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Mar 6, 2026 - World

Jenny Ware says party is ‘at crisis point’ and cannot be competitive at election time unless it selects candidates who better reflect the makeup of AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Liberal MP Jenny Ware says her party must implement gender quotas for candidates for office, warning the opposition “cannot get back into government” without putting forward candidates who are more reflective of the broader community.Ware, who lost her seat of Hughes at the 2025 election, said it was “deeply embarrassing” that the Liberal party executive had not released its own review of the electoral wipeout, and which was then tabled in parliament by Anthony Albanese this week. Continue reading...

Mar 6, 2026 - World

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller raised eyebrows this week after telling Latin American military leaders they effectively have permission to ignore legal advice while confronting drug cartels.Speaking Thursday at the Americas Counter-Cartel Conference, Miller argued that criminal justice tools alone cannot defeat powerful trafficking organizations and instead called for beefing up military force.“[What] we have learned after decades of effort is that there is not a criminal justice solution to the cartel problem,” Miller said. While acknowledging that law enforcement is required in some situations, he added, “But just as we fought al-Qaida and fought ISIS with the tip of a very lethal sphere, the reason why this is a conference with military leadership, and not a conference of lawyers, is because these organizations can only be defeated with military power.”Speaking to a group of Latin American military leaders, the senior Trump adviser then took aim at lawyers in their own governments.“I see some heads nodding up front because they understand you’re dealing with a lot of lawyers in your own country, I’m sure,” he said. “You have my permission not to listen to them.”The comments drew criticism from legal and political observers who blasted Miller’s “strongman’s” worldview. “At the heart of Miller’s pitch was the idea that it was necessary to combat drug cartels, not through law enforcement techniques or border control, but rather by using deadly military force,” MS Now producer and political commentator Steve Benen wrote in a blog post Friday.“When Donald Trump’s most controversial aide starts advising officials not to listen too much to attorneys, it’s best not to look away,” he concluded.

Mar 6, 2026 - World

Cuba is shutting down its embassy in Ecuador after Ecuador and ordered its diplomats out

Mar 6, 2026 - World

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his “deplorable” actions

Mar 6, 2026 - World

Foreign minister wants ‘conversation’ about closing UK military sites following lack of warning of impending attack on RAF AkrotiriMiddle East crisis – live updatesCyprus’s foreign minister has said there are “questions” about the future of the UK’s military bases on the island after the drone strike last Sunday.The attack on RAF Akrotiri, suspected to have been launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon, caused minimal damage and did not result in casualties. Continue reading...