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The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 09:33 UTC
Exclusive: Meghan’s father denies possessing child sexual abuse images as forensic analysis of found images continues All signs point to Thomas Markle Sr being a “possible sex offender of the grossest kind” although a full forensic investigation will give a “definitive picture”,
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 09:07 UTC
Silver Ferns defeat Diamonds 49-52 in Game 3 in Sydney Australia lose series for fourth time since inception in 2010 Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich was left to lament Australia’s capitulation on home soil after New Zealand claimed the Constellation Cup series with a game to sp
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 09:01 UTC
Updates as the Kangaroos and Fiji Bati meet at Suncorp Stadium Kick-off time in Brisbane is 7.05pm local/8.05pm AEDT/9.05am GMT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Tonight’s referee is NRL veteran Gerard Sutton. A quick reminder about the 2026 men’s rugby league world cup fo
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC
The comedian unashamedly loves the Spice Girls’ Wannabe and cries to Boyz II Men, but which novelty song changed her life? The first song I fell in love with My mother would sing and dance and cook and clean in the kitchen, as many 80s moms did, to divas like Madonna and Paula Ab
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC
Live ODI cricket updates from 8am GMT Sri Lanka stun England with second-highest ODI chase Sign up for The Spin | And send Daniel an email Daniel Mark Butcher is touching the surface now. Looks a road. But what do I know? The last time England played here they failed to defend 35
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 08:49 UTC
⚽️ News before the 2pm GMT Premier League fixtures ⚽️ How they stand | Fixtures | Mail John Anyone here seen Tom Finney play? He retired in 1960. It’s Ballon D’Or, Ballon D’Or, Ballon D’Or, Ballon D’Or week, and Stanley Matthews week, too. Two wizards of the dribble in Ed Aarons
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC
Incumbent president lost in first round to senator and son of convicted ex-president Brazilians are going to the polls on Sunday in a highly unpredictable runoff in which the leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , is attempting an unprecedented comeback against the far-ri
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC
The torture of the inbox is made insufferably worse by the dated cliches at the beginning and end. Enough! If email were a person, it would be an adult dressed in a teenager’s clothes, desperately trying to stay relevant. Despite being 55 years old and having been surpassed by nu
ABC News Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTC
A weekend of Rugby League World Cup blowouts ends in Brisbane, where the Kangaroos are hoping to put Fiji to the sword. Follow live.
ABC News Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTC
ACT politicians speak about the abuse, threats and intimidation they've regularly been subjected to, following the attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines.
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC
Gondolas on demand, electric piste-grooming and chemical-free snow cannons – how Laax is ‘greenstyling’ its future It’s the worst ski resort nightmare: hillsides of shaggy yellow grass streaked with slush under a leaden sky that’s coughing up sleet. Parts of Europe – places previ
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC
Brazil, Israel, Serbia and the US are holding elections within the space of 10 days. Will the authoritarian right cement its global gains, or can pro-democracy forces make a comeback? Four elections on four continents within 10 days could profoundly reshape global politics, prope
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC
‘Session cookies’ are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accounts You’ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC
Novelist says demise of Britain’s ‘incredible’ welfare system and housing struggles have led to deeper divisions The novelist Zadie Smith has said that inequality has made culture clashes feel “existential”, adding that it has become “natural to look to your left and think ‘who t
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC
Previously considered a middle-class drug, price drops have made cocaine more widely available, and created a new set of problems Cocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surges Ageing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s £9.8bn-a-year cocaine ha
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 06:07 UTC
Police said an altercation at a homecoming party escalated into gunfire, resulting in six adults and six juveniles injured A shooting near a Florida university campus in Tallahassee has left 11 people with gunshot wounds and another person injured, authorities say. The shooti
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
Their hopes of having a second child were dashed. Two decades on, the actor remembers the grief and pain of that time “I’m afraid this cycle has not been successful.” Emma and I cannot catch each other’s eye. We sit mute in our grief in the silence of the IVF doctor’s office. Thi
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries The Romans’ proficiency in the art of glass-making has produced some of the wonders of antiquity, but few of their creations better a 1,600-year-old masterpiece which sits
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
It means to be drab, homely or old-fashioned – ‘motherly’, essentially. Why can’t we have some respect for mothers, instead of deriding them? A recent newspaper headline – “Sorry Radley! These dated handbag brands will make you look mumsy – here’s where stylish A-listers and Roya
The Guardian Australia · 25 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
The story of the emirates’ presence in Manchester winds from the Arab Spring to some of the most deprived places in England – with complicated results Emirati-linked firms’ ownership of Manchester land ‘up 39%’ in 10 years When Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-ruling dictator, was top
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