Tuesday, 6 October 2026
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The Guardian World · 00:19
Australian soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory ↗Defence confirmed the fatality occurred on Monday at the Mount Bundey training area, with next of kin informed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian soldier has died and five others were injured in a training accident at a facility outside Darwin yesterday, according to the…
The Guardian World · 00:53
OpenAI to reiterate apology to Australia over Medicare hack as inquiry told artists risk becoming ‘roadkill’ ↗Company executive to acknowledge ‘more work to do to rebuild trust with the Australian people’ as ABC says copyright laws do not need changing Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast OpenAI will use an appearance before a parliamentary committee to apologise again to Australia about the hac…
The Guardian World · 02:39
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial shown CCTV of accused’s movements across Sydney after alleged double murder ↗Former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to February 2024 murders of Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jurors have seen how dozens of CCTV cameras tracked Beau Lamarre-Condon’s movements across Sydney well into the night after he allegedly…
The Guardian World · 03:04
Judith Lucy announces breast cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m in shock, but I’m OK’ ↗Comedian reveals cancer in a joke-packed video, saying she will undergo a double mastectomy and ‘I’ll be keeping you abreast of everything, Australia’ Comedian and actor Judith Lucy has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. In a video shared to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, the 58-year-old said s…
The Guardian World · 03:57
Alan Jones corresponded with 13-year-old who asked for financial help, court hears ↗Radio host took teenager to lunch, had him visit his apartment, and told him to keep some conversations secret, court hears Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Alan Jones corresponded extensively with a 13-year-old who had written to him asking for financial help, showering the teenager…
The Guardian World · 04:26
RSPCA NSW director quits over welfare standards for RSPCA-branded chicken ↗Mark Steele says he is ‘ashamed to be associated’ with the RSPCA Certified scheme, which badges 97% of chicken sold in Australia Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast RSPCA New South Wales’s vice-president has left the animal welfare group, saying he is “sincerely ashamed” of the standard…
The Guardian World · 05:00
Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads ↗Civilians try to flee as men and boys rounded up on streets by new alliance as Ethiopia conflict erupts again As renewed fighting has threatened a fresh humanitarian crisis in the northern region of Ethiopia, reports are emerging that a new alliance of armed groups in Tigray has been forcibly recruiting men and bo…
The Guardian World · 05:01
Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘not open for renegotiation’, Pacific leader tells pre-Cop ↗International leaders visit Tuvalu as part of climate talks co-hosted by Australia ahead of Cop31 conference Pacific island leaders have urged a promised global transition away from fossil fuels must not be left open to renegotiation as they gather in tiny Tuvalu in a bid to build momentum before a major climate s…
The Guardian World · 05:54
Australian consumer confidence plunges to worst level since 1990s after RBA rate rise ↗Key indicator dropped about 20% after the Reserve Bank last month announced the highest interest rates since 2011 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian households are the most persistently pessimistic they have been since the early-1990s recession, after a fourth rate rise this…
The Guardian World · 06:30
From competing for food to a gold medal: the stories behind India’s Asian Games winners ↗The country’s 85-medal haul included athletes who trained with limited money and borrowed equipment. Plus, the Mumbai performer turning everyday absurdities into comedy In a country where cricket eclipses every other sport, the recently concluded Asian Games offered a much-needed reminder of India’s breadth of spo…
The Guardian World · 07:00
A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time? ↗Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text It has been called the world’s most mysterious manuscript: a medieval set of pages filled with botanical drawings, astronomical diagrams, pictures of nude women and indecipherable text. Clai…
The Guardian World · 07:00
Keeping up with the Bolsonaros: Flávio’s surprise first-round election win heralds rise of a political dynasty ↗Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first round of voting to be Brazil’s new president The weekend’s elections in Brazil not only put Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead in the president…
The Guardian World · 07:00
Israeli ambassador to Australia says he hopes for return to ‘traditional friendship’ on October 7 anniversary eve ↗Relations have soured between the two countries over a number of issues since 2023, but Hillel Newman says a ‘reset’ is possible Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Israel’s ambassador to Australia says the third anniversary of October 7 is an opportunity for both countries to return to…
The Guardian World · 07:26
Taylor’s hardline immigration plan drags Australian politics further to the right – and it’s all upside for One Nation ↗Coalition leader’s proposal goes further than Peter Dutton’s 2025 election promise and beyond even Pauline Hanson’s bottom line Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast With Angus Taylor’s hardline immigration policy unveiled on Tuesday, voters have a new measure of Pauline Hanson’s success…
The Guardian World · 08:47
Kenya confirms first Ebola case and says patient has died ↗Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, the health minister, Aden Duale, has said. The pa…
The Guardian World · 08:59
Germany arrests former domestic intelligence chief over alleged spying ↗August Hanning served as president of Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005 Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office has said a former domestic intelligence chief was arrested on Tuesday on espionage allegations. August Hanning served as president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from December 199…
The Guardian World · 09:05
Woman’s body found in stockyard trough close to NSW-Queensland border ↗Police say body found by trail bike riders at remote farm in Terragon is badly decomposed, sparking search of missing persons records Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A partially submerged body believed to be a woman has been discovered in a remote stockyard, with the death being tre…
The Guardian World · 10:44
