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FollowJudge extends White House access to banned media outlets CNN, MS Now and PoliticoDistrict court judge Timothy Kelly was ruling after the Trump administration blocked access to the three outlets in September A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to continue allowing journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico to access the building as the media coalition’s lawsuit against the Trump administration plays out. Timothy Kelly, a district court judge, had on 24 September…$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: how council red tape hinders the right to protestPublic gatherings stymied by bureaucracy, Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University researchers find Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Council red tape is stymieing the right to protest, a report has said, after a regional New South Wales council told a protest organiser they needed a $20m public liability insurance policy to hold a rally in a park. A report re…Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media postRights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post. Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakil…Ukraine is littered with landmines on a scale last seen in Vietnam. How can they be removed?Faced with deadlier threats, demining groups are coming up with new ways of working using drones and AI Crouched over on her hands and knees in a field of weeds, Olena Kabanova is digging into the ground. With a shovel and a steady hand, the 58-year-old digs out a neat square around the spot where a mine detector has sensed a suspicious object. Four years ago, this field in eastern Ukraine was oc…Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’Police have charged a 31-year-old man with the alleged murder of Jayda Allen Bonner, whose body was found in a Carlton apartment on Saturday Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died The family of a young Indigenous woman fo…Beau Lamarre-Condon trial shown crime scene reconstruction as ballistics expert traces bullet trajectories3D computer video of Paddington terrace shown to jurors outlines prosecution version of alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies A computer-generated reconstruction of the alleged double murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies has been played to a Sydney jury, as pictures showing gun marks on a bedroom door were examined by the supreme court. Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of shoot…’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streetsAnger at electoral roll changes has boiled over, sparking a crisis for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government Born into a small village in West Bengal, Shahida Fakir had always taken her vote for granted. That was, until it was suddenly taken away. She presented officials with her Indian birth certificate and family land documents from the village going back to 1962. Both her parents had be…Rachel Smith will turn 39 in prison. The high court says she could freeze her eggs from behind barsAustralia’s highest court says Queensland drug trafficker extracting and storing eggs is not ‘assisted reproductive technology’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A 36-year-old woman has won an appeal in Australia’s highest court about her right to freeze her eggs while behind bars. Rachel Smith is serving a 10-year prison term in Queensland for trafficking in a dangerou…Court overturns Tanya Plibersek’s protection order which company says blocked controversial NSW goldmineFederal court overrules decision by former environment minister for the McPhillamys goldmine development at Blayney The federal court has overturned a rare protection order issued by former environment minister Tanya Plibersek under Indigenous heritage legislation, which the company said effectively blocked a controversial goldmine in the central west of New South Wales. Regis Resources challenge…Russia arrests Japanese journalist on allegations of spyingFSB security agency said reporter was arrested on island of Sakhalin, alleging he was collecting information about Russia’s defences Russia has arrested a Japanese journalist on the far east island of Sakhalin and accused him of espionage, Moscow said on Tuesday. Russia regards Japan as an “unfriendly” country because it has joined western sanctions over its war in Ukraine. Russia has arrested s…Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAXMicrobiologist Aili Wang, 32, poisoned tea of colleague in Wyoming who had pending patents, prosecutors allege A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her. Aili Wang, 32, was arrested 6 October at Los An…Jim Chalmers denies Anthony Albanese rolled him over credit card payments for tax billsTreasurer’s comments come after prime minister revealed he intervened to delay a controversial ban on such payments to the ATO Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied being rolled by Anthony Albanese after the prime minister personally intervened to stop a tax office ban on credit ca…Fostering in crisis: can flexible care models fix England’s child placement shortfall?New recruitment campaign to target adults in their 30s and 40s in bid to create 10,000 new foster care places Viennetta Basterfield, 67, spent two decades fostering more than 100 children in her west London home