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UK-Mauritius Chagos sovereignty deal stalls amid fears of further delays
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Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration
Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in government’s sights as it seeks to reduce overseas arrivals “Visa hopping” international students, migration agents and lawyers trying to “game” the migration system will be targeted by the government, as Labor unveils a further crackdown. The changes announced on Friday mean international students will soon need to apply for a separate visa to transfer courses, on top of previously announced rules that prevent transferring to a lower grade course, such as switching from a bachelor or masters’ degree to a vocational program. Continue reading...
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Australia news live: Melbourne soaked by wettest day since 2024; Jackie O’s $80m legal fight with KIIS FM owner delayed
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Sydney man has been charged after allegedly restraining, choking and sexually assaulting a young woman in a park, Australian Associated Press reports. A 23-year-old woman was walking from Flemington Station through Airey Park in Homebush, in Sydney’s west, around 11.15pm on Friday 18 September when she was stopped by a man not known to her, police say. Continue reading...
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Women hospitalised and three men charged with assault and choking after separate home invasions in Sydney
NSW police allege the men, aged 18, 19 and 20, broke into homes in Arncliffe and Bankstown this week before assaulting the women aged 31 and 32 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three men have been detained after two women were allegedly assaulted during separate home invasions in Sydney’s south-west. New South Wales police were called to a home invasion in Arncliffe at about 12am on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...
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Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm
Russia’s foreign ministry had called planned shows unacceptable due to rapper’s ‘glorification’ of Adolf Hitler Two sold-out shows that Kanye West was due to play in Russia have been cancelled after weeks of confusion, organisers have confirmed. The US rapper, who now goes by the name Ye, had been due to perform at the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg on 10 and 11 October. Press Association contributed to this report Continue reading...
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Iran war live: US moves 2,000 Marines to Middle East, tanker hit in Hormuz
US deploys Roosevelt strike group and 2,000 Marines to the Middle East as part of a wider buildup around Iran.
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Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank
1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.