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• Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution

  06-10-2026 23:58 via smh.com.au
  
  US death row inmate Christa Pike is “conscious” and “speaking” following her failed execution, her lawyers say.
  
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• Search warrants for former prince quashed after police accept they were unlawful

  08-10-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  It is a significant victory for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, nine months after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct due to his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• Police search warrants for former prince Andrew were unlawful, judge rules

  08-10-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The decision is a significant victory for Andrew, nine months after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct due to his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• Russian bomb kills 33 civilians in Ukraine, as Rubio warns of ‘dangerous’ stalemate

  08-10-2026 15:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Images posted by police showed bodies strewn across a street littered with debris, as well as a charred shell of what appeared to be a bus.
  
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• Russian bomb kills 33 civilians in east Ukraine stronghold

  08-10-2026 13:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Images posted by police showed bodies strewn across a street littered with debris, as well as a charred shell of what appeared to be a bus.
  
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• Russia plague did not escape from test tube, says dead scientist’s mother

  08-10-2026 10:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Siberian anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk, died on October 2 after being taken to hospital in the nearby town of Shelekhov.
  
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• ‘My Bill’: Sir William Heseltine, private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II who helped to modernise the monarchy, dies

  08-10-2026 09:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Heseltine, born in Fremantle, helped shake up the royal family’s public image, convincing them to participate in a television documentary and devising that now-famous feature of tours, the walkabout.
  
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• Mamdani is jeered at October 7 vigil as protesters call him traitor to Palestinian cause

  08-10-2026 06:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Since his election, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has walked a fine line in his stance on the situation in the Middle East.
  
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• While the world is watching reports of plague in Russia, deadly Ebola is breaking borders

  08-10-2026 02:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Kenya’s first Ebola death – a man who travelled undetected through three countries – has raised questions about how to trace the virus across borders.
  
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• ‘Significant corruption’: US sanctions Chinese businessman over ‘bribes’ in Fiji

  08-10-2026 00:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The US State Department moved against Zhao Fugang two years after an investigation by this masthead revealed allegations that he was operating as an organised crime boss in the Pacific nation.
  
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• ‘Significant corruption’: US sanctions Chinese businessman over alleged ‘bribes’ in Fiji

  08-10-2026 00:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The US State Department moved against Zhao Fugang two years after an investigation by this masthead revealed allegations that he was operating as an organised crime boss in the Pacific nation.
  
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• Israel holds October 7 memorials

  07-10-2026 21:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Israel has marked three years since the October 7 attack, with sombre memorials across the country.
  
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• Lawyers reveal Christa Pike’s first words after she woke from botched execution

  07-10-2026 21:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The convicted murderer was believed to be brain-dead on Monday night and was going to have her life support switched off when she suddenly woke up on Tuesday morning and began speaking.
  
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• France bans stun grenades after boy loses hand

  07-10-2026 21:11 via smh.com.au
  
  French police have halted the use of stun grenades at student protests after a teenage boy's hand was blown off.
  
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• Hijacker planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, says Israel

  07-10-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Eytan Ben-David, the national security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu and a former aviation security chief, said the flydubai pilot had been planning last week’s attack for months.
  
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• Australian painter immortalises Jane Goodall on her last ever trip to Tanzania

  07-10-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Celebrated royal portrait artist Ralph Heimans captured a different type of royalty when he accompanied the late anthropologist on her final meeting with her beloved chimpanzees.
  
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• Australian painter immortalises Jane Goodall on her final trip to Tanzania

  07-10-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Celebrated royal portrait artist Ralph Heimans captured a different type of royalty when he accompanied the late anthropologist on her last meeting with her beloved chimpanzees.
  
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• Warner Bros. and Paramount merger complete

  07-10-2026 07:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The new company, Skydance, brings together the studios behind Mission Impossible, Harry Potter and DC Studios with television networks CBS and CNN.
  
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• Student protests in France turn violent

  07-10-2026 07:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in cities across France demanding better education funding.
  
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• Mega-rich couple accused of keeping 21 children in ‘house of horrors’ among LA’s elite

  07-10-2026 07:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
  
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• Ultra-rich couple accused of keeping 21 children in ‘house of horrors’ among LA’s elite

  07-10-2026 05:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
  
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• Californian couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe

  07-10-2026 05:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
  
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• ‘Mr Security’ led Germany’s top spy agency for years. He’s now suspected of selling state secrets

  07-10-2026 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In what could amount to Europe’s gravest intelligence scandal in decades, former BND chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason.
  
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• Flames, tear gas and stun grenades: How a stoush over classrooms and toilets exploded into violent mass protests

  06-10-2026 23:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The fury in France reached a new peak when at least 250,000 people joined rallies that confronted police and spread flames on the streets.
  
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• ‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched Tennessee execution

  06-10-2026 23:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Pike’s recovery is “medically unprecedented” but her prognosis remains unclear, her attorneys said in a statement.
  
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• Riot police fire tear gas as thousands rally for school funding in France

  06-10-2026 23:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Demonstrations swept across the country as teachers and parents took to the streets with high school pupils.
  
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• Trump’s ‘take out’ LA, San Diego remark

  06-10-2026 23:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Speaking at a political rally in Nebraska, the US president suggested to a crowd that Iran could "take out" a major US city like Los Angeles or San Diego.
  
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• Vigils mark anniversary of Hamas October 7 attack

  06-10-2026 22:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Vigils are being held across the country, including at Bondi, to mark the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel when 1200 people were killed.
  
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• De Minaur retires from China Open final

  06-10-2026 21:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Aussie tennis star Alex de Minaur retires from the China Open final to hand the title to Novak Djokovic.
  
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• Third anniversary of October 7 attacks

  06-10-2026 21:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The Jewish community in Australia is marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks
  
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