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News from the ABC Australia

Travellers will no longer be able to use power banks on flights. Here's what to know
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

From December, major Australian flight carriers will prohibit passengers from using or charging power banks on planes, in a move endorsed by the aviation industry.

Minjee Lee leads Aussie push at rich Tour Championship
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Australians Minjee Lee, Grace Kim and Steph Kyriacou are all in the mix for a record $6.2 million pay day at women's golf's Tour Championship in Florida.  

School student helps 92yo escape home moments before 'massive explosion'
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A Hunter Valley teenager said he was just in the right place at the right time when he helped a 92-year-old woman to safety as her home was engulfed in flames.

What dodgy sales tactics to watch for this Black Friday
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

When it comes to Black Friday sales, most shoppers expect to be accosted with aggressive marketing material. But the cumulative effects of these ads can be damaging. 

Investigation launched into suspected bird poisoning in Gold Coast park
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Animal rescue group WIRES says its concerned about dogs and children who use the park after more than 30 birds were found dead from a suspected poisoning.

Pet's dangerous dog declaration revoked after family appeal
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A Geraldton family wins a months-long battle to overturn a council decision labelling their golden Labrador Dozer dangerous.

Judge finds teacher couldn't have known abuse of boys would cause harm
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A former Sydney teacher cannot be held financially liable for engaging in sexual activity with four male students in the 1970s, after a judge found she could not be expected to have known her conduct would cause harm. 

Frida Kahlo painting sets new auction record for female artists
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most expensive female artist at auction, after her El sueno (la cama) painting sold for $US56 million.

Three Tasmanians extradited over alleged harness racing drug syndicate
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Three Tasmanian men are arrested following an investigation into an alleged drug syndicate linked to the harness racing industry across NSW and Tasmania.

Pint-sized granny publican becomes unlikely star of country pub
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A pint-sized, pint-pouring granny becomes a social media star and the face of a country pub, as she adjusts from nursing to life behind the bar alongside her daughter.

Instructors seek certainty on CCTV as ministers meet on learner driver safety
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Driving instructors say they need national consistency on CCTV in their vehicles as transport ministers meet to discuss how to keep learner drivers safe from sexual harassment and assault.

'Big bang' over Kalgoorlie believed to be a meteor
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A loud bang was heard in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Thursday evening as a light quickly flashed across the sky.

Republican who called eSafety head a 'zealot' persists with call to testify
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The powerful chair of a United States congressional committee who called in the head of Australia's internet regulator to testify before US Congress says he does not think foreign governments should be telling America about its "First Amendment liberties".

'A little bit of a weird one': Man reported for knife necklace at shopping centre
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A man has been reported after police allegedly saw him "wearing a knife blade affixed to a chain around his neck" at a suburban Adelaide shopping centre.

Five dead in four major collisions across South West Victoria this month
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The death of a man following a collision near the Victorian town of Bacchus Marsh caps a horror two weeks for roads across the state's south west. 

Closing the Gap penalties still 'on the table', minister says
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Malarndirri McCarthy says she understands states "will make their decisions in terms of elections" when it comes to rising incarceration rates, but that all leaders have a responsibility to examine to the "profound impacts" of policies.

Man boasted homemade bombs could 'legit bring down a whole apartment building'
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

A bombmaker who created "homemade napalm" and whose arrest led to evacuations in Melbourne's CBD has been jailed for eight years.

Tropical Cyclone Fina delays major update to new BOM website
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The first major update to the maligned, redesigned Bureau of Meteorology website has been delayed by Cyclone Fina.

Court hears accused said 'I'm going to kill you' during alleged murder
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Four people have been refused bail after being charged over the alleged murder of Gordon Kessey in Bega in October.

Chadwick Boseman awarded posthumous star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Boseman, who played T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther, died in 2020 at the age of 43 from colon cancer, which had been diagnosed previously.



News from the BBC World Service

UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

Report on government decision-making says delays cost 23,000 lives in the first wave in England.

Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings from Covid inquiry
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.

Zelensky ready for 'honest work' with US to end Ukraine war
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Kyiv says it is willing to engage with a US-backed draft peace plan aimed at ending the war with Russia.

The curious case of why Poundland is struggling during a cost-of-living-crisis
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Why - in an age where so many of us are feeling the financial pinch - are some budget shops on UK high streets having such a tough time?

Friday-night drug deals helping Russian war machine, UK crime agency warns
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The National Crime Agency says a "vast criminal ecosystem" funds "really bad things" around the world.

Tributes to Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

The Stone Roses pay tribute to "our wonderful brother" Gary 'Mani' Mounfield after his death aged 63.

Strictly star arrested on suspicion of rape
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Hertfordshire Police said the man had been released on bail under investigation.

Energy price cap fall expected as temperatures plunge
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Regulator Ofgem will announce its next price cap, affecting the bills of millions of people from January.

Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades begins in UK
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The study aims to find the best way to detect prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men in the UK.

Some migrants to face 20 year wait for settled status
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

Shabana Mahmood says becoming part of the UK is "not a right but a privilege – and one that must be earned".

Ice warnings across parts of UK as cold snap sets in
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

New ice warnings were issued in Scotland, England and Wales for Friday, with the coldest night of the week expected on Thursday.

Australia is banning social media for kids under 16. How will it work?
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The world-first law aims to reduce the "risks" children face online - but it's received pushback.

'Fatal cost' of 'toxic No 10' and 'Migration overhaul'
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The papers on Friday are leading on the long-awaited report into how MPs handled the pandemic.

Mexico's Fatima Bosch, who walked out on organisers, crowned Miss Universe
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

She made headlines when she walked out of a pre-pageant event after being told off by an organiser.

How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.

Weekly quiz: Why was KPop Demon Hunters banned by a school?
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

'Huge columns of smoke': BBC at the scene of fire at COP30
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was at the UN climate talks in Brazil when a fire broke out.

Five claims made in new book about Princess Diana's Panorama interview
Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025

Dianarama re-examines the 1995 BBC Panorama interview by disgraced reporter Martin Bashir.

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $55m, sets auction record for a female artist
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The auction also shattered the previous record for a portrait by the Mexican artist.

Graduate jobs under threat from AI, PwC boss says
Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

The accountancy giant says artificial intelligence will eventually lead to fewer entry-level positions at the firm.



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