Journalists at Australia's national broadcaster to strike over pay and possible use of AI

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The strike comes after 60% of ABC staff rejected management's offer of a 10% total pay rise over three years

Hundreds of journalists will walk off the job at Australia's national broadcaster on Wednesday over pay, conditions and the possible use of AI to replace them.

It will be the first time staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have gone on strike in 20 years after a majority of union members rejected a pay offer that was below inflation.

Flagship shows such as


Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety

Kali Hays Technology reporter

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Meta chairman and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg

A court in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $375m (£279m) for misleading users over the safety of its platforms for children.

A jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was liable for the way in which its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators.

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez said the verdict is "historic" and marks


What happened in the seconds before Air Canada plane crashed at LaGuardia

BBC Verify breaks down the moments before the deadly collision with a fire truck at the New York airport.

Pilots killed in LaGuardia plane crash named

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Antoine Forest, 30, was identified as one of the pilots killed in the incident

The two Air Canada pilots killed when a plane crashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther.

Local media reported Forest was 30-years-old and from Québec, while Gunther graduated from Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto in 2023.

The incident, which happened at 23:40 local time on Sunday (03:4

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What Iranians make of the possibility of talks to end the war

Ghoncheh Habibiazad BBC Persian

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The war has brought destruction, but some Iranians say they do not want it to end with the current government in place

Donald Trump had issued an ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz - the narrow passage whose closure has caused the price of oil to spike across the world - or face the wrath of the US in the shape of attacks on its power plants.

Hours before it was due to expire on Monday, the US president said the threatened attacks were being paused for five days


Everyday life in Asia is being upended by Iran war fuel crisis

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A boy stands next to an empty LPG cylinder tied to a bicycle as he waits outside a gas agency

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the US and Israel began their war with Iran in late February has sent shockwaves across the globe.

Oil prices have soared and stock markets have wobbled as the world waits to see when Iran will allow the key waterway - through which about 20% of all oil passes - to reopen.

At the moment, only a handful of ships make

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Ukraine Unesco site damaged as Russia launches 400 drones in deadly daytime attack

Moment Russian drone hits Lviv's historic centre in Ukraine

Russia has launched the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a 24-hour period since the war began, hitting cities across the country with 948 drones.

More than 400 drones were fired on Tuesday afternoon alone, in an unusual daytime attack which killed and injured many across western Ukraine.

Those strikes came hours after a heavy overnight attack left at least five people dead.

In Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said 22 people

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Iran war shows norms of international conflicts have been upended

Tom Bateman State department correspondent

WANA via Reuters A view of a residential building damaged by a strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026 WANA via Reuters
US-Israeli attacks on Tehran collapsed an eight-story residential building in the Enderzgu district on Monday

The US-Israeli attacks against Iran, and the threats against its energy infrastructure, as well as Tehran's retaliation on its Gulf neighbours underline how the norms of starting and escalating international wars have been upended.

US President Donald Trump has at least twice threatened to use overwhelming force against Iranian energy facilities. Last week, he said he would "massively blow up" Iran'

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Israel says it will take control of large buffer zone in southern Lebanon

EPA Smoke and fire after an attack on a bridge in southern Lebanon in the middle of a road with green fields on both sides and buildings in the distance including a mosque EPA
Five bridges on the Litani River have been blown up by Israel

Israeli troops will control a large swathe of southern Lebanon as part of their campaign against Hezbollah, Defence Minister Israel Katz says.

Katz said troops would establish a security zone up to the Litani River, about 30km (19 miles) from the Lebanon-Israel border and displaced residents would not be allowed back until northern Israel was safe.

Five bridges "used by Hezbollah for the passage of terrorists and weapons" had been blown up, he


Danes vote as Mette Frederiksen seeks third term as PM

Adrienne Murray , In Copenhagen and

Paul Kirby , Europe digital editor

AFP Denmark's Prime Minister and Social Democrats' leader Mette Frederiksen (C) meets Greenlandic voters on election day, in Aalborg, on March 24, 2026 AFP
Mette Frederiksen won widespread acclaim in Denmark for her handling of the Greenland crisis

Danes are voting in an election with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats aiming for a third term.

Frederiksen, 48, called the vote months earlier than expected, buoyed by popular support for her handling of US President Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.

Her Social Democrats have lost support since the 2022 elections and she