Honiara election scenes. Pics by the excellent Adam Kennedy

Australian govt announces $50 billion defence spending increase over next decade. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

30 years ago, a genocide was taking place in Rwanda.

Four Corners reported on the aftermath in a refugee camp in Zaire, now known as the DRC.

Watch the 2024 Four Corners Rwanda documentary ‘The Wanted’ on iview: ab.co/3W0UBwj

#4Corners #Rwanda #History #ABCNews

your hat..Financial Review

Expanding vocabulary is one of the few pleasant side effects of extended stints spent court reporting. Justice Lee is not disappointing us today.

Justice Lee on Bruce #Lehrmann ’s intentions while returning to Parliament House with Brittany #Higgins : “It is obvious there was one dominant thought and it had nothing to do with French submarines”. 9News Sydney 9News Australia

Israel/Iran: Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq airspace closed. USAF and IDF fast air up over the region to assist with air defences.

CNN International now reporting Iranian cruise missiles launched. They also had Mark Hertling making the point that Iran is likely to undertake a multi-phase, multi-axis complex attack - not just the slow moving drones.

If the cruise missiles report is accurate, then this is what is

Iran's state TV has just read a breaking statement by the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), in which the IRGC confirmed the launch of 'dozens of drones and missiles' against 'specific targets' in Israel.

Julia Kochetova, a Ukrainian photojournalist has been working to capture the experience of living with war as a daily reality. Her pointed war photography has won her a World Press Photo competition in the Open Format category.

Today we share her work.
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The NSW Police Force is very lucky to have a senior officer of this calibre in the ranks. She shot the Bondi killer and was later filmed giving CPR to victims. What a remarkable example of leading from the front.

The still unfolding Bondi attack was in a high visibility, populated shopping centre. There will be lots of appalling images. Please think before viewing them if you’re not required to. And don’t share images of carnage that certain entities may want to see spread.

Breaking news coverage of the mass casualty event unfolding at a major Sydney shopping centre in Bondi: abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Mass casualty event still unfolding at a major Sydney shopping centre.

Australia's first locally made orbital rocket is poised to blast off from a small north Queensland town next month.
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

This is genuinely impressive communicating from David Cameron on what the UK & NATO - especially US - must do urgently to help Ukraine

Well worth a watch ⬇️

(Also impressive camera work by whoever was presumably filming his speedy, striding monologue while having to walk

Nice little piece on cheap drones - and how they went from a weekend hobby to a weapon. abc.net.au/news/science/2…

Fantastic to see ABC News devoting more resources than ever to coverage of the Indian election this year, including this new weekly series. Insightful reporting on the world's largest democracy at a critical juncture in national and regional geopolitics. abc.net.au/asia/programs/…

After just 11 days in Canberra, Korea’s new ambassador to Australia - the country’s former defence chief - has resigned amid a corruption investigation.

At Long Last, a Gold Medal for America’s World War II ‘Ghost Army’. nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/…