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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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• Former UN human rights chief Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 11:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The South Africa-born Pillay, 85, was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
  
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• US Army to live stream firing squad execution

  09-10-2026 09:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Army's first firing squad execution since World War II will be streamed.
  
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• Verdict looms for three men accused of killing Australian brothers in Mexico

  09-10-2026 09:29 via smh.com.au
  
  A Mexican judge is weighing whether to find three men guilty of the murder of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robertson.
  
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• ‘Our world stopped’: Parents of slain Australian surfers ask for maximum sentence

  09-10-2026 06:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The devastated parents of Jake and Callum Robinson, who were killed in Mexico in 2024, made an emotional plea to the judge as he retires briefly to consider his verdict in the murder trial.
  
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• ‘Slipped into depression’: Prince Harry on leaving the UK and grieving for his mother

  09-10-2026 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Duke of Sussex has revealed for the first time how he coped with stepping down as a senior member of the royal family, and the rule he follows for his family.
  
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• How Pope Leo wants to change AI

  09-10-2026 01:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The Pope is taking on Donald Trump over the risk to humanity from AI.
  
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• US to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter

  09-10-2026 00:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The Pentagon says the military execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would be “public”.
  
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• Exclusive subscriber panel event - Trump’s midterm test

  08-10-2026 23:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Join Herald editor Jordan Baker on October 13 at an exclusive live event as she unpacks the key issues of the upcoming midterms. Limited tickets remaining.
  
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• Russian strikes kill at least 30 in Ukraine

  08-10-2026 21:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Thirty people have been killed in eastern Ukraine after Russian forces struck two civilian bases.
  
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• ‘Where’s the honesty?’ Zelensky accuses US of inaction after deadly Russian bus strike

  08-10-2026 20:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The Ukrainian president accused the US of being unwilling to help after a Russian bomb attack killed at least 30 people, sending the two-day death toll to more than 70.
  
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• Electric shocks, beatings: Maduro and wife accused of torture conspiracy

  08-10-2026 18:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores have been behind bars in New York since January on drug trafficking charges and now face allegations of human rights abuses.
  
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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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• Raids on Andrew’s homes in hunt for Epstein ties were unlawful, police admit

  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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• 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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