before she and her husband handed in the reins during Covid. Her own mother had died when she was nine and she was brought up by another woman who took her in. There was no doubt in her m…Cryptocurrency exchange founded by Reform donor Ben Delo sued for £20mFormer investor alleges BitMEX sold products in UK despite not being regulated by Financial Conduct Authority A cryptocurrency exchange founded by the billionaire Reform UK donor Ben Delo is being sued for £20m over claims that the company mis-sold financial products in the UK. Lewis Barber, who is a software engineer, alleges that BitMEX offered crypto derivative products to investors in the UK,…Rules, London’s oldest restaurant, donated to National TrustHistoric eatery in capital’s theatreland given to heritage charity after changing hands only three times in 228 years When Thomas Rule served his first oyster to diners on Maiden Lane in London’s Covent Garden, “mad” George III was on the throne of England, John Adams was US president and William Pitt the Younger had just come up with a wheeze called income tax to pay for the Napoleonic wars. Mor…Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggestsResearch shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds If you want to get really good at French, Arabic or Hungarian, don’t start with rote learning vocabulary and grammar, focus on how they sound instead, research suggests. A new study of how humans learn modern languages has found that the brains of the most talented linguists hear foreign te…Man who died in Six Flags rollercoaster fall in Georgia was a father and educatorHassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was a father of 10-year-old daughter, and overcame two bouts of cancer, his family says Police on Tuesday identified the victim of the fatal accident at Six Flags Over Georgia as 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta. Kariem fell to his death after being ejected from his seat and several others were injured in an incident involving a rollercoaster at the theme par…Burnham to host Zelenskyy at No 10 in show of ‘rock-solid’ supportPrime minister reiterates UK backing after the Ukrainian president’s latest round of difficulties with Donald Trump Andy Burnham will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street on Wednesday as the UK seeks to further underline its support for the Ukrainian president, in contrast to his difficulties with Donald Trump. The UK prime minister said his message to Zelenskyy and his country would be: “W…Florida officials say six people dead from Hurricane IsaiasGovernor Ron DeSantis says death toll ‘sad’ but praises work of local officials for helping to minimize storm’s impact Six deaths have been confirmed in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias. In a press conference on Tuesday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis praised the work of local officials for minimizing the impact of the storm, which made landfall late on Friday, bringing strong winds,…Man charged with murder over shooting death of boy, 12, in Sydney last monthA 19-year-old man was arrested and charged at Silverwater correctional facility on Tuesday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man has been charged with murder over the shooting death of a boy, 12, in Sydney’s north in September. Police were called to a unit on Fairway Drive, Norwest, on 21 September 2026 after reports of a shooting. Continue reading...Australian politics live: Chalmers urges against mocking, cancelling or talking down to One Nation supportersFollow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The treasurer, Jim Chalmers , has urged progressives not to disregard voters that are attracted to One Nation’s message in the Bernie Fraser oration at the Shine Dome in Canberra last night. Chalmers said Pauline Hanson would be a disaster in government, calling One Nation “inexperienced, incompetent and inca…Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years to life over murder of Tupac Shakur‘You don’t get to take a man from his family … and just walk away from it,’ judge says as former gang leader sentenced Tupac trial spotlights decades of US police failures in solving the case Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former California gang leader convicted of murder for orchestrating the 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur , has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. “For three ye…Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debutKatie Zacharia’s maiden briefing was excruciating – at least her predecessor had delivered her propaganda hot Well, that was weird. Katie Zacharia , the new White House press secretary, made her debut on the podium on Tuesday with all the warmth, wisdom and political dexterity of an AI avatar. Zacharia was all stilted delivery, nervous tics and lack of eye contact. With an eerie lack of emotion,…Judge orders Trump administration to halt work on historic DC golf courseDistrict judge Ana Reyes halts tree-cutting at the East Potomac golf course until 26 October, and now requires advance notice before making course changes US district judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday ordered a halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac golf course until 26 October, putting a further pause on work at the historic Washington DC course that has been part of Donald Trump’s plans to remake th…