Brittany Higgins, Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial LIVE: Andrew Bolt unleashes on ‘mega-payout’ and raises key question

Brittany Higgins, Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial LIVE: Andrew Bolt unleashes on ‘mega-payout’ and raises key question

Andrew Bolt has asked why Brittany Higgins was handed $2.3million in compensation, partly based on 40 years of lost wages, when she kept working in politics after making her rape allegations. The political commentator raised the question in a column in the Herald Sun on Wednesday evening. Ms Higgins secured the hefty payment in December … Read more

Israel Hamas war RECAP: Two Israeli-Russian women released by terror group to ‘thank Vladimir Putin’ as IDF checks terror group’s claim that 10-month-old hostage was killed in airstrike

Israel Hamas war RECAP: Two Israeli-Russian women released by terror group to ‘thank Vladimir Putin’ as IDF checks terror group’s claim that 10-month-old hostage was killed in airstrike

By Chris Jewers and Summer Goodkind Published: 08:11 GMT, 29 November 2023 | Updated: 01:58 GMT, 30 November 2023 Advertisement This live blog has now closed. Ahed Tamimi among Palestinian prisoners released Ahed Tamimi was among the 30 Palestinian prisoners freed on Wednesday night. Tamimi, 22, was arrested by the Israelis earlier this month after … Read more

Dublin riots LIVE updates: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar slams ‘cowardly champions of Ireland’ who rioted after knife attack on children – as clean-up operation gets underway

Dublin riots LIVE updates: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar slams ‘cowardly champions of Ireland’ who rioted after knife attack on children – as clean-up operation gets underway

By Chris Jewers Published: 08:38 GMT, 24 November 2023 | Updated: 13:23 GMT, 24 November 2023 Advertisement   Hero delivery driver says he is praying for girl in critical condition after knife attack A delivery driver who stopped a man attacking a girl in Parnell Square East said he is praying for her survival. Caio … Read more

Reading Fire RECAP: Worker rescued by crane as firefighters battle raging inferno at high-rise development building

Reading Fire RECAP: Worker rescued by crane as firefighters battle raging inferno at high-rise development building

By Danya Bazaraa Published: 15:44 GMT, 23 November 2023 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 24 November 2023 Advertisement This live blog has now closed. Chief Fire Officer of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a statement to thank all those involved in today’s incident in central Reading Wayne Bowcock, Chief Fire Officer, Royal Berkshire … Read more

Israel-Hamas LIVE: Terror group claims enemies are ‘close to reaching truce deal’ as IDF units close in around another hospital

Israel-Hamas LIVE: Terror group claims enemies are ‘close to reaching truce deal’ as IDF units close in around another hospital

By Chris Jewers Published: 07:50 GMT, 21 November 2023 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 21 November 2023 Advertisement An Israeli-linked cargo ship hijacked by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels has been spotted off the coast of Yemen in satellite images. The Galaxy Leader commercial ship was ‘illegally boarded by military personnel via a helicopter’ on November 19, … Read more

Israel-Hamas war RECAP: IDF publishes shocking drone footage of ’55-metre-long Hamas tunnel’ under Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital

Israel-Hamas war RECAP: IDF publishes shocking drone footage of ’55-metre-long Hamas tunnel’ under Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital

By Elena Salvoni and Eirian Jane Prosser Published: 08:12 GMT, 19 November 2023 | Updated: 05:03 GMT, 20 November 2023 Advertisement Recap of Sunday’s biggest developments: Hospital tunnels: Israel released drone footage exploring what it said was a huge 55-metre long Hamas tunnel under the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. A deep staircase and ‘various defence … Read more

King’s Speech 2023 LIVE: Charles sets out Rishi Sunak’s plans at State Opening of Parliament – including ban on cigarette sales, tougher sentences for killers, tackling inflation and crackdown on Channel crossings

King’s Speech 2023 LIVE: Charles sets out Rishi Sunak’s plans at State Opening of Parliament – including ban on cigarette sales, tougher sentences for killers, tackling inflation and crackdown on Channel crossings

By Mark Duell Published: 07:36 GMT, 7 November 2023 | Updated: 12:26 GMT, 7 November 2023 Advertisement Rishi Sunak recently vowed to ‘slam the brakes’ on the ‘war on motorists’ and hit out at ‘hare-brained’ schemes such as Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and widespread 20mph zones. But, despite suggestions the King’s Speech would double-down on pro-car … Read more

Israel-Hamas LIVE: Netanyahu vows Israel will take control of ‘overall security’ of Gaza as Hamas leader brazenly refuses to acknowledge killing of civilians in last month’s terror attack

Israel-Hamas LIVE: Netanyahu vows Israel will take control of ‘overall security’ of Gaza as Hamas leader brazenly refuses to acknowledge killing of civilians in last month’s terror attack

By Chris Jewers Published: 08:13 GMT, 7 November 2023 | Updated: 11:18 GMT, 7 November 2023 Advertisement UN says 569 aid trucks have reached Gaza since war broke out The UN Humanitarian office has said 569 aid trucks have entered Gaza to date, none of which have contained fuel. Aid groups say an absolute minimum … Read more

Israel-Hamas war RECAP: Hamas officials claim 27 killed in Israel strike near UN school – as IDF warns it is currently only using ‘less than half’ of its air force’s capacity

Israel-Hamas war RECAP: Hamas officials claim 27 killed in Israel strike near UN school – as IDF warns it is currently only using ‘less than half’ of its air force’s capacity

By Rachael Bunyan and Chris Jewers and James Reynolds Published: 07:33 GMT, 2 November 2023 | Updated: 02:56 GMT, 3 November 2023 Advertisement     Israel to return Gazans working in Israel to Gaza Israel will return Gazans working inside the country to the besieged Palestinian territory, the government said, almost four weeks after it … Read more