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Sidoarjo, Indonesia: Parents were desperately searching for scores of missing teenage boys feared trapped under huge piles of concrete on Tuesday, after an Islamic boarding school collapsed in Indonesia as pupils were praying inside.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction.Rescuers search for victims trapped under the rubble.Credit: APThe boarding school is in the East Java town of Sidoarjo, about 780 kilometres east of Jakarta.By late evening on Tuesday, three…
The 38-year-old De Ceglie, who had never worked in television, was given the keys to the kingdom by Stokes, and the move backfired almost immediately.Having arrived in Sydney with a remit to clear out the dead wood and try some left-field gimmicks, such as comedy and horoscopes during the news, De Ceglie won very few friends in Sydney. The gimmicks were universally panned and, with ratings starting to falter, De Ceglie was out the door after 13 months.Then there was Stokes’ role in the defamation trial of the century, as he backed Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith financially in his…
BTS World Tour 2026: Exciting new details revealedJimin, Jin, Jungkook, J-Hope, RM, Suga, and V are deep in the grind to bring an epic BTS world tour fans have been dreaming about for years. As BTS is gearing up to deliver a massive treat, excitement builds ahead of the tour with new details about the upcoming shows started to emerge. Pre BTS World Tour 2026 highlights:Reportedly, all the seven boys have moved to Los Angeles to write and record their second album after their June reunion. The tour will follow the release of BTS’ second album, with an estimated four million fans expected…
Video: Massive tree smashes cars in ritzy streetMassive tree smashes cars in ritzy streetWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerMultiple cars were hit when a tree fell down in Ascot in Brisbane’s north-east.October 1, 2025 — 6.51pm
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Video: US Government shuts down for first time in six yearsUS Government shuts down for first time in six yearsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerThe US Government has shut down after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on spending.October 1, 2025 — 6.36pm
Video: House prices predicted to rise as first home buyer scheme shifts marketHouse prices predicted to rise as first home buyer scheme shifts marketWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerFirst-home buyers only need a five per cent deposit to get into the market now, leading to fears it could fuel rising house prices.October 1, 2025 — 6.40pm
Should the Suns continue to pursue Western Bulldogs forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, who also met with the club’s coaches and senior players on Wednesday, that might open up conversations around other senior Suns players for trade.Pending the feedback from senior players and coaches on the Ugle Hagan meeting, the Suns will decide whether to continue to pursue the former No.1 draft pick.Ugle-Hagan missed the entire AFL season this year through injury, fitness and personal issues, and a source with knowledge of the situation said the Suns would ask the AFL for full disclosure on any, and all, issues connected to Ugle-Hagan…
Footage reposted by local media purportedly shows employees inside a Cebu City mall trying to crawl from the rubble and calling for help. Another video showed a bridge rattling so violently that parked motorcyclists struggled to stay on their bikes.About 30 kilometres west of Bogo City, onlookers filmed the collapse of a 160-year-old church on Bantayan Island. Another historic church north of Bogo City also collapsed.The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology also reported a minor eruption from the Taal volcano, a roughly two-hour drive south of Manila, though it is unclear if that was related to the earthquake.A colleague of…
Albanese stresses that recognition of Palestine, which could be dismissed as pure symbolism when viewed in isolation, was paired with intense discussions with key players about how to end the war, isolate Hamas and rebuild Gaza. In New York, he met with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, and he sat down in London with Tony Blair, who would oversee a Gaza transitional authority under Trump’s plan.“So we wanted to ensure it made a positive difference and I believe it did,” Albanese says. “Sometimes out of the darkest period comes a sliver of light, and there needs to be change.”The…