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Easey Street murders
Easey Street murder suspect says he’s innocent, agrees to extradition from Rome
A “distressed” Perry Kouroumblis has agreed to be extradited to Melbourne, telling an Italian court that he intends to fight to clear his name, his court-appointed lawyer said.
- by Josephine McKenna and Rob Harris
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‘We have proof’: Zelensky says Russia plans to attack nuclear sites
The Ukrainian president said Moscow was committing an international crime and had to “be forced” into peace.
- by Edward Wong and Farnaz Fassihi
Keir Starmer calls Gaza hostages ‘sausages’ in key Labour speech
The British PM appealed to voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil with the message that better times are on the way.
- by Jill Lawless
Police seize ‘spy glasses’ in raid on home of Italian minister’s ex-lover
Italian police have raided the home of an influencer whose affair with the country’s tourism minister brought about his political downfall.
- by Nick Squires
Riots, suffering, death: The notorious Rome prison housing Easey Street suspect
Perry Kouroumblis is being held at one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons, as authorities fight to bring him to Australia.
- by Rob Harris and Josephine McKenna
Princess Catherine appears in public for first time since finishing chemo
Earlier this month, Catherine released a video explaining that she had finished her course of preventative treatment and saying she looked forward to returning to work.
- by Alex Barton
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Australia treats world’s most important conflict with indifference
It is profoundly misguided for Australia to see the Ukraine war as a faraway conflict in which we do not have a direct interest.
- by George Brandis
‘Mohamed al-Fayed was a monster’: More than 100 women make sex abuse accusations
The late billionaire and former owner of the London luxury department store Harrods has been accused of serial rape and the sexual abuse of minors.
- by Gordon Rayner, India McTaggart and Daniel Woolfson
Analysis
UK politics
‘Frockgate’: Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon
The PM had hoped for a quiet summer after his election triumph. The calm is being disturbed by the controversy about him accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Crime
Gisèle’s 80 rapists were monstrous, but not monsters. They were ordinary men
The victim, however, was extraordinary in her courage. She made her name public so the “shame” would rest with her abusers.
- by Julia Baird
Beer lovers to be protected by metal detectors at Oktoberfest
In addition to 600 police officers and 2000 security staff, more than 50 cameras will be installed across the grounds of the festival to prevent stabbings.
- by Stefanie Dazio and Pietro de Cristofaro