Meta begins removing Australian under-16s from Instagram and Facebook

Australia says the ban would be the first domino to fall in a global effort to rein in Big Tech

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Streeting orders review into ‘overdiagnosis’ of mental health and ADHD in welfare spending crackdown

The health secretary has charged leading experts with finding out whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

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UK and Norway launch pact to hunt Russian spy ships

The warships will monitor Russian naval movements in the waters

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China’s Xi and France’s Macron pledge cooperation on global crises and trade

China and France have pledged deeper cooperation to address global issues like the war in Ukraine and trade

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Turkey’s energy minister warns of threat to oil and gas supplies after tankers targeted

Turkey’s energy minister has called for the supply of oil and gas in the Black Sea to be protected

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Drone video shows devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces

Military leaders said they are relying on ground-robot drones to carry food and water to remaining soldiers

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Putin doesn’t want peace – and Trump’s baffling error has made it easy for him

All hopes were on Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to Moscow, but a breakthrough in peace talks was never going to happen with a man who has repeatedly taken Russia’s side, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace claps back at claims she’s retiring from Congress over frustrations with Speaker Mike Johnson

Mace said she’s “not sure why the internet is running with this like wildfire – for the clicks I suppose.”

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Luigi Mangione’s court hearing continues on anniversary of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

A high-stakes hearing in the New York murder case against Luigi Mangione is continuing a year to the day after prosecutors say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

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