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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Thomas Morgan |Patrick Martin
A US court has deemed Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs illegal, in a significant setback to the president's attempts to reorder global trade. Wall Street posted gains on Thursday following the ruling, which is already being appealed by the Trump administration. The lawsuit was filed by a group of small businesses, including wine wholesaler VOS Selections, whose owner has said the tariffs could torpedo the company.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Thomas Morgan |Rachel Wearmouth |Patrick Martin
A man has been detained after a car hit pedestrians in the UK city of Liverpool during celebrations over the local football club's Premier League victory. In a statement, Merseyside Police said they were "currently dealing with reports of a road traffic collision in Liverpool city centre". "We were contacted at just after 6pm today, Monday 26 May, following reports a car had been in collision with a number of pedestrians on Water Street. "The car stopped at the scene and a male has been detained.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Patrick Martin |Sally Brooks
As the world watches tariff brinkmanship unfold between the US and China, analysts have cast doubt on the truth of US President Donald Trump's claim in a magazine interview that China's President Xi Jinping called him. Mr Trump told Time magazine that tariff talks were taking place between the US and China, an assertion he repeated to reporters as he was leaving the White House to attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome. Beijing denied any talks were taking place.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Patrick Martin |Mazoe Ford
Europe's busiest airport, Heathrow, will resume flights after a fire cut its power for almost a day. The airport says initial flights will focus on passengers who have been diverted to other European airports. Counter-terror police are continuing to investigate the blaze. Flights will resume at Heathrow Airport after a "catastrophic" fire cut power, causing travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of people.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Patrick Martin |Esther Linder
A new and unverified video of captured Australian man Oscar Jenkins has been posted online, purportedly showing him alive in Russian captivity but suffering from a broken arm. The video posted on YouTube shows Mr Jenkins dressed in green army fatigues and a beanie hat. "My name is Oscar Jenkins, I am Australian," Mr Jenkins says in the video, which was uploaded just over a week ago.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Cameron Nicholls |Patrick Martin |Michelle Rimmer |Kathryn Diss |Mazoe Ford
Australian soccer star Sam Kerr has spent a week in a London court defending herself against a charge of racially harassing a police officer after she called him "stupid and white". But the court hasn't just been examining her language toward Metropolitan Police Constable Stephen Lovell. It's been interrogating the hours that led up to it, which include a chaotic taxi ride, a smashed car window, multiple calls to police and a tense, drunken and foul-mouthed episode with three policemen.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Mazoe Ford |Patrick Martin
A London court has been shown video footage of the moment soccer star Sam Kerr allegedly racially harassed a Metropolitan Police officer after a night out drinking. WARNING: This story contains course language that was played in evidence to the jury. The body-worn camera vision of Police Constable (PC) Stephen Lovell was played to the Kingston-on-Thames Crown Court on day one of Ms Kerr's trial.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Cameron Nicholls |Michelle Rimmer |Patrick Martin
WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuseDominique Pelicot has been convicted of drugging his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, before raping her and allowing others to assault her as she lay unconscious. She's not his only victim. In the case that saw 51 men convicted of rape and assault, the so-called 'Monster of Mazan' has been found guilty of several other crimes involving other women. He's also being investigated by police for possible involvement in a murder.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Patrick Martin
A former British soldier died in an "unlawful killing" after being "shot whilst unarmed" in Ukraine, a UK coroner has ruled, with an Australian-Algerian dual national named as a suspect. Daniel Burke, 36, was reported missing in August 2023, after he went to Ukraine to help those wounded in the war with Russia. Mr Burke's family and a person in Ukraine reported him missing after not hearing from him for a few days.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Patrick Martin
One of China's most powerful military officials has been suspended and is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline", becoming the latest senior officer to be caught up in a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown. Miao Hua directs the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) that commands China's People's Liberation Army (PLA). He works alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is chairman of the CMC.
