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Oct 13, 2026 - World

Police treating death as homicide. Whear was last seen in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in MurwillumbahFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard dip last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah.Police said a week ago that a partially submerged body believed to be a woman had been discovered in a remote stockyard in Terragon near Murwillumbah. Continue reading...

Oct 12, 2026 - World

Six Flags Over Georgia ‘deeply saddened’ by tragedy, reportedly occurring on Goliath coaster with 175ft dropOne person has died and several others were injured in an incident involving a Six Flags rollercoaster on Monday afternoon in Georgia, according to police.The incident took place a Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles (25km) north-west of Atlanta, according to the Cobb county police department. The Cobb county police department said its detectives would investigate the circumstances of the incident. Continue reading...

Oct 12, 2026 - World

The Saudis and the Houthis began fighting in 2015, when the kingdom entered Yemen's civil war on behalf of the government.

Oct 12, 2026 - World

Surge in EHCP applications poses risk to public finances and may lead to deteriorating levels of supportCouncils are warning of potentially “catastrophic” debts, which are forecast to reach a record £10bn over the next 18 months, as a result of rapid growth in demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support in English schools.Although the government recently cleared more than £5bn in historic council Send debts, a surge in requests has led to authorities predicting they will have re-accrued that debt figure by April, and doubled it by 2028. Continue reading...

Oct 12, 2026 - World

Inmate advocacy group attacks watchdog’s ‘gutless retreat’ on Wacol youth remand centreFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland ombudsman has backed away from calls to close a youth prison so “unsuitable” for children that some are self-harming in an attempt to get transferred, amid concerns that the Crisafulli government’s hardline bail laws could create a new crowding crisis in police watch houses.The ombudsman, Anthony Reilly, published an inspection report last week that raised serious new concerns about the suitability of the Wacol youth remand centre to hold children for extended periods, including the fact that young people were being held in conditions where there is “a lack of space, privacy and natural light”. Continue reading...