Richard Morecroft, veteran ABC news presenter, dies age 70 after cancer diagnosis ↗Michael Rowland and Leigh Sales lead tributes to newsreader who read the ABC’s 7pm bulletin for 20 years Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Former ABC news presenter Richard Morecroft has died at the age of 70. Morecroft presented ABC’s 7pm news bulletin for almost 20 years until 200…
The Guardian World · 11:12
OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude ↗Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea culpa after it admitted – in an unsigned email, to a public departmental in…
The Guardian World · 11:28
‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing ↗Unprecedented protests that began in low-income banlieue are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality Before dawn on Tuesday outside the Lycée Sophie-Germain in central Paris, hundreds of teenagers dragged wheelie bins, metal barriers and shopping trolleys to build a barricade outside the…
The Guardian World · 11:31
Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza ↗Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’ A former senior UN food agency official has alleged he was fired last week for his work highlighting hunger in Gaza, and has launched an appeal against his dismissal. Benjamin Davis said the…
The Guardian World · 11:40
Argentina to stop Falklands exploiting offshore oilfields, country’s foreign minister says ↗Pablo Quirno says move is part of government’s strategy to peacefully assert sovereignty over the islands Argentina’s foreign minister has told an audience that included the British ambassador that his government would stop the Falkland Islands from exploiting its offshore oilfields as part of a strategy to take s…
The Guardian World · 12:38
Plague epidemic risk in Russia low after death of lab technician, WHO says ↗World Health Organization detects no sign of further outbreak since Darya Shipilova died last week The World Health Organization has said the risk of an epidemic in Russia is lowafter the sudden death of a lab technician who worked at a plague research institute in Siberia. Darya Shipilova, who was 28, died last…
The Guardian World · 13:59
Norwegian princess Märtha Louise and husband sue ex-friends for ‘betrayal of trust’ ↗Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett launch defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles, claiming ‘coordinated series of devastating public attacks’ The Norwegian princess Märtha Louise and her husband, the American businessman Durek Verrett, are suing several former members of their inner circle for defamation over what they de…
The Guardian World · 14:00
Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn ↗Angus Taylor’s drastic cuts to graduate visas aim to end a citizenship pathway, but universities body says changes will make Australia less competitive Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching Australia’s free trade agreement with India, signed…
The Guardian World · 14:00
PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review ↗‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigation Find more from the Unmarked graves investigation here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has been ur…
The Guardian World · 14:38
‘No more Viktor Orbán’: EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states ↗Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos outlines proposed safeguards to protect EU from undemocratic leaders The European Commission wants to ensure there is no repeat Viktor Orbán among the next generation of EU member states, as it set out plans to prepare for the bloc’s enlargement into eastern Europe in the next fe…
The Guardian World · 15:38
State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war ↗Tobias Rausch secures role of president in Saxony-Anhalt after AfD’s election breakthrough Europe live – latest updates Alternative für Deutschland has become Germany’s first far-right party to secure the position of speaker of a regional parliament since the second world war. Tobias Rausch, a former estate a…
The Guardian World · 16:50
Greek prime minister pledges to ‘ramp up’ efforts to regain Parthenon marbles ↗Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his UK counterpart, Andy Burnham, had been supportive of restitution efforts in the past The Greek prime minister has vowed to “ramp up” his country’s claims to win back the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum, emphasising that his UK counterpart, Andy Burnham, was hugely supportive…
The Guardian World · 16:53
Outcry in Trinidad and Tobago after passing of police bill that could threaten press freedom ↗Journalists are calling for an urgent amendment to the Special Operations Bill, which boosts police search and seizure powers Journalists in Trinidad and Tobago have called for an urgent amendment to a sweeping new bill that boosts police powers of search and seizure, which they argue threatens the country’s much-…
The Guardian World · 18:02
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns ↗Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out the necessary environmental impact assessments Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites. The planned datacentre…
The Guardian World · 22:06
US man arrested as second suspect in Canada mass school shooting planned with ChatGPT ↗Justice department detained James Codey Bryant and allege he offered ‘technical advice’ to primary suspect A surprise suspected accomplice has been arrested in connection with a mass school shooting in Canada that was made notorious after an 18-year-old allegedly killed six children after discussing it with the AI…
The Guardian World · 22:59
Sarah Macdonald returns to ABC radio after being sacked in 2024 ↗Manager who removed Macdonald announces she will replace the late James Valentine from March Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two years after her shock axing, the ABC has backflipped and reinstated ABC Radio presenter Sarah Macdonald to Sydney’s local radio schedule, where she will r…
The Guardian World · 23:01
Ikea to pilot online buyback service for secondhand furniture ↗Service to be tested in Spain and Portugal this year, with a UK rollout if successful, as pre-loved markets boom Ikea is to test an online version of its buy-back service where the retailer offers vouchers for unwanted secondhand furniture. The service will be tested in Spain and Portugal before the end of Decem…
The Guardian World · 23:02
Privacy watchdog launches probe into China-based company behind Kmart ‘pervert glasses’ app ↗Commissioner said Shenzhen Qingcheng, the app maker behind the HeyCyan app in the smartglasses, failed to respond to her inquiries Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian privacy regulator has opened an investigation into the China-based software company behind the HeyCyan ap…
The Guardian World · 23:11
New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts ↗Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones New Zealand could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves and catastrophic glacier melts in the near future, as greenhouse gas levels hit record highs, a new report about the n…