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Queensland prison where children self-harm to get transferred ‘more suitable’ than police watch-houses: ombudsman
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Australian politics live: Hanson-Young says she won’t run for Greens leadership again; fire ants found in Sydney’s inner west
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serving more than five years in jail. Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan were detained in Baghdad in 2021 after flying in for a meeting with bank officials to resolve a dispute with his engineering firm, CME Consulting. We were innocent when we were taken on the 7th of April 2021, and we remain innocent today. I was released from prison hours away from death. My body was shutting down after months of critical illness and excruciating pain, but I remained trapped in Iraq. She is an incredible person, someone that I have so much respect for, and being able to come home was incredible. Just the emotion that it brings is, you can’t describe it. I m
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Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear
Whear was last seen on CCTV in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah. Last week, police said a partially submerged body believed to be a woman was discovered in a remote stockyard in Terragon near Murwillumbah. Continue reading...
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Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte dies aged 34
RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad, has died. He was 34. A representative for Mitte confirmed the news to Variety. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Mitte starred as the son of Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn’s characters on the Vince Gilligan drama, which is considered one of the […]
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Iran war live: Trump says Houthis ‘misbehaving’ as Riyadh flights halted
US President Trump condemns Yemen's Houthis over escalating attacks, as Saudi Arabia halts flights at Riyadh airport.
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Houthi missile attack targets Saudi capital Riyadh for third day in a row
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh, as Houthis say they targeted the airport.
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Two deaths reported as Hurricane Simon, storm Rachel batter Mexico’s coast
Simon caps a Pacific season of record-breaking intensity, as deadly storms wreak havoc from Hawaii to Mexico.