Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia

The Duchess of Sussex will make an appearance as a guest judge on a new season of hit Australian television show MasterChef Australia.

Meghan filmed in the episode in Melbourne on Wednesday, according to broadcaster Network Ten. The show's eighteenth season is set to air on April 19.

Meghan, together with Prince Harry, are currently on the second day of a , which will see them combine visits to charitable causes


More than 200 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack return home

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More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being stuck in the country for more than a month.

On Wednesday, Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister, Aruna ⁠Jayasekara, confirmed 32 sailors rescued from the Iris Dena and 206 from Irins Bushehr, had left the country.

The Iranian warship, Iris Dena, sank on 4 March about 40km (25 miles) from

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Moment gunman tackled by school principal

CCTV footage shows a high school principal charging towards a former student who was armed in Oklahoma.

The human cost of the war in Sudan, three years on

The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.

South Africa names apartheid-era politician as new ambassador to the US

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Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who served in the last government of the apartheid era, as his new ambassador to the US, his office has said.

The country has not had a top envoy in the US since Ebrahim Rasool was expelled last year after he accused President Donald Trump of trying to "project white victimhood as a dog whistle".

This worsened already

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Kenya fuel prices rise sharply despite reduction in tax due to Iran war

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Shortages of fuel have been reported in some parts of the country

Kenya has sharply raised the cost of petroleum, with diesel prices rising by a record margin despite a fuel tax cut, as the conflict in Iran pushes up global oil prices.

In its latest review, the energy regulator raised the cost of diesel by 40 Kenya shillings to 206 ($1.6; £1.2) a litre, while petrol rose by 28 shillings to

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Magyar to meet Hungarian president as Trump says next PM 'a good man'

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Péter Magyar appeared on public TV and radio for the first time in 18 months on Wednesday, saying he had not been allowed under his predecessor

The man who ended Viktor Orbán's 16 years in office, Péter Magyar, is meeting Hungary's president, seeking a speedy transfer of power after Sunday's landslide victory.

President Tamás Sulyok, who has refused Magyar's demand to step down, is widely expected to nominate Magyar as


Australian pleads guilty to creating deepfake porn in landmark case

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William Hamish Yeates will return to court next month

An Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to creating deepfake pornography, in a landmark case.

William Hamish Yeates, 19, is the first person to be charged under a new national law which criminalises the manipulation of sexual images and carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.

Experts says deepfake pornography - often created through artificial intelligence technology, and overwhelmingly targeting women and girls - is the new frontier of gendered, image-based


Kanye West postpones France gig until further notice

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US rapper Kanye West has announced the postponement of a forthcoming concert in Marseille, France, "until further notice".

The announcement comes a week after this summer's Wireless Festival in London - which West had been scheduled to headline - was cancelled following the UK government's decision to block him from entering the country.

French media reported that Interior Minister Laurent Nunez was looking to ban the 11 June gig. An unnamed source, said to be close to Nunez, was cited as telling the AFP news


Australia's richest person must share part of her mining fortunes, court rules

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Gina Rinehart was sued by a rival mining family over a decades-old agreement

Australia's wealthiest person Gina Rinehart must part with some of her riches, a court has ruled in a high-profile dispute over her mining empire.

Worth an estimated A$38bn (£20bn; $27bn), Rinehart inherited the iron ore ventures of her father in 1992, before going on to develop mines in the mineral-rich Pilbara region of Western