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Hungary

USA

Orban planning to broker Trump-Putin summit

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet US President Donald Trump on November 7 in Washington, where he aims to discuss a path to a US-Russia meeting and seek exemption from US energy sanctions, Orban’s chief of staff says. Gergely Gulyas told a press briefing that the two leaders would also conclude agreements on co‑operation in the fields of energy, defence industry, economy and finance.

Reuters

Ukraine

Europe

Russian barrage kills one, knocks out power grid

Russia has launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing nationwide power restrictions and killing one person in the city of Zaporizhzhia, officials say. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko accused Moscow of targeting Ukrainian people and power supplies as the cold winter months approached. “Its goal is to plunge Ukraine into darkness. Ours is to preserve the light,“ Svyrydenko said on the Telegram app

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Politics

UK

Starmer rejects Reeves probe call

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has rejected calls for an investigation into Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ failure to secure the correct paperwork for a house rental, saying her apology was enough to bring the matter to a close. Reeves wrote to Starmer late on Wednesday, apologising for the “inadvertent mistake” of not applying for a licence to rent out her house in south London, something which she has now applied for.

Reuters

Strikes

Australia

Prison guard walk-off struck down as courts duck chaos

Thousands of prison officers protesting against the sentence of an inmate who assaulted four colleagues have been ordered to stand down from striking. Workers at Cessnock Correctional Centre, in the NSW Hunter region, and Bathurst Correctional Centre, west of Sydney, walked off the job in a snap protest after a local court gave Cameron Welsh what they deem is a “slap on the wrist”.

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Migration

UK

Britain, Vietnam pen migration deal

Britain says it has agreed to a deal with Vietnam to curb illegal migration in what it described as the strongest Hanoi had ever agreed with another country. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, under pressure to reduce the number of undocumented migrants reaching Britain to help arrest his government’s plunge in opinion polls, struck the deal with Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam in London.

Reuters

USA

Australia

Rudd hails Canberra’s ‘first-class’ ties with Trump

Riding high from a successful bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump, Australia’s ambassador Kevin Rudd has heaped praise on Anthony Albanese for managing the alliance while repairing ties with China. Shrugging off the tongue-in-cheek personal jabs he received from Trump during a press spray, Rudd told high-powered financial executives at the Citi A50 Sydney Investment Summit Canberra was viewed positively in Washington DC.

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Migration

USA

Vance: Immigration numbers need to be ‘way down’

Vice President JD Vance has advocated for a slowdown in legal immigration during a speaking appearance in Mississippi, saying: “We have to get the overall numbers way, way down”. Vance took questions from students at the University of Mississippi at an event organised by Turning Point USA, stepping into the role of debater that was so often performed by the organisation’s slain founder, Charlie Kirk.

AP

South Korea

USA

Trump agrees to share nuclear sub tech with Seoul

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump has said on social media after meeting with the country’s president. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their meeting that the goal was to modernise the alliance with the US, noting plans to increase military spending to reduce the financial burden on America.

AP

Russia

New Zealand

NZ to sanction Russian oil trade

New Zealand has announced expanded sanctions on Russia’s oil industry and shadow fleet while meeting with the Nordic 5 foreign ministers in Stockholm. New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement that New Zealand was sanctioning a further 65 shadow fleet vessels and actors from Belarus, Iran and North Korea involved in refining and transporting Russian oil, and in facilitating oil-related payments.

Reuters

Accident

Australia

‘Rest easy Benny’: Heartbreak as teen cricketer dies

Heartbroken loved ones are uniting in grief to remember a “popular and much loved” teenage cricketer who died in a training accident. Ben Austin was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being struck in the neck by a ball at training at Ferntree Gully, in Melbourne’s outer east, on Tuesday. The 17-year-old was facing balls in the nets ahead of a T20 match when the injury occurred in front of his teammates.

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Government

Australia

Rush for home care spots

Older Australians have snapped up thousands of extra home care places as they prepare for major reforms to the sector from next month. Under political pressure from the opposition, Greens and crossbenchers, the federal government announced plans last month to release 20,000 home care places between September and the end of October. Aged Care Minister Sam Rae said as of Thursday, all 20,000 packages had been taken up.

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Safety

Australia

Pandemic generation of teens at risk of drowning

The risk of drowning has skyrocketed for young Australians after millions of swimming lessons were missed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Royal Life Saving Australia has issued a startling warning, urging parents to book lessons for pre-teens after data revealed the pandemic’s impact on national water safety. Research has claimed the risk of drowning had increased by 1300 per cent for kids aged between 10 and 20.

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