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News from the ABC Australia

Breaking: 'There's only one Tony Mundine': Legendary boxer dies aged 75
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

His death was confirmed by his son, boxer Anthony Mundine.

Iceland rejects EU-accession talks in close-fought referendum
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Icelanders have rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and side with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk.

One Nation could revive NSW trade posts scrapped in 'jobs for the boys' saga
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

One Nation NSW leader Mike Newman was the state's senior trade and investment commissioner in Tokyo from 2022 to 2024.

Rider dies after 'critical incident' during motorcycle racing event
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Motorcycling South Australia says the rider was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

'I was a wreck': Popyrin bares his soul before US Open bid
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

One-time Novak Djokovic slayer Alexei Popyrin turns to Oscar Piastri's esteemed mindset coach in the hope of rediscovering the giddy heights of tennis.

Dees deliver Lions' greatest AFLW defeat, Port star's cruel injury blow
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Melbourne steams past Brisbane to claim a 3-0 start to the season; while Port Adelaide loses Indy Tahau to a suspected knee injury, overshadowing a win over GWS.

'Hit by a bus': What 'biohacker' Bryan Johnson thinks will kill him
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Millionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson accepts that his critics will laugh if he gets hit by a bus and dies, even as he dedicates his life to the search for immortality.

More than 30 years on from Lockerbie bombing, first US trial faces delay
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Almost four decades on from the Lockerbie bombings, as the first trial on American soil faces delays, here is what we know about the third man accused of the deadly terror attack.

After a bruising defeat, Labor, Liberals look to lessons from One Nation
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The Labor and Liberal parties are beginning to lick their wounds after suffering a bruising defeat in a by-election in Perth's south, as One Nation celebrates its historic victory. 

How will Trump's oil deal with Venezuela work?
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The "historic" agreement is set to last for 25 years and will see Venezuela increase its output to 1.5 million barrels a day, but many important details remain unclear.

Federer tears up during Tennis Hall of Fame induction
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The emotions flow for tennis legend Roger Federer, who says he is still writing his love letter to the game as he is inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Nepal monastery becomes evacuation centre for survivors
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The Gosok Phuntsok Choeling monastery is now a makeshift evacuation centre for those who have survived the Nepal flood disaster.

Nathan Cleary beams as brother takes Warriors top, Eels upset Sharks
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Jett Cleary is cheered on by Ivan and Nathan as he leads the Warriors past Penrith and into top spot with a victory over Newcastle, while Cronulla's top four hopes are extinguished by a shock loss to Parramatta.

Hanson pushes more coal, fewer renewables without detailing cost
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

One Nation vows to remove renewable energy zones and scrap compulsory land acquisition for VNI West at a regional Victorian rally.

Nearly 400 trees face chop for new $96m MotoGP street circuit
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Nearly 400 trees will be removed in Adelaide's eastern parklands to make way for a new MotoGP street circuit costing $96 million, the South Australian government has revealed.

'Something wrong': UK-style porn choking ban gains support from Labor MP
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The federal government is facing pressure to outlaw strangulation and suffocation in pornography, mimicking a UK ban.

Pacific leader's shock departure from PIF meeting
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Solomon Islands PM and outgoing Pacific Islands Forum chair Matthew Wale makes shock departure from the PIF leaders meeting to deal with looming leadership challenge back home. 

Former White House teleprompter operator fined over insider trading
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez has been ordered to pay more than $US172,000 for using advance access to US President Donald Trump's speeches to make illegal trades on a prediction-market platform.

Western Sydney's new observatory centuries in the making
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Powerhouse Parramatta is now home to an observatory featuring research-grade telescopes powerful enough to see distant galaxies.

Southern Tasmanian man charged with murdering his 85yo mother
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Police are alleging the Huonville woman was smothered by her 55-year-old son.



News from the BBC World Service

PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.

Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The prime minister says he will keep hundreds more criminals behind bars but doing so requires complex changes.

British woman killed in stabbing at German railway station
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

A 27-year-old German man was arrested immediately after the incident in Rosenheim, Bavaria.

Church names pastor killed by falling sign at Christian festival
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Robert Guanco, 41, was a pastor at Jesus the Living Water Church in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Iceland votes against restarting talks on joining EU
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Broadcaster RUV reports that 52.8% of voters rejected the government's proposal to resume talks.

China censors videos showing deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border
Posted on Saturday August 29, 2026

Footage of the flash floods have become almost impossible to find on China’s heavily censored internet.

97-year-old woman rescued after Nepali floods looked like 'a warrior'
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

A 97-year-old woman, Guna Maya Bohara, survived the flash floods and was rescued using an excavator.

Footage of Tibet floods isn't being shown in China - and we know little about victims there
Posted on Saturday August 29, 2026

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

What we know about the 33 British nationals missing in Nepal
Posted on Friday August 28, 2026

Among those reported missing after deadly floods are a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

We all share a 15-acre Georgian mansion for the price of a two-bed house
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Co-housing residents live in a Grade II listed mansion for the same price as a two-bed house.

WhatsApp group chat used to send millions in cash, funding crime and extremism
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The WhatsApp money launderers arranged cash transfers in the UK and around the world with no paper trail.

I was told I was unworthy to be a mother, then they stole my baby
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Marion McMillan was one of about 250,000 women who were forced to have their babies adopted between 1949 and 1976.

They fell in love - then had to check they weren't brother and sister
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

A French couple - both conceived by sperm donors - wanted children. But with home DNA tests illegal, how could they be sure they were not related?

Mount Fuji pics, life-changing ramen and a weak yen - why young Brits are going to Japan
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Photos of Mount Fuji, bowls of ramen and the bustle of Shibuya Crossing are filling up social media feeds.

Three rescued, two still missing as French fishing vessel sinks in Channel
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Three of the five crew members were rescued and taken to hospital, the coastguard says.

Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Five others in their twenties were injured after shots were fired at a techno event near Zurich.

Large Lake Ontario sign installed in Canada in latest jab at US
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a billboard on Canada's shoreline with the message: "Lake Ontario. Now and Always."

Man Utd pay tribute to 'proud Red' crash death officer
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

The widow and two children of PC Matthew Blades will be at Old Trafford for Manchester United's Premier League game with Ipswich.

Six ways parents could make the return to school a little easier
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

Parenting experts give their top tips on how to make sure back-to-school runs as smoothly as possible.

Dementia patient's deportation from Sweden delayed
Posted on Sunday August 30, 2026

George Mason, originally from Hinckley in Leicestershire, is facing deportation from Sweden.



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