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Man and woman to be interviewed by police after arrests at separate properties in state’s north-east on Saturday morning Two people have been arrested as part of the investigation into how Porepunkah fugitive Dezi Freeman was able to survive on the run for seven months before he was shot dead last week . A man and a woman were arrested at separate properties in north-east Victoria on Saturday mor…

Ray Blanchette admits he may be a ‘little crazy’ as he outlines chain’s hopes of building 1,000 outlets globally “I am a little crazy maybe,” admits Ray Blanchette, a former TGI Fridays kitchen manager who has taken on the revival of the bar-restaurant chain’s UK business in the face of blasting industry headwinds. Blanchette’s family investment firm, Sugarloaf, rescued the Dallas-based parent bu…

Royal visitors have long been popular in the US, and Charles has decades of diplomacy under his belt. But can soft power save the special relationship? What’s the worst that could happen when King Charles visits Donald Trump in Washington at the end of this month? And what will be the best outcome from Keir Starmer’s point of view, since it is the prime minister who directed the visit to go ahead…

Citizen science data reveals early flowering, nesting and insect activity as global heating accelerate seasonal change Bluebells are flowering, swallows are returning and orange-tip butterflies are flying in what could become Britain’s earliest recorded spring. Records for early spring occurrences are being smashed as 2026 looks to be the earliest this century for frogspawn laying, blackbirds nes…

After six-minute firing of capsule’s engine, crew on track to reach farthest distance travelled by humans in space The Artemis II astronauts are now halfway to the moon, Nasa has confirmed. Nasa released the crew’s first downlinked images on Friday, just one-and-a-half days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century. Continue reading...

Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concerns Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Datacentre developments are crowding out opportunities for housing and job-rich industries across Sydney, a New South Wales inquiry has heard, with one local council reporting a rise in blackouts …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran; Israeli military strikes ‘Hezbollah infrastructure’ in Lebanon capital US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images Hello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran and its impact on the region, the world and the global econo…

Stiff winds ‘spreading the smoke’ as Springs fire bears down on Moreno Valley while smaller Crown fire also burning A pair of wildfires broke out in southern California on Friday, marking the region’s first significant burns in a spring that has seen a major heatwave. The fires started in windy conditions that have caused them to spread quickly. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory…

Russian advances slowing, thinktank’s data shows; 14 killed in Ukraine in massive drone and missile salvo. What we know on day 1,501 Russia’s army recorded almost no territorial gains on the frontline in Ukraine in March for the first time in two-and-a-half years , according to analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) conducted by Agence France-Presse. The Russian army has b…

Police allege drugs were to be collected from a drop-zone in Bass Strait and distributed across the nation using trucking connections When a commercial trawler sank off Victoria with four crew members needing rescuing, police became suspicious about an alleged drug trafficking operation. Nine men are accused over a conspiracy to import tonnes of cocaine and methamphetamine before distributing the…

Budget proposal released on Friday outlines president’s desire to revive former federal prison in San Francisco Bay Donald Trump is asking for $152m to restore Alcatraz, a former federal prison off the coast of San Francisco, according to a budget proposal released on Friday for the 2027 fiscal year. Last May, Trump first called upon the Department of Justice, the FBI and Homeland Security to reb…

Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go round Gurvinder Singh never thought the war in Iran would touch his quiet corner of Punjab. Yet looking out over his smallholding, where he alternates between wheat and rice crops in the state known as India’s breadbasket, the 52-year-old farmer can barely th…

Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’ Teachers’ leaders have said a “masculinity crisis” is fermenting in schools across the UK, with misogynistic abuse of female staff on the increase, leaving victims “traumatised”, “demeaned” and “humiliated”. Almost a quarter of female teachers who took part in a union survey said they have be…

US president issues executive order as longest partial government shutdown in US history enters 49th day Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that declares all Department of Homeland Security employees will receive pay and benefits during the agency’s partial shutdown. The “Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown” memo is similar to Trump’s execut…

Met police investigate incident, removing five officers from frontline duties after member of the public discovers items Armed police officers protecting the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, allegedly left a bag containing guns and a Taser on the street which was discovered by a member of the public. The Metropolitan police said on Friday it was investigating the incident and five officers had been remo…