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US demands Iran reopen the strait of Hormuz while Tehran rejects 45-day ceasefire proposal and insists it wants permanent end to conflict Talks to end Iran war appear to falter a day before Trump deadline Oil prices rose on Tuesday while equities were mixed as investors assessed Donald Trump’s latest deadline for Iran to reopen the strategic strait of Hormuz or be “decimated”. The US president wa…

Woman denies allegations of aggravated kidnapping during Augusto Pinochet’s 1970s military dictatorship Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A former Sydney nanny and cleaner accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper for Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s will be extradited to Chile to face …

Roberts-Smith previously failed in his attempt to sue three newspapers which published allegations he committed war crimes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross, has been arrested at Sydney airport in relation to alleged war crimes. Roberts-Smith was due …

Trump claims Iranians welcome US strikes and lower court judges challenge Trump’s ‘war on rule of law’ – key US politics stories from Monday 6 April at a glance Donald Trump was asked at a press conference Monday if his war on Iran was winding down or ramping up. His response: “I can’t tell you.” The US president’s comments came as diplomatic negotiations aimed at halting the war in the Middle Ea…

Rapper ‘very thankful’ to be given chance to enter mental health diversion program after arrest in LA last year A judge has allowed Lil Nas X to enter a mental health diversion program intended to lead to the dismissal of charges of attacking Los Angeles police officers. Judge Alan Schneider told the rapper and singer on Monday that if he sticks to his treatment program and obeys all laws for two…

Ukrainian president says Russia unlikely to accept – ‘for them, nothing is sacred’; Australian police arrest army reservist for joining war. What we know on day 1,504 Ukraine’s president has renewed his offer to Russia of a mutual ceasefire on strikes against energy infrastructure . “If Russia is ready to stop strikes on our energy infrastructure, we will respond in kind,” he said. “This proposal…

Dennis, whose car fatally struck Hoskins in 2023, wrote on Instagram ‘I have ALWAYS been against any sort of abuse against women’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis has lashed out at journalists on social media, saying they created a “false narrative” about him after his wife’s 2023 d…

President’s press conference after White House Easter egg roll did little to dispel fears he has lost touch with reality Donald Trump began his day standing with a person in a giant bunny costume and boasting about the Iran war to an audience of children. The annual Easter egg roll on the White House South Lawn conjured a fitting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland image for a US president who has d…

At least 432 ebike fires and 147 e-scooter fires recorded in 2025, up 38% and 20% respectively on previous year Ebike and e-scooter fires in the UK reached a record high last year, an investigation has found, renewing concerns over the use of lithium batteries and unregulated marketplaces. Fire brigade figures obtained by the Press Association show there were at least 432 ebike fires recorded acr…

Republican Tony Gonzales ended re-election bid in March after admitting to having affair with a different aide Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A second former female staffer for Tony Gonzales, a Republican congressman from Texas , has come forward claiming Gonzales sent her sexually explicit messages. The San Antonio Express-News first reported the te…

Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest risk Schools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents in a hyper-targeted Home Office programme that uses mapping technology to identify areas of risk down to the level of specific groups of streets. Under the £1.2m scheme – part of a series of initiati…

US president criticises Australia, Japan and South Korea; chance of Cyclone Maila hitting Queensland at the weekend is rising, BoM says. Follow today’s news live Tropical Cyclone Maila could hit the coast of far north Queensland this weekend three weeks after the same area was smashed by Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle, the Bureau of Meteorology said last night. It was tracking halfway between So…

Two fatalities have been reported so far, with warmer spring resulting in the reptiles being out on trails earlier A sixth person has been bitten by a rattlesnake in southern California’s Ventura county in just under a month, two-thirds of the number of people bit in all of 2025. Andrew Dowd, a Ventura county fire department spokesperson, said paramedics responded to a call on Sunday for a man wh…

Performer is being extended ‘forgiveness’ over antisemitic remarks, says managing director of festival’s promoter Kanye West is still due to perform at the Wireless festival, one of its organisers has said, despite calls to cancel his appearance. The musician, legally known as Ye, has been criticised for making antisemitic remarks including voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler. Last year he releas…

Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible? Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump’s threats to carry out mass bombing of civilian infrastructure in Iran present US military officers with a dilemma: disobey orders or help commit war crimes. It is an urgent matter for the US chain of command. In an explic…