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Chris Bowen has called a joint statement about China’s missile test “strong” despite it not referring to the nation by name.

One of the biggest talking points of this week’s Pacific Islands Forum been the lack of a regional response to China’s nuclear-capable inter-continental ballistic missile test in July, as AAP reports.

I think that leaders in the Pacific were deeply concerned: one, that a missile test was done without permission of the countries whose airspace had travelled through, and two, that there was no notice of the said missile test. So I think it’s both. It is a concern about sovereignty and safety, and one that Australia fully backs.


It’s a pretty strong statement, Sally, and one that Australia played a role in crafting.

That would be a huge relief to the loved ones of these two Australians who’ve been located, but we still have very serious concerns for the 36 Australians that we haven’t been able to be located yet.

Major bond sell-off across major advanced economies, with yield at highs not see since before the GFC

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Morning everyone. This summer’s El Niño weather pattern could be the worst ever, the BoM has warned, with warnings from the UN that “the planet is in uncharted waters, and those waters are heating up”.

Two cousins have been thwarted in their first attempts to find their missing Australian relatives in Nepal, the bond market gyrations are causing jitters around the world, Gloria Steinem has died aged 92, and is Margaret Preston Australia’s most contested artist?

Eureka moment | An associate professor in forensic psychology at the University of Sydney has won the prestigious Eureka science prize for her work in advancing how police and courts understand victim-survivor testimony in domestic violence cases.

El Niño threat | The growing El Niño weather phenomenon to Australia’s east is already breaking heat records, with forecasts showing it will likely easily surpass previous events, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, as separate research suggested climate change had greatly shortened the odds of the event hitting record extremes.

‘Broke our hearts’ | A UK-Australian couple have told of their heartache, trauma and stress after fighting in the Italian courts for two years for their right to parent their children as they choose.

‘There was no road’ | Two cousins who flew to Nepal to search for their Australian relatives missing in the country’s disastrous floods have been forced to wait for the army to restore access to the remote area after finding their way blocked by debris. Cait Kelly reports.

Tobacco warning | Leading public health experts, the Australian Medical Association and Labor have rejected Angus Taylor’s plan to cut tobacco excise by 80%, labelling the move to curb soaring illegal cigarette sales as a backward step on tobacco control.

Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific Ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months

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The growing El Niño weather phenomenon to Australia’s east is already breaking heat records, with forecasts showing it will likely easily surpass previous events, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, as separate research suggested climate change had greatly shortened the odds of the event hitting record extremes.

On Thursday the UN’s weather agency said the event in the Pacific was continuing to strengthen and would probably persist until early 2027, warning it had the “potential to deliver a massive blow to communities and economies across the world”.

As talkback titan Ray Hadley took the witness box in Alan Jones’s indecent assault and sexual touching trial, the court heard accounts of a tearful disclosure, a secret contract and decades of professional animosity.

Under cross-examination, explosive text messages laid bare the full extent of the station’s high-stakes internal power struggle. Host Nour Haydar and Guardian media correspondent Amanda Meade are back to take you through week five of the trial of Alan Jones

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Rival Ray Hadley tells Alan Jones trial that alleged victim ‘broke down and sobbed’ when detailing assaults

As talkback titan Ray Hadley took the witness box in Alan Jones’s indecent assault and sexual touching trial, the court heard accounts of a tearful disclosure, a secret contract and decades of professional animosity.

Under cross-examination, explosive text messages laid bare the full extent of the station’s high-stakes internal power struggle.

Host Nour Haydar and Guardian media correspondent Amanda Meade are back to take you through week five of the trial of Alan Jones