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Nov 12, 2026 - World

Without mentioning Iran by name, Eisenkot said in a letter to Netanyahu, which he shared on X, that "the use of security forces in the absence of a direct and immediate threat... could have disastrous consequences for Israeli democracy and for citizens' trust".

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Exclusive: Former barrister who helped legally establish that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer argues states could seek up to $50bn in compensationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian state governments could sue tobacco companies for billions in public hospital and healthcare costs, under a proposal developed by a former barrister who helped legally establish that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer.The South Australian government is formally seeking advice on the proposal, while other states are reviewing it. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Court hears former police officer agrees he was trying to destroy evidence that might incriminate himBeau Lamarre-Condon has admitted he threw Jesse Baird’s phone off a bridge to destroy evidence after allegedly murdering him, a court has heard.The former police officer is accused of fatally shooting Baird and his new partner, Luke Davies, with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in Sydney on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982Democrat Scott Colom defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since Reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states.Colom opened up a narrow lead over Hyde-Smith late on election night. His lead widened as election officials counted absentee and provisional ballots. The Associated Press called the contest on Wednesday, after it was clear Hyde-Smith was not able to close the gap. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Once thought to have been looted by Scottish tribes, the gilded limb is the centrepiece of a new exhibition on Roman Scotland in EdinburghA large bronze leg found in a bog in rural Scotland more than 200 years ago and then hidden away in a duke’s storeroom is helping to rewrite the history of the Roman empire.Antiquarians argued that the so-called Mislington leg had been looted, perhaps from York, hacked off by marauding Scottish tribes and carried north over Hadrian’s Wall. “We cannot visualise the conditions which would have led to its erection anywhere north of the Great Wall,” said one scholar, James Curle, in 1932. Continue reading...