Almost 70 people have been killed in a high speed train accident in Spain.
Spain's transport minister Oscar Puente says 68 are confirmed dead after two trains collided south of the capital, Madrid.
The collision has come just nine months after another deadly crash involving high-speed trains operated by the same two companies in southern Spain in January.
The Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised a full investigation into what went wrong.
"We will go to the end, if there was negligence we will find out. If there were failures in the security system, they will be addressed with full conviction. It is clear we have suffered two terrible tragedies in the same year on high speed (trains)."
Israel's president says he hopes a second election can be avoided, after a national vote left no clear winner of a parliamentary majority.
With more than 85 per cent of ballots counted, negotiations to form a coalition are likely as Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc is projected to win 53 of the 120 seats in parliament, and Eisenkot's opposition 48.
One group that has made clear gains are Israeli Arabs, whose seats are set to jump to 19 and putting them in the potential position of kingmakers.
President of Hatikvah Australia, Nirit Eylon, says she wants the opponents of the Israeli Prime Minister to form a coalition government that includes Arab Israelis.
"The politicians here have to have courage now and to build a proper bloc and not eliminate Arabs; they are 20 per cent of the population, they are part of the society. If we want to call Israel a democracy, a true liberal democracy, we cannot exclude 20 per cent of the population."
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have arrived in the US after the senator refused to concede the election to President Lula da Silva.
The Senator has arrived in Miami, Florida after travelling via Argentina then Ecuador.
The 45-year-old senator is a close ally of US President Donald Trump, whose administration approved US visas for him and his family this week despite their Brazilian passports being cancelled.
Bolsonaro's father, Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to Florida after losing the 2022 presidential election to Lula before returning to Brazil three months later.
The Federal Treasurer says he's expecting inflation to remain high for a while yet.
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has told a Senate Estimates committee that she expects it won't start to come down before late 2027.
Jim Chalmers agrees, blaming higher fuel prices driven by the conflict in the Middle East, which he described as disastrous for Australians, for cost of living, and for inflation right around the world.
But shadow treasurer TIm Wilson says the blame lies squarely with the Government.
"The consistent problem is the Albanese Government's active inflation agenda because the Treasurer is addicted to spending and it's forcing up inflation and interest rates on Australian households."
The government's Digital Duty of Care legislation has progressed through parliament.
The Coalition has confirmed it will not support the bill, saying they have concerns about political censorship and threats to free speech.
Communications Minister Annika Wells says the government wants to focus on an internal process for enforcement, and pointed to the significantly large penalties already contained in the bill.
Independent MP Kate Chaney says social media companies are being left in no doubt as to the Government's intentions.
"Putting these standards in the primary legislation and not just in a ministerial determination strengthens these obligations and gives notice to social media companies that this is something they must comply with in good faith."
So-called 'mushroom murderer' Erin Patterson will hear tomorrow if her appeal against her life sentence has succeeded.
Patterson was found guilty of murdering three relatives and trying to kill another by serving a meal with deadly death cap mushrooms.
The appeal has a number of elements, including that the trial judge made errors, that prosecutors were unfair and that the jury were housed in the same accommodation as police and prosecutors.
Patterson has always maintained her innocence.
A new film is asking audiences to look beyond the statistics on incarceration and deaths in custody. 'Facing the Numbers' brings First Nations storytellers, filmmakers and performers together to share personal perspectives on the figures shaping Australia's justice system.
Geoffrey Johnson is one of the key First Nations storytellers featured in the documentary.
He has told NITV the country needs to confront the parts of history that have been left untold.
"We've just got to be real about the impact that the system and the policing and that have had on our mob, and you know we can't push that down, we've got to talk about it."
Collingwood have pledged to thoroughly review the wreckage of their AFLW program, a day after announcing that women's coach Sam Wright is due to leave.
The Magpies say they are bringing in a consultant to help with the strategic review after the side won only one game so far this season to finish second-last.
Including the last two seasons, Collingwood's record is five wins and 29 losses.
