World
China at two speeds: Flying cars, moon trips and millions struggling to survive
Beneath the country’s rising tide of prosperity and modernisation are 300 million workers on whose poor backs the country is being transformed.
- by Lisa Visentin
Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Towns in south Lebanon urged to evacuate; Hamas head killed in West Bank strike
- by Lynette Eyb, Angus Dalton and Lachlan Abbott
Opinion & Perspectives
Iran’s critical blunder has only further deepened its strategic miscalculation
Rather than re-establishing deterrence, Khamenei and his IRGC lackies have invited retaliatory attacks on Iran, and risk getting drawn into a regional war in the process.
Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Political scientist and writer
Iran tried to light a ring of fire around Israel. But now Israel wields the blowtorch
Iran finally played its hand by firing missiles at Israel – which now has the whip hand, with US backing.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump
The vice-presidential debate featuring Tim Walz and J.D. Vance was notable for its civility.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
North America
Trump’s volunteers: the ‘beautiful ladies’ from a cult-like evangelical church
Donald Trump describes the women as “wealthy and beautiful”. They all belong to a controversial evangelical Christian church that has drawn criticism for some of its secretive insularity.
- by Robert Draper and Michael Gold
World of photos, October 5, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Europe
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Crime
Shock in French court shown videos of men accused of raping drugged woman
- by Catherine Porter
Asia
China at two speeds: Flying cars, moon trips and millions struggling to survive
Beneath the country’s rising tide of prosperity and modernisation are 300 million workers on whose poor backs the country is being transformed.
- by Lisa Visentin
School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23
The school bus was carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip when it caught fire in the outskirts of Bangkok, police said.
- by Napat Wesshasartar and Panarat Thepgumpanat
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Asylum seekers
No maps, no GPS, no training: How 44 people survived being turned back in the Timor Sea
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
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Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Beirut comes under heavy missile fire; Australians urged to leave Lebanon
Israeli strikes continue to rock Lebanon as Iran’s supreme leader expresses solidarity with Hezbollah and warns of further attacks against Israel. Follow our live coverage.
- by Ellen Connolly and Michaela Whitbourn
As it happened Israel-Iran conflict updates: IDF tells more Lebanese towns to evacuate amid ground invasion; Hamas head killed in West Bank strike
- by Lynette Eyb, Angus Dalton and Lachlan Abbott
On the ground in Beirut, in the aftermath of airstrikes
- by Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad
As it happened Israel-Iran conflict updates: IDF strikes Beirut again; Israeli soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon
- by Ellen Connolly, Jessica McSweeney and Lachlan Abbott
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Middle East at war
‘Body parts everywhere’: Lebanon rescuers struggle under Israeli fire
- by Sarah el-Deeb