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Feb 10, 2026 - World

Officials say rescuers searching for lone survivor after latest attack on what Pentagon says are suspected drug smugglersThe US military’s Southern Command, which oversee operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced that it carried out another deadly strike on Monday, killing two suspected drug smugglers in the eastern Pacific.The statement said that the latest in what legal experts have called a series of extrajudicial killings by the Pentagon was carried out “at the direction of” the Florida-based combat unit’s new commander, Gen Francis L Donovan, who was sworn in at a Pentagon ceremony last Thursday. Donovan takes over after a US navy admiral, Alvin Holsey, chose to retire over reported disagreements over the boat-strike policy. Continue reading...

Feb 10, 2026 - World

Victorian backbencher Jane Hume challenged opposition leader at closed-door meeting to outline how she planned to turn things aroundFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has warned colleagues that disunity is death as speculation that Angus Taylor will soon launch a Liberal leadership challenge reaches fever pitch.The opposition leader did not face a spill motion at Tuesday morning’s Liberal party room meeting. A spill motion was always considered unlikely given senators were not expected to attend due to estimates hearings. Continue reading...

Feb 10, 2026 - World

President says Gordie Howe Bridge will open only when US is ‘fully compensated’ – and makes bizarre hockey claimAs Democrats prepare to force a vote in the US House this week on Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, the president posted a lengthy diatribe on his social media platform in which he threatened to block a bridge connecting the US and Canada and made a bizarre false claim that increased trade between Canada and China would include a ban on Canadians playing ice hockey.Trump began his latest screed against the US’s second-largest trading partner by claiming that “everyone knows, the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades”. Continue reading...

Feb 10, 2026 - World

Judge rules that law discriminates against federal government because it does not apply to state authoritiesA federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number.California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings under a bill that was signed by Gavin Newsom the governor, in September, following last summer’s high-profile raids by ICE officers in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

Feb 10, 2026 - World

Christian charity executive, Lauren Mastrosa, pen name Tori Woods, found to have written novel that ‘sexually objectifies children’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Christian charity executive has been found guilty of child abuse after she wrote a book describing an adult roleplaying as a toddler.Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, 34, wrote Daddy’s Little Toy under the pen name Tori Woods. Continue reading...