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British comedian and actor Russel Brand has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others around two decades ago.
Brand was found guilty on Thursday of committing the offences between 2004 and 2009.
The judge said Brand was a sexual predator who believed "fame meant you could act how you liked, when you liked, unhindered by the rules by which decent people live".
Europe is imposing fresh sanctions on members of Iran's national guard as France accuses Tehran of being responsible for a cyber attack last month that targeted refrigeration systems across the country.
The hacks that struck hundreds of French supermarkets in early October were among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the Iran war that began in February, a conflict that has been marked by scattered incidents of alleged digital disruption.
These have included hacks against the Los Angeles transit system in March, against US water treatment plants in July and against ships bound for the United States in August.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the Iranian ambassador to France has been summoned, as he vows Iran will not go unpunished.
"It is an attack of unprecedented scale and aggression. This is the first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on French soil. And it is a major attack on the nation's interests and the security of the French people."
US President Donald Trump has weighed in on a scandal engulfing tech giant Nvidia, after it was revealed CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a "foreign intelligence effort."
Mr Huang has acknowledged he had been intimate with a Chinese business executive, whom U-S intelligence say was working as a spy, gathering information for Beijing.
Donald Trump says Mr Huang should stay on as head of Nvidia, as he's an "honourable guy".
"I have not spoken to him about it, I just know he's a fine person but you never know what is going on. I hope everything's fine, he's done such an incredible job and I would certainly hope - he's a fine person, in my opinion."
First Nations Australians are taking their concerns about climate change to the world stage as countries gather for the United Nations climate summit in Türkiye.
Australia will play a key role at the summit, leading negotiations between countries on emissions, climate finance and the transition to cleaner energy.
First Nations Australians will also have a voice.
Proud Gubbi Gubbi, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander woman, Tamika Sadler, has told NITV exceeding 1.5 degrees of warming will impact small lower lying states first.
"We really need to hold these states accountable to the Paris agreement and making sure what was agreed upon 10 years ago is still being implemented to this day, and for the past 10 years, what have we collectively doing as a society to avoid breaching that 1.5 degree threshold, and it's alarming because if we don't start making drastic change right now we're going to exceed that and it's going to have a ripple effect on Indigenous and First Nations communities."
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated an outdoor Mass in Buenos Aires, drawing an estimated 2.5 million people.
It is his first papal Mass in Argentina in nearly 40 years.
In his homily, Leo says Argentine families are facing situations of joblessness, violence and addictions, but remain the bedrock of society.
Argentine President Javier Milei was among those attending the Mass, joining priests, nuns and thousands of faithful gathered for the ceremony.
Leo's visit to Argentina is part of his 12-day South American tour, with Peru the final stop.
David Warner has praised former Australian Test teammate, Usman Khawaja, for his courage, saying his Sandpapergate allegations are 100 per cent accurate.
Warner and fellow batsmen Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were banned over the plan to rough up the ball with sandpaper during the third test at Newlands in Cape Town in 2018.
In his new autobiography, Khawaja alleges the entire team had been aware of the plan to tamper with the ball.
Last week, Cricket Australia defended its 2018 investigation, which concluded that prior knowledge of the plot was confined to Smith, Warner and Bancroft.
In a video posted on social media, Warner says he and Khawaja are looking for accountability.
"It was a very tough time. This is for everyone in Australia. It's been the question that everyone's been asking. Uzzie, you've said it how it is. It's 100 percent accurate. It's been a tough time for my family, Steven (Smith) and Cameron, no doubt. But this is what needed to come out. I fully support that, Uzzie."
