18 October 2026
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18 October 2026
“This experience has made me feel a special closeness to all those who are battling illness and infirmity,” he said, in his first public appearance since his lung surgery.
18 October 2026
A 93-year-old man is behind bars accused of attacking his 79-year-old wife.
18 October 2026
Greens senator for WA says complaints regarding his behaviour towards women not about ‘accountability’ but rather ‘factionalism’ Jordon Steele-John has accused an internal faction within the Greens of playing “nasty political games” and leader David Shoebridge of pressuring him to take leave after complaints about his conduct were made public last week. The 32-year-old Greens senator released a six-page statement on Sunday night after Nine newspapers reported last week that seven former and current party members had demanded an investigation into allegations he had acted inappropriately towards women between 2017 and 2025.
18 October 2026
After undergoing a lung operation, the pope said he will resume his duties gradually. There is no "clinical reason" for his South America trip not to go ahead, his surgeon said.
18 October 2026
Debris has damaged a moving car in Lithuania, where NATO jets were scrambled. Kyiv says Russian jamming may have diverted drones targeting Russia.
18 October 2026
Sudan’s army says it struck RSF command centres in South Darfur, but the RSF says a crowded livestock market was hit.
18 October 2026
The demonstrations have united students and ‘yellow vest’ supporters, exposing deeper anger over living standards.
