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Dec 5, 2025 - World

Jurors return verdicts on two rape charges in Victorian trial of man who cannot be identified for legal reasonsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man from a high-profile family has been found guilty of raping a woman inside his own home.The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denied the two rape charges and took the case to trial in the Victorian county court. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: US supreme court gives Texas win in national redistricting battleAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency – including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTemperatures have begun to soar as the east coast of New South Wales experiences its first heatwave of the summer, while in Tasmania fire authorities continue to battle several bushfires.Heatwave warnings were also in place for parts of the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia on Friday, including an extreme heatwave warning in WA’s Pilbara region. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

Six days after alleged incident, evidence emerges without requiring medical intervention, New Zealand police sayPolice say they have recovered a Fabergé egg pendant from a man accused of swallowing the item in a jewellery story.New Zealand police have spent six days monitoring every bowel movement of the suspect, a spokesperson said, and the NZ$33,000 ($19,000) James Bond Octopussy pendant was recovered from his gastrointestinal tract on Thursday night by natural means, without requiring medical intervention. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men in the eastern Pacific, as questions mount over the legality of the attacks.Video of the new strike was posted on social media by the US southern command, based in Florida, with a statement saying that, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization”. Continue reading...