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News from the ABC Australia

Fifth seed comes from behind to avoid another US Open boilover
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Italian fifth seed Flavio Cobolli has rallied from two sets down to win his first-round match at the US Open, avoiding another early upset on the men's side.

Live: US launches fresh strikes on Iranian targets
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The new round of strikes comes after Iran attempted to attack American troops and commercial ships in the region, according to US central command. Follow live.

Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial told to keep deliberating
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial say they have been unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for killing her three young children.

Researchers find dugong numbers halved in Gulf of Carpentaria
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

New research finds the number of dugongs in the Gulf of Carpentaria — one of the animal's most globally important populations — has halved in the past two decades, a decline scientists have called a "real shock".

Aboriginal woman suing ACT government over illegal jail strip search
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A First Nations former detainee is suing the ACT government after her human rights were breached when she was illegally strip-searched while being held in remand at Canberra's jail.

Bird poo concerns in SA town grappling with avian flu
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A pontoon turned white from bird droppings and the potential for exposure through untreated drinking water are among the issues concerning the Port MacDonnell community in south-east SA.

Injured Kokkinakis withdraws from US Open before hitting a ball
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Thanasi Kokkinakis concedes he may have contested his last US Open without even hitting a ball after the cursed star's body failed him once again.

Midnight power raid by big batteries in regulator’s crosshairs
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Batteries have been hailed as an antidote to price pain but strange charging behaviour in WA has pushed the market higher. Now the regulator is preparing to intervene.

MotoGP is on track for Adelaide — here's what's planned in the parklands
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Plans for Adelaide to host future MotoGP races are about more than the track and the trees, according to the SA government, which is promising what amounts to a sweeping refurbishment of the eastern parklands.

Spring roars in with near-record temperatures across Victoria
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

After a mild winter, temperatures across Victoria are continuing to climb, with the state experiencing a warmer-than-average start to spring.

First Nations people with disability spending extended periods in custody, report finds
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The Indigenous disability-led research is a national first, and examines the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability in Australia's justice system.

New plan to tackle drug trafficking in Pacific as Australian cases soar
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The drug smuggling trade ravaging some Pacific communities is being fed by Australia's appetites for illegal drugs with seizures more than three times higher than last year.

AI boom could hit housing pipeline as worker shortage grows
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A government-established jobs and skills commission is calling on urgent action to add thousands of skilled tradespeople to the workforce and address poaching across projects.

Silicon Valley fascism is waging war on democracy
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.

On motorbikes, four friends search for their missing mate in Nepal
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The ABC follows four men as they travel on motorbike through the flood zone, a hospital, army barracks and a morgue in a desperate search of their missing friend.

Pleas to intensity search efforts for Sydney couple missing in Nepal
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Chitra Venkatraman and her husband Venkatraman Balakrishnan were on a spiritual tour when deadly flash floods swept through the Nepal-Tibet border last Wednesday.

Former UTAS exec alleges 'smear campaign' after reporting relationship
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A former senior HR executive at the University of Tasmania alleges the institution mishandled her conflict-of-interest disclosure about a relationship she had formed with another executive.

Pill testing to be made permanent at up to 15 music festivals a year in NSW
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The Minns government will provide a drug checking service at up to 15 music festivals per year in the state, beginning in October.

Rescue package to help vulnerable families care for children at home
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The in-home childcare sector says the relief package is "monumental" but warns longer term problems still need to be addressed.

Chanel Contos says algorithm opt-in could disrupt the manosphere
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Consent advocate Chanel Contos wants Australians to be able to opt out of algorithm-driven content.



News from the BBC World Service

Burnham promises more devolution and public control of essential services
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM.

UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget.

Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The move will trigger a by-election to replace the former prime minister in his London constituency.

Germany says Russia behind Leipzig airport drone attack
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at the airport close to Ukrainian cargo planes on 4 August.

Flood chased me as I ran for 20 minutes, Nepal tunnel worker tells BBC
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Major efforts to rescue hydropower workers continue as Nepal's death toll exceeds 1,000.

Watch: Norway's new king takes oath as mourners pay respects to his late father
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Norway's new King takes the first major step of his reign as his father, the late King Harald V, lies in state at the Royal Palace.

Baby girl who died at Sheffield house was stabbed, police say
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

A baby girl who was pronounced dead at a property in Sheffield was stabbed, police confirm.

US launches more strikes on Iran as state media reports explosions
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

US Central Command accused Iran of targeting commercial shipping and American service members deployed in the region.

Sexual assaults happening almost every day in Ceuta, prosecutors say
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Most migrants have returned to neighbouring Morocco, but as many as 5,000 remain in the Spanish exclave.

Israel warns it will retaliate if UK imposes sanctions
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel.

Spaces in male prisons fall to lowest level of year, sources say
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Jails in England and Wales are nearing maximum capacity as the justice secretary prepares to give more details in the Commons on the early-release scheme to free inmates.

'I've never been to Afghanistan': Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.

Pistol in lake gives hope for case of British family killed in French Alps
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Saad al-Hilli was shot dead with his wife and mother-in-law while holidaying in eastern France in September 2012.

Five takeaways from Burnham's Commons debut as PM
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The prime minister's first appearance in Parliament comes more than six weeks after he entered No 10.

Why did Modi urge Putin to end Ukraine war - and will he listen?
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

BBC correspondents in Delhi and Moscow look at why the Indian PM made a very public peace plea to his Russian ally.

Could Tupac verdict inspire new efforts to find killer of his rival the Notorious B.I.G.?
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Biggie Smalls was killed months after the murder of his rival Tupac Shakur, both drive-by shootings.

It's taken me a long time to process Olympics breaking experience, says Raygun
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn - known as Raygun - tells BBC Sport about the aftermath of her extraordinary experience at the 2024 Olympics.

The final minutes before floodwater crashed through Nepal-China border
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

More than 100 Indians are missing at a vital Nepal-China trade crossing after devastating Himalayan floods.

Watch: Key moments from Andy Burnham's first Commons speech as PM
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The PM pledges "more substantial change" during his first speech to MPs.

Jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial deadlocked but judge asks them to keep trying
Posted on Tuesday September 01, 2026

The Massachusetts mother is facing murder charges for killing her three children at their family home in 2023.



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