4 h. ago Hamas releases American hostage in goodwill gesture toward Trump administration

The release of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire deal with Israel.

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4 h. ago Hamas releases US hostage in goodwill gesture towards Trump administration

The release of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire deal with Israel.

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8 h. ago Alexander Skarsgard channels Robocop in this goofy satire about a murderous cyborg

The actor has always tried to dodge his leading-man looks, so a self-deprecating killing machine feels like a natural progression.

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13 h. ago ‘He lost money, he was angry’: Accused killer racked up ‘big losses’ gambling, court told

A man accused of murdering his Hamilton flatmate enjoyed the “high life” but had “champagne taste on a white wine budget”, a court has been told.

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25 h. ago Last surviving American hostage in Gaza to be released, Hamas says

The group says Edan Alexander will be handed over as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the territory and resume the delivery of aid.

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60 h. ago Tenant charged with murder after landlord allegedly stabbed to death

Police found the body of Hai Lin in a granny flat of the Homebush West property late on Friday night. A 31-year-old man is due to face court on Sunday.

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2 d. ago Grandmother charged with murdering her two young grandchildren

The 66-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the deaths of her grandchildren, aged six and seven, in Coonabarabran in regional NSW.

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3 d. ago Trial date set for reality TV contestant with historical offences

A trial date has been set for a former Channel 7 reality television contestant accused of historical child abuse offences.

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3 d. ago Son of alleged mushroom lunch killer Erin Patterson described relationship between parents as ‘very negative’

The pre-recorded video evidence of Patterson’s children continued to be played to the jury on Friday, the ninth day of the murder trial.

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3 d. ago Son of alleged mushroom lunch killer Erin Patterson said relationship between parents ‘very negative’

The pre-recorded video evidence of Patterson’s children was played to the jury on Friday, the ninth day of the murder trial.

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4 d. ago Perth woman’s family fear retribution despite not guilty verdict in murder trial

Aleesha Gilmore was found innocent of the murder of schoolboy Cassius Turvey on Thursday. However, she still faces more jail time over her involvement in a series of assaults and a kidnapping in the days before Cassius was attacked.

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4 d. ago Cassius Turvey identified his attackers in the days before he died, mum says

Jack Bearley, 24, and Brodie Palmer, 29, have been found guilty of the murder of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey at the end of a three-month trial.

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4 d. ago WA news LIVE: Two guilty of murdering schoolboy Cassius Turvey

Follow our live coverage here.

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5 d. ago ‘Indefensible’: Murderer accidentally given day release without grieving mother being told

Grace Donato’s daughter Adriana was killed with a hunting knife by her ex-boyfriend in 2012. Grace discovered by chance that the killer had been allowed out on day release.

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5 d. ago Doctor’s death cap poisoning warning played to jury after son, daughters of guests at fatal beef Wellington lunch testify: Trial day seven, as it happened

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Follow our live coverage of the triple-murder trial here.

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5 d. ago ‘Finish the job’: Gunman shot ‘Afghan Ali’ as he lay critically wounded in South Yarra street

Narre Warren man Adris Kheyali, 23, was refused bail as prosecutors reveal they intend to rely on an unnamed witness and phone data to link him to Mohammed Keshtiar’s murder.

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5 d. ago Accused panicked over woman’s gassing death in Brisbane, jury told

A man accused of murdering his flatmate, whose body was found in a tool box 10 months after her death, has told a jury she died after inhaling nitrous oxide.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Doctor’s death cap poisoning warning played to jury after son, daughters of guests at fatal beef Wellington lunch testify in mushroom cook case

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Follow our live coverage of the triple-murder trial here.

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5 d. ago The short, difficult lives of boys allegedly murdered by their grandmother

The brothers, aged six and seven, were found dead in their home on the outskirts of Coonabarabran. Police are investigating their deaths as a double homicide.

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Son, daughters of guests at fatal lunch testify in trial of mushroom cook

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Follow our live coverage of the triple-murder trial here.

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