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Jul 6, 2026 - World

Police charge woman with murder after boy’s body was found in a Central Coast home on SaturdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales department in charge of child protection received “a number of reports” about a four-year-old child before he was allegedly murdered by his mother, the minister revealed, as she announced a review into how the case was handled.Kate Washington, the NSW minister for communities and family, announced the independent review into the child’s case on Monday afternoon, two days after police found the preschooler’s body at a home on the Central Coast. Continue reading...

Jul 6, 2026 - World

Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 20 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in the country's air defenses more than four years into Moscow's full-scale invasion, authorities said.

Jul 6, 2026 - World

More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the U.N. children's agency said Monday.

Jul 6, 2026 - World

This blog is now closedChina tests long-range missile in South Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’My colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...

Jul 6, 2026 - World

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's political future is on the line as a Paris appeals court rules on her eligibility to stand in the 2027 presidential election