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News from the ABC Australia

Is sitting with your legs crossed actually bad for you?
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The healthiest sitting position is often the one you do not hold for the next hour.

Gout Gout smashes his Australian 200m record in breathtaking run at Nationals
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Gout Gout has produced a breathtaking run to break 20 seconds in the 200 metres for the first time, and smash his own national record. 

'iComply to 'iComplain': Workers out of pocket after labour hire firm's demise
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Prominent labour hire company iComply owed more than $12 million when it collapsed, according to a damning liquidator's report, with workers chasing millions in superannuation.

The Aussie diver, the religious influencer and a 42m death dive
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Vali stands atop a cliff. He screams, psyching himself up. Three, two, one jump — then in mere seconds he smacks the water 42 metres below, sustaining massive injuries.

WA considering separate stockpile of diesel amid fuel shortages
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The WA government is considering creating its own "strategic stockpile" of diesel, saying the state's size and the reliance of the agriculture and resources industries on the fuel warrants a separate reserve.

Four seriously injured in Scenic Rim traffic crash
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Emergency services were called to Tamborine Mountain Road in the Scenic Rim after reports two cars and a motorcycle had collided.

Live: Eels getting hammered at home as Titans close in on 11-year first
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Parramatta will try to overcome the disappointment of last Monday's golden point loss as they host Gold Coast. Follow live.

Police find hiker "safe and well" after he was missing for 24 hours in Victoria's north-west
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Police have located a hiker who separated from his group and was missing for more than 24 hours in Victoria's north-west.

AI generated the animation for this TV show. Is it 'cool' or 'messed up'?
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

A television show that uses generative artificial intelligence to animate Indonesian folktales is creating a stir.

Trump is the latest to enter a decades-long fight for this nation's gold
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The stockpile is part of a longer skirmish for access to and control of a bonanza playing out an ocean away, in a country clambering to reinvent itself amid political turmoil.

Live: Giants, Tigers meet in the Barossa after Geelong get the win over Eagles
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The Giants and Tigers clash in the Barossa after an entertaining win for Geelong over the Eagles at Norwood, before a Power-Saints finale at Adelaide Oval. Follow live.

Love story: 'It's not my kidney now, it's yours. I'm just holding it for you'
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Despite a 10-year age gap and geographical separation, Sajarn and Codey Stow have retained a close bond since childhood. That bond has only strengthened since Codey received a donor kidney from his brother last November. 

Attempted murder-suicide shows gravity of coercive control, coroner says
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The Northern Territory coroner has found an attempted murder-suicide in Darwin was a "tragic outcome" of coercive control.

At least 30 dead in Haiti stampede, death toll could rise
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in the northern countryside of Haiti, authorities said, warning that the death toll could rise.

Calls for greater protections for Rottnest after Indigenous remains discovered
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Aboriginal leaders call for greater protections for Rottnest Island after the discovery of Indigenous remains during construction work at the popular holiday resort last week. 

Debutant scores as Matildas kick off FIFA Series with thumping win
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Leticia McKenna nets a goal on her international debut, as the Matildas beat Malawi 5-0 to start their FIFA Series in Kenya.

WA firefighter encouraging more women to join front line
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Beelerup firefighter Kahlia Lloyd says joining the brigade was the most empowering thing she had done. 

New Zealand braces for worst impacts as Cyclone Vaianu makes landfall
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Floods and power outages are reported in New Zealand, as authorities warn the worst damage from Cyclone Vaianu is yet to come.  

No work, no savings, no way to wait: India's migrant workers head home
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The war in the Middle East has brought one of India's largest industrial hubs to a standstill. In the city of Morbi, hundreds of thousands of workers have lost their jobs, after gas supplies were disrupted thousands of kilometres away.

Minister casts doubt on road user tax due to EV uptake concerns
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

A new tax on road users, including electric vehicles, has been cast into doubt by the transport minister, who says now may not be the time for it.



News from the BBC World Service

Iran chose 'not to accept our terms', Vance says after negotiations
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The US vice-president made the announcement after 21 hours of negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan.

More than 500 arrests at Palestine Action protest
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Event organisers said it would show the "resistance" to the ban on the group was "stronger than ever".

Faisal Islam: Why the government is relaxed about Chinese car imports
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The UK government believes the rise of China's car industry could be good for UK consumers and industry.

'We need real peace': Easter truce fails to lift grim mood in war-torn Ukraine
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Easter festivities are muted in Kharkiv as Ukrainians expect fighting to flare up again after a weekend truce.

We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran. Experts say it's powerful propaganda
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

"Slopaganda" is too weak a term to capture how powerful this "highly sophisticated" content is, one expert says.

Hungarians decide whether to end 16 years of Orbán rule and elect rival
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who fronts a grassroots party, but PM Viktor Orbán has been in a defiant mood.

'It's a special thing to be on Planet Earth': Artemis crew welcomed home in Houston
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

The four astronauts flew around the Moon in a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans in history.

Eamonn Holmes recovering in hospital after stroke
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

The 66-year-old broadcaster is "responding well to treatment", his employer GB News said in a statement.

Grand National 2026: I Am Maximus becomes two-time winner
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

I Am Maximus wins the Grand National for the second time for trainer Willie Mullins at Aintree - pulling off a feat last achieved by Red Rum in doing so.

Coachella kicks off with Sabrina Carpenter and surprise guests
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

The festival in California was also forced to cancel a set by DJ Anyma on Friday because of strong winds.

From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morelle reflects on how it felt to watch history being made.

Balamory is back - Miss Hoolie and PC Plum lift the lid on what to expect
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The cast of the rebooted children's TV hit tell us the new series is a 'love letter to the original'.

I've been a sex educator for six years. Why did I start doubting my contraception choices?
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Misinformation about contraception has been spreading on social media, alongside the "very real frustrations" of women complaining about side effects.

The prophet and the mysterious death of Charmain Speirs
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

A BBC Disclosure investigation has uncovered significant questions about what happened at the hotel where Charmain died.

The Papers: 'Le Humiliation' and 'US and Iran start historic peace talks'
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

Some of the UK papers today follow Sir Keir Starmer shelving his Chagos Islands deal, and the historic Iran-US peace talks in Pakistan.

Messy and unpredictable: What I learned from election tour of the UK
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

BBC Radio 5 Live's Matt Chorley talks to voters in England, Scotland and Wales to get the real story on May's elections.

Golden eagles' return to English skies gets government backing
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The birds could be reintroduced as early as next year following a £1m injection from the government.

Scottish election 2026: How tax and welfare are shaping the vote
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

In recent years Scotland has struck out on a different path to the rest of the UK when it comes to income tax and social security.

What will the Southport Inquiry tell us and what are next steps?
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026

The public inquiry was set up following a knife attack which led to the deaths of three young girls.

Six-year-old who called 999 to save mum hailed a hero
Posted on Friday April 10, 2026

Pearl's mother Carole suffered a bleed on the brain at their home in Croydon last summer.



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