
US president says ‘all sides should stand down’ as mediators seek to conclude preliminary US-Iran peace deal negotiations Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump was forced to call for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut as mediators sought to conclude negotiations on a preliminary peace deal between Iran and the US that would bring the three-month war in the Middle East to a definitive end. Trump played down new Israeli strikes but said “all sides should

Academic says laptops have ‘completely overtaken’ traditional note-taking and research other states should ‘absolutely’ follow the state’s lead Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victorian secondary school students will spend less time on screens and more time using pen and paper under a national-first plan to limit classroom device use to two hours a day. The Victorian government on Monday announced that all state
Isak, Gyökeres y Ayari, tres figuras de la Liga de Inglaterra, comandaron el contundente triunfo de la selección europea ante los africanos en su presentación desde Monterrey, en una noche histórica para los escandinavos en la Copa del Mundo 2026.

Stacey Warnecke, 30, died from a treatable complication after giving birth without any trained medical staff, an inquest hears Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Melbourne wellness influencer was found lying on the floor of her home in an altered state of consciousness beside a large blood clot in the hours before she died in hospital, an inquest has heard. Stacey Warnecke, 30, died in September from a treatable c

Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997 Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader and author, has died aged 93, his family has said. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described Hattersley as a “giant of the Labour movement”. Continue reading...

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Australian billionaire says investment reflects her confidence in world’s first trillionaire after his record-breaking IPO Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Gina Rinehart’s company has made a “significant investment” in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and said it hopes to collaborate on AI infrastructure. Hancock Prospecting secured shares as SpaceX began trading on sharemarkets on Friday, Rinehart said in a statement today. Th

Fox News · Oct 8
By the media’s count, President Donald Trump had assured America 39 times that he was about to reach a peace deal with the Iranians. Networks were running montages of these similar-sounding assurances. And yet it never seemed to materialize. In between, Trump would threaten to hit Iran VERY HARD – to "bomb the s--- out of them," as he told Fox – only to pull back at the last moment. There were bombing attacks against the mullahs, who bombed U.S. targets in the region and shot down an Army helico

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Former deputy editor steps up to replace Lenore Taylor, who resigned in February Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The former deputy editor of Guardian Australia David Munk has been appointed to lead the publication, Guardian News and Media has announced. Munk spent five years as international news editor in Australia and another five as deputy editor under Lenore Taylor, who resigned in February after a decade at

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Men and Boys group of MPs addresses ‘crisis of masculinity’ and joins campaign for longer paternity leave Government ministers have been urged to set targets to boost the number of male teachers in England, as backbench MPs seek to capitalise on turbulence in the Labour party to influence government policy. With the government in disarray after the shock resignation of the defence secretary this week, MPs are seizing the moment to embark on a battle of ideas, including tackling toxic masculinity