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Oct 19, 2026 - World

German police say that two men have turned themselves in after a security fence was damaged at Leipzig Airport

Oct 19, 2026 - World

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has instructed prefects to impose limited curfews in cities to prevent more rioting and looting

Oct 19, 2026 - World

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a military camp for government forces in southern Yemen on Monday, killing at least 20 soldiers, Yemeni military officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the recent surge in fighting.

Oct 19, 2026 - World

Queensland correctional services officer did not have access to details of Kerrie Struhs’ past offending which included child neglectGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastElizabeth Struhs’ mother, Kerrie, was assessed by correctional services as being of no immediate risk to others by an officer who had no access to her offending history, three weeks before she and others caused her eight-year-old daughter to die, a Brisbane inquest has heard.Kerrie Struhs was sentenced to five months’ jail for child neglect after failing to take Elizabeth to hospital to treat her type 1 diabetes in 2019. Coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard has previously heard that Elizabeth was so unwell when she presented at hospital that she was nearly dead, and was in a coma. Continue reading...

Oct 19, 2026 - World

Difference between French and German 10-year borrowing costs widens after violence breaks outBusiness live – latest updatesFrance has been hit by a fresh wave of selling in its bond and stock markets after violent protests over the weekend left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops looted and thousands of arrests across the country.Almost 2,400 people have been arrested in France, the interior ministry said on Sunday, with police deploying teargas in confrontations with protesters. Continue reading...