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News from the ABC Australia

Met Gala dress code announced as 'Fashion is Art'
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The dress code for this year's Met Gala will be "Fashion is Art", the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced.

Albanese backs removal of former prince Andrew from line of succession
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tells his British counterpart Keir Starmer that Australia would support the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail to be 'shovel-ready' in two years
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The federal government adds fresh funds to the hundreds of millions of dollars spent planning for a high-speed rail line between Sydney and Newcastle, pledging to have the project shovel-ready within two years.

'Could bring down Charles': Royal biographer's warning over Andrew's emails
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has the potential to end the reign of King Charles III, claims a British historian who wrote an unofficial biography of the former prince.

Three people badly hurt after ATV crash on Sunshine Coast
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Emergency services have responded to a serious ATV crash on the Sunshine Coast that left multiple people with life-threatening injuries.

Former youth worker treated alleged victim 'like a dog', court hears
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Geoffrey John Guest is standing trial in Cairns after being charged with the abuse of a child in the 1970s.

The Lion King musical returns to Sydney for a third time
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The Lion King musical makes its return to Sydney in April with the cast and crew opening its doors to rehearsals for a sneak peak.

Badger bid to replace outgoing Greens senator
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The ABC understands Tasmanian Greens MP Tabatha Badger is among the names vying to replace outgoing federal senator Peter Whish-Wilson.

Childcare worker extradited from Fiji returns to Qld on rape charge
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

A Fijian national charged over the alleged rape of a child four years ago returns to Australia.

Police to scour mine shafts in search for missing outback mum
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Police will scour several mine shafts near the outback South Australian town of Andamooka in the latest search for missing mother Trisha Graf.

Baby unresponsive at day care may have died from bacterial infection, inquest told
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

A baby who died after being found unresponsive at a Sydney day care may have had a bacterial infection, an inquest has heard.

Police bodycam video shows force used on hit-and-run driver
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Body-camera footage released by the ACT Supreme Court shows tactical police officers using force on a handcuffed hit-and-run driver outside St Edmund's College.

Childcare boss unaware of number of breaches at centres, senate inquiry told
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The Affinity Education Group chief executive Glen Hurley told the Brisbane inquiry — which is examining the quality and safety of early childhood education and care systems — he would have to take the question on notice.

Lesbians have a 'human right' to exclude trans women, Federal Court hears
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

A Victorian-based lesbian group is seeking an exemption to the Sex Discrimination Act so it can legally discriminate against transgender women when it holds public events.

UK government quietly updates passport rules for dual citizens — again
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Travellers with both an expired UK passport, issued in 1989 or later, as well as a valid passport from a country that can issue an Electronic Travel Authorisation, may now be allowed to enter the UK. 

Inside the operation to eliminate Mexico's biggest drug lord 'El Mencho'
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes died after a gunfight with military personnel. Hours later, vehicles were set alight, roads blocked and shopfronts torched as retaliation in eight states.

Islamophobia envoy defends Ramadan invite to Pauline Hanson
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Muslim Australians fear Islamophobia is rising following comments made by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and in the wake of recent threats against one of Australia's largest mosques.

FIFO boom could lead to $100m regional airport expansion
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

A long-awaited feasibility study investigating the potential for a major expansion, estimated to cost up to $100 million, at one of Western Australia's busiest regional airports, is set to be delivered this week.

'Deeply embarrassed' Richmond forward banned over drink driving charge
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Mykelti Lefau is banned for two matches after a drink driving charge that will see him miss a pre-season clash as well as round one.

Police investigate alleged antisemitic assault at scouts event
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

A teenager says he was verbally abused and punched at a scouts event in regional Victoria for wearing a kippah and Israeli flag.



News from the BBC World Service

The key changes being made to special educational needs - at a glance
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The government has set out broad changes it will make to the SEND system in England in the coming years.

Andrew charged taxpayers for massage services when envoy, claim ex-civil servants
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Whistleblower former civil servants claim there was too little scrutiny of Andrew's costs as UK trade envoy.

BBC sorry for airing racial slur shouted by guest with Tourette's at Baftas
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the time during the award ceremony in London.

Cartel henchmen unleash violence after top drug lord killed in Mexico
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The death of the most-wanted Jalisco cartel chief sparks retaliatory violence in at least a dozen states in Mexico.

No 10 says 'nothing off the table' over new US tariffs as UK could be among worst hit
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Downing Street says discussions are ongoing following US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 15% global tariffs.

'Closest I've felt' - Hodgkinson on breaking longest-standing world record
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson says she feels "closer than ever" to breaking the women's 800m outdoor record - the longest-standing world record in athletics.

Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped
Posted on Sunday February 22, 2026

Ukraine's president sat down with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war.

Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles.

Porn company fined £1.35m by Ofcom over age check failings
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Ofcom's £1.35m fine on 8579 LLC is the largest it has levied under the Online Safety Act so far.

Mescal and Abrams go official, William's 'I'm not calm' comment and other key moments
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

This year's Bafta Film Awards had it all... A-listers, a touch of royalty, Paddington Bear - and the sun even came out, for what felt like the first time all year.

The winners list in full
Posted on Sunday February 22, 2026

One Battle After Another won six awards, followed by I Swear, Sinners and Frankenstein, with three each.

Watch: How the winners accepted their awards
Posted on Sunday February 22, 2026

One Battle After Another took home best film and Hamnet also saw success in the outstanding British film category.

How cartel leader El Mencho became Mexico's most wanted man - and what his killing means
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The BBC's Will Grant examines the power wielded by the Jalisco drug cartel chief, who died after a clash with security forces assisted by US intelligence.

'I saw grown men cry': The 102-year-old kitman's story to be told in film
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Charlie O'Leary was the Republic of Ireland kitman, but his influence extends to football across the island.

Steve Rosenberg: Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Steve Rosenberg reports on the economic consequences of Russia's war, and how people are coping.

Last surviving teacher of Aberfan disaster still remembers faces of the children who died
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Mair Morgan says the disaster that killed 144 people remains etched into her memory.

Why has Alan Carr bought a castle and where is it?
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

The comedian has purchased a castle in the Scottish Borders which comes with 17 bedrooms and its own working railway.

I put my old tandem up for sale - it ended up with Kenya's national team
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Dr Carrie Ruxton was surprised when a Kenyan cyclist got in touch asking if the bike could help her country's paracycling team.

'Confront failure and fix it': Families speak ahead of Nottingham attacks inquiry
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Hearings are under way at a public inquiry into attacks in Nottingham that killed three people.

Benfica's Prestianni gets provisional one-match ban after alleged racial abuse
Posted on Monday February 23, 2026

Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni receives a provisional one-match Uefa suspension after Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr reported alleged racist abuse during last week's Champions League meeting.



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