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  1. Australian MP loses both legs after alleged vehicle attack as suspect appears in court

    A woman with grey hair and wearing a white blazer stands to speak in a legislature.

    Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being rammed by a car outside her electoral office, her husband said on Wednesday, as the man accused of the attack appeared in court.

  2. U.S. envoy Witkoff meets with Putin in Russia amid report Musk throttled Starlink

    Two older men shake hands while wearing suits - one is grey haired and one is mostly bald.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington's latest push to stop Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War.

  3. More than 16 years after BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster, marine life has not recovered

    A cloud of fire and smoke surrounds an oil rig that burns a bright orange and black as firefighting boats spray arcs of water onto it.

    Sixteen years after one of the deadliest oil spills in history — BP's Deepwater Horizon — there is measurable evidence that wildlife is in serious decline and not recovering in the Gulf of Mexico where the disaster occurred. Through trawling, sound waves and DNA analysis, researchers showed persistent declines of around 60 per cent in some species in the years since.

  4. Carney’s Turkish balancing act must include business, defence and human rights

    Two men in suits walk down a blue carpet.

    Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Turkey, seeking closer trade, energy and defence ties with a strategically important NATO ally. The historic visit marks a turnaround in relations once soured by a Canadian arms embargo. But Ankara’s crackdown on dissent tests Carney’s promise to balance economic pragmatism with Canadian values.

  5. Inside Biden's Gaza policy

    President Joe Biden, left, pauses with Secretary of State Antony Blinken

    Journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed takes us inside the White House with a deeply reported exploration of the Biden administration's handling of the war in Gaza.