‘We are knocking on the door’: Africa’s 10 contenders target World Cup glory
Morocco’s semi-final appearance in Qatar has raised the possibility of an African team reaching the final, but who are best poised to do so? With a record 10 African teams…
‘There’s wee girls inside’: panic as masked men storm house in Belfast
Protests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night – with some police officers acting as if it wasn’t safe to intervene On a residential street draped in loyalist flags…
Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns
Inspector of custodial services says inmates are sleeping on the floor and denied basic entitlements due to ‘a systemic failure across multiple prisons’ Follow our Australia news live blog for…
Ukraine war briefing: Moscow car bomb kills Russian ammunition chief – reports
Second car bomb was discovered and blown up by authorities; more panic buying of fuel in Russia as Ukrainian attacks bite. What we know on day 1,568 Continue reading…
Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters
Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows Seattle has passed a year-long moratorium on the construction of new datacenters. The city council…
‘Osprey cam’ streams life of nesting seabirds perched at tip of 55 metre-long Queensland rainforest canopy crane
Researchers believe the same pair of birds has been mating and nesting in the unusual spot in the Daintree Rainforest for 15 consecutive years Follow our Australia news live blog…
The best albums of 2026 so far
From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum • Listen…
‘They picked the wrong artist’: How a Dallas mural cover-up led to a $25m lawsuit against Fifa
Robert Wyland’s depiction of ocean life was covered up for a World Cup promotion – now he wants retribution • World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the app…
Middle East crisis live: Tehran launches retaliatory attacks on Bahrain after US strikes Iran
Trump earlier said that US ‘must’ respond to Iranian downing of an American military helicopter Trump launches strikes against Iran after downing of US army helicopter Donald Trump and Benjamin…
Australia news live: Bondi terror accused Naveed Akram formally charged with 19 new offences; Australia joins sanctions against ‘extremist settlers’ in West Bank
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Albanese says Australia still impacted by Middle East conflict ‘each and every day’ The prime…