Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

Bowen’s side role at international summit will cost taxpayers almost $150m

Australia will spend nearly $150 million on Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen’s novel role as president of negotiations at the United Nations’ next climate conference.

  • Mike Foley

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Russian-affiliated media released footage claiming responsibility for a drone strike on a UN vehicle in Kherson.

Russia accused of drone attack on marked UN aid convoy

The attack took place in the Ukrainian city of Kherson,which has been the subject of near-constant Russian drone sieges sometimes likened to a “human safari”.

  • Antonia Langford
Russian-affiliated media channels have claimed responsibility for the attack.
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UN footage of a drone strike on a marked convoy in Kherson,Ukraine

Russian-affiliated media channels have claimed responsibility for the attack.

A visitor in Berlin looks at pictures of people killed in the Hamas attack on an Israeli music festival on October 7,2023.

‘Systematic,widespread and integral’:New report lays bare the full horror of Hamas-led attack

A two-year investigation by a team of researchers in Israel has compiled a catalogue of sexual violence on hostages during and after the October 7 attack perpetrated by Hamas and its allies.

  • Isabel Kershner
A woman looks through her damaged apartment that was hit a few weeks ago by an Israeli air strike in the southern city of Tyre.

In Lebanon,the missiles fall and the crisis mounts,despite the ceasefire

With thousands displaced by the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah,aid agencies say Lebanon’s war-weary civilians are now also facing a health crisis.

  • David Crowe
An image released by Myanmar state TV showed Suu Kyi in detention - but when it was taken is unknown.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest

The legal team of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi plans to meet the detained former leader this weekend.

  • John Mair
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US President Donald Trump said on social media:“A whole civilization will die tonight,never to be brought back again.”

Trump backs ceasefire as the 10-point peace plan comes into play,but key details still missing

The White House may have declared victory in the war,which has lasted for 38 days. And there are already signs that the truce could be shaky.

  • Michael Koziol
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across the Gaza City seaport.

As world turns attention to Iran,rats,insects and a fracturing peace process engulf Gaza

While the globe’s eyes have been fixed on the war in the Gulf,Hamas and Israel are cementing control of the strip and delaying the introduction of the next stage of a ceasefire.

  • Matthew Knott
It is not yet clear what sort of jet has been involved.

US fighter jet shot down over Iran,one crew member rescued

One member of the F15-E fighter jet crew has been rescued,US and Israeli officials say.

  • Kanishka Singh andEnas Alashray
Israeli Minister of National Security,Itamar Ben-Gvir,centre,and lawmakers celebrate after Israel’s parliament passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis on Momday.

‘Discriminatory by design’:Israel passes law to hang Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

Critics say the change – years in the making – is racist,draconian and written in such a way that hanging will be the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings.

  • Julia Frankel