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Putin and Xi affirm strategic alliance amid ‘unpredictable’ world

The Russian and Chinese leaders met on the sidelines of the SCO summit.

Remote Grand Canyon lodge hit by deadly flash flood boasts fabled history

Phantom Ranch, set up by Teddy Roosevelt, has welcomed exhausted hikers to its famed cabins for over a centuryTwo dead and at least 15 missing in Grand Canyon flash floodPhantom Ranch has been a solitary refuge visited by some of the most famous names of history. More typically, it’s been a beacon for the half-collapsed, exhausted and overheated hikers trudging down the Grand Canyon for more than ...

US military has no plans to send troops to midterm polling sites, Dan Caine says

Letter from chair of joint chiefs of staff addresses concerns over Trump officials using military to interfere with voteThe highest‑ranking US military officer says there are no plans to deploy troops to polling places during the November midterm elections – responding to Senator Elissa Slotkin’s request for information amid concerns about whether the Trump administration might send service member...

US jury continues deliberations in Lindsay Clancy child killings case

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial on Monday spent a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict on whether the former labour and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023 – a case that has drawn attention to maternal mental health after childbirth. The jurors began discussing the case on Thursday in Plymouth County Superior Court in Massachusetts after ...

No verdict after 3 days of deliberations in Lindsay Clancy trial over US child killings

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial on Monday spent a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict on whether the former labour and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023 – a case that has drawn attention to maternal mental health after childbirth. The jurors began discussing the case on Thursday in Plymouth County Superior Court in Massachusetts after ...

No verdict after 3 days of deliberations in Lindsay Clancy trial over child killings

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial on Monday spent a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict on whether the former labour and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023 – a case that has drawn attention to maternal mental health after childbirth. The jurors began discussing the case on Thursday in Plymouth County Superior Court in Massachusetts after ...

News live: capital city house prices fall below $1m; Penny Wong has ‘grave concerns’ for missing Australians in Nepal

Sydney and Brisbane are back to being the only capitals with median prices above $1m. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe typical capital city home price has slipped back below $1m as buyers fail to show up in a “buyers’ market”, property data firm Cotality has reported. The median price in the capitals surpassed $1m for the first time back in October...

8/31: The Takeout with Major Garrett

U.S. and Iran exchange strikes for the first time in weeks; at least two dead, several missing after Grand Canyon flash floods.

Xi, Putin hold talks ahead of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are among the heads of state attending a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit taking place in Kyrgyzstan. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is also in attendance, where he held bilateral talks with India's Narendra Modi. Marking its 25th anniversary this year, the SCO has strengthened trade ties among its members as the bloc looks...

Xi, Putin hold talks ahead of Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are among the heads of state attending a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit taking place in Kyrgyzstan.  Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian is also in attendance, where he held bilateral talks with India's Narendra Modi.  Marking its 25th anniversary this year, the SCO has strengthened trade ties among its members as the bloc looks to ...

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi announces his retirement

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi announces his retirement

Teen charged with murder for recording San Diego mosque shooting livestream

North Carolina DA says girl, 17, who disseminated attackers’ manifesto charged with murder by aiding and abettingA 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said on Monday.Forsyth county dist...

News live: Penny Wong has ‘grave concerns’ for missing Australians in Nepal; capital city house prices fall below $1m

Australian flight transporting aid supplies leaves for Nepal this morning. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn RAAF flight containing hygiene kits, shelter, and solar lights will leave for Nepal this morning, as the foreign minister and acting prime minister, Penny Wong, says grave concerns are held over the 43 missing Australians after the Nepal-Tibet ...

Israeli outposts expand as Palestinian homes are demolished

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in Nablus, while in Hebron settlers cleared land for a new outpost.

Belgian judge strikes down pre-trial detention appeal for alleged NATO spy

The next chapter in a spy scandal that has rocked NATO unfolded in Belgium on Monday, when an individual sitting at the centre of an espionage investigation was refused pre-trial release.

Trump’s ballroom construction can resume at White House, supreme court rules – live

In a 5-4 decision, the court granted the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court ruling that would have prevented work from being done on the ballroomSign up for US Breaking News emailsChris HippensteelWe’re watching today as Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, and Kevin Warsh, the chair of the Federal Reserve, deliver their opening remarks at the G20 meetings in Asheville, Nor...

‘Nothing is usable’: Nepal residents return to flood-ravaged homes

Residents in Nepal are returning to flood-ravaged homes, sifting through mud and debris to salvage whatever they can.

Chile fines Chinese mafia inmate after cocaine found at maximum-security prison

A Chilean court on Monday fined a Chinese man caught with cocaine inside a Santiago prison, where he is being held on charges of homicide, kidnapping and drug trafficking. It was the second such ruling in five involving a Chinese inmate in five months, with prosecutors linking the two men to the same criminal network. Officers had searched Haifeng Tang at Santiago Uno prison on August 12, a day be...

US supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom

Justices’ 5-4 ruling permits Trump administration appeal to block lower court order halting above-ground workA divided US supreme court has permitted Donald Trump to continue building his controversial $400m White House ballroom amid legal challenges.In a 5-4 ruling, the justices permitted the Trump administration’s request to ⁠block a lower court order which had halted above-ground construction o...

Florida bans Flock cameras days after a sheriff's deputy resigns for misusing AI cameras to track ex-girlfriend

US judge approves order to force-feed suspect who attacked National Guard troops

A man refusing to eat food while jailed on charges he shot two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, can be fed against his will under a judge’s emergency order. US District Judge Amit Mehta agreed on Saturday to order “non-consensual” nutrition and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who was rushed to a hospital in July after he stopped eating. Mehta said Federa...

US judge allows involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting

A man refusing to eat food while jailed on charges he shot two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, can be fed against his will under a judge’s emergency order. US District Judge Amit Mehta agreed on Saturday to order “nonconsensual” nutrition and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who was rushed to a hospital in July after he stopped eating. Mehta said Federal...

Judge authorises involuntary feeding of jailed suspect in deadly National Guard shooting

A man refusing to eat food while jailed on charges he shot two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, can be fed against his will under a judge’s emergency order. US District Judge Amit Mehta agreed on Saturday to order “nonconsensual” nutrition and medical treatment for Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who was rushed to a hospital in July after he stopped eating. Mehta said Federal...

Trump threatens to ‘hit Iran hard’ as strikes resume after month-long lull

President Donald Trump said Monday that the US would hit back against Iranian attacks on US targets in the Middle East, according to a Fox News reporter. The Iranian attacks were themselves a response to US strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first flare-up in a month.

US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to keep building White House ballroom

The National Trust for Historic Preservation argued the president did not have authority to proceed with construction.