and wounded several others. “It was insanity,” one visibly upset woman said, as she described seeing a wounded woman lying on the […]