Oscar Jenkins as pictured in a video released by his captors.

Surviving Russian captivity:Shaun Pinner’s haunting warning for Australian Oscar Jenkins

“The Russians aren’t stupid,” the former British soldier says,outlining the treatment likely facing an Australian schoolteacher in Russian captivity.

  • Rob Harris

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron,Finland President Alexander Stubb,US President Donald Trump,US First Lady Melania Trump,Estonian President Alar Karis,King Felipe VI of Spain,Queen Letizia of Spain,Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa,His Highness Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Queen Mary Of Denmark attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26,2025 in Vatican City,Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio,he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi,he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Seated among world leaders,governor-general was struck by message she hoped they all received

Joining other dignitaries for the Pope’s funeral straight after Anzac Day in Gallipoli prompted Sam Mostyn to reflect deeply on what it means to be a good leader.

  • Rob Harris
Russian President Vladimir Putin works at the Kremlin on Friday.

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him,or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Donald Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of whoever he spoke with last.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave before they board Air Force One at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome following the funeral.

Trump takes swipe at Putin after meeting Zelensky at funeral

The US President mulled imposing sanctions on Russia in a post on social media,as Vladimir Putin claimed a key victory in the war against Ukraine.

  • Rob Harris
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They came to bury a pope,but ended up negotiating to end a war

Fifteen minutes. No aides. No flags,no formalities – just two men locked in a contest over Ukraine’s future,in the most unlikely of arenas.

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Kevin Rudd AC Twitter/ X @AmboRudd It was an honour to deliver my reflections on ANZAC Day at the National Cathedral in Washington DC today. Lest we forget.

Kevin Rudd warns against showing weakness on Ukraine

In a Washington Anzac Day speech,Australia’s ambassador to the US says one of the messages from the Anzac story is that defending freedom takes human,physical and individual courage.

  • Michael Koziol
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Australia-based cardinal Mykola Bychok in Rome on Friday

Youngest cardinal calls for peace,justice in Ukraine as Church bids farewell to Pope Francis

Mykola Bychok says he had personally spoken of the war with the late pontiff and asked Francis to pray for the 20,000 Ukrainian children taken by force to Russia.

  • Rob Harris
Investigators at the scene where Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha,just outside Moscow.

Kremlin blames Ukraine after Russian general killed in car bomb explosion

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha,just outside Moscow,authorities said.

US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 24,2017,during Trump’s first presidential term.

Almost biblical in its timing,Francis’ funeral falls under the same shadow as his papacy

As the world teeters under the weight of war,its leaders,adversaries and allies alike will sit shoulder to shoulder in an extraordinary – and historically charged – gathering.

  • Rob Harris
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Trump urges Putin to ‘STOP!’ after deadly Russian attack on Kyiv

Russia struck Ukraine’s capital with an hours-long barrage of missiles and drones in the deadliest assault on the city since last July.

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