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'A rift in the nation': Inside Israel after two years of war
7 Oct 2025After two years of war, a fractured but defiant Israel is struggling to assert itself at home and abroad.
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Nobel Prize for discovery that could revolutionise cancer treatment
7 Oct 2025The prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists - two of them American and one Japanese.
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Israel deports Greta Thunberg and 170 other flotilla activists
7 Oct 2025The activists are alleging mistreatment during their detention but Israel says the claims are "complete lies". Audio
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British author Jilly Cooper, famous for novels of sex and snobbery, dies at 88
7 Oct 2025The author of bonkbusters Rivals and Riders has died.
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Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court for appeal
7 Oct 2025Fifty-one men were convicted after the Frenchwoman's ex-husband recruited dozens of strangers online to sexually assault and rape her while drugged.
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Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas underway
7 Oct 2025Egyptian sources say Hamas is seeking guarantees that Israel will abide by the deal once hostages are freed.
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French govt quits hours after being appointed
7 Oct 2025Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's swift resignation was unexpected and unprecedented and marked another major deepening of France's political crisis. Audio
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Prosecutors to appeal Erin Patterson's sentence over mushroom murders
6 Oct 2025Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with a 33-year non-parole period.
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Fewer smokers worldwide, but e-cigarettes fuel new addictions
7 Oct 2025New Zealand needed to intensify efforts to reduce smoking prevalence, say health experts. Audio
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Time to 'refocus' foreign policy on Pacific, says Peters
The government needs to refocus its foreign policy priorities closer to home in the Pacific, says the foreign affairs minister.
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Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes close airport
6 Oct 2025More than 18,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes were recovered after up to 25 small hot-air balloons entered Lithuanian airspace.
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The 1950s film format making a big comeback
6 Oct 2025Paul Thomas Anderson's eagerly awaited One Battle After Another is the latest film shot in the old-school format.
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UK mosque set ablaze with two people inside
6 Oct 2025"Everyone is scared. If someone was willing to do this, we don't know what's next."
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Gaza conflict: What chance does the latest peace plan have?
6 Oct 2025Previous ceasefires during the war came to an end with Israel reviving its offensive and fighting resuming. Could this time be different?
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16 hurt as gunman fires up to 100 shots 'indiscriminately' from Sydney window
6 Oct 2025The alleged gunman began randomly firing at passing vehicles, critically wounding a man and hurting several others.
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Not if but when - Taiwan waits for China to leap
6 Oct 2025Taiwanese people are used to air raid sirens but this year drills have ramped up.
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Does my sunscreen actually work? Here’s what’s behind the concerns
6 Oct 2025Several sunscreens have been found to fail in delivering the sun protection you'd expect. So where to from here?
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Inside the 450-day search for a sausage dog missing in the wild
6 Oct 2025Reports of Valerie on Australia's rugged Kangaroo Island were like sightings of the yeti.
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Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest
6 Oct 2025Unusually heavy snow and rainfall has pummelled the Himalayas.
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Trump says Hamas faces 'complete obliteration' if it stays in power
6 Oct 2025Hamas has insisted on "no disarmament, keeping Gaza under Palestinian control and tying hostage release to negotiations". Audio
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TikTok star cycles up Eiffel Tower's 686 steps in world record time
6 Oct 2025Aurélien Fontenoy took 12 minutes and 30 seconds, smashing the previous record by nearly seven minutes. Video
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How Taylor Swift became a billionaire - and it's not just album sales
The superstar has made business part of her persona, defying the narrative that executives receive much of the money generated by artists.
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White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going nowhere'
6 Oct 2025Layoffs of federal workers will start if the president decides negotiations with congressional Democrats are "absolutely going nowhere," a senior White House official says.
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UK police arrest 442 pro-Palestinian protesters
5 Oct 2025Police say they have arrested at least 442 people at the London protest "for supporting a proscribed organisation".
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