US TV networks split on broadcasting Trump’s election-focused speech

NBC and CNN stayed away from White House speech, while Fox News, MS Now, CBS and some ABC affiliates aired it ...

Trump makes unverified claims of ‘sinister election meddling’ in primetime address

Expectations grow that US president – who promised ‘really big news’ – to focus on election security and war with Iran ...

Australia news live: One Nation policy has ‘a bit of cray cray’, says Nationals senator; Telstra outage hit 45% of calls and data, inquiry hears

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How Trump’s address bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system

US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midterms ...

Trump rehashes wide-ranging US election claims and releases heavily redacted documents in primetime address – as it happened

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Welcomed by Robinson, beckoned by Rinehart: Pauline’s Euro trip proves she is her own worst enemy

No one else decided she should tour an English community to spout shallow insults then prance around a Mediterranean resort ...

Pauline Hanson laments end of White Australia policy and talks up daughter’s leadership potential

Appearing on a podcast with the far-right UK activist who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, Hanson makes evidence-free claims about migrants ...

Sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard: broken water pipe floods LA-area hotspot

Businesses and traffic in West Hollywood doused after century-old pipe bursts belowground ...

Pauline Hanson and Tommy Robinson meeting becomes grist for News Corp’s social media mill

Video by far-right anti-Islamic activist is republished on Sydney tabloid’s social media accounts. Plus: Qantas has a speedy retort for commentator kept waiting ...

Cyclosporiasis: officials looking at Taco Bell lettuce supplier as potential source of outbreak

Taylor Farms reportedly linked to outbreak thought to be in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky ...

Telstra staff unaware of mass outage risk as critical software failure ‘rippled slowly across the network’

Telco outlines reasons for network failure that hit mobiles, trains and retailers ahead of appearance at Senate inquiry ...

Family devastated by ‘unacceptable’ charges over methanol deaths of Australian teenagers in Laos

Australian government says it is ‘deeply frustrated’ and will continue to press for ‘real charges with teeth’ over deaths of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles ...