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WARNING: Contains content about sexual offending against children and animals. A Tasman man has been jailed for more than five years for collecting thousands of child exploitation photos and videos, described by a judge as graphic and horrific. Storm Uriah Constable-Carter pleaded guilty in the Nelson District Court in August to 50 charges relating to the creation, possession and distribution of child exploitation and bestiality material. Investigators described the material

NSW Police say they are aware of a possible retribution event after the Bondi shooting, as a post continues to be shared about a “bashing day” in Cronulla. The social media post states: “WE RIOT. WOG/MIDDLE EASTERN BASHING DAY. SATURDAY 27TH DECEMBER 2025. “SPREAD THE WORD AUSTRALIA! STAND THE F**K UP.” It is believed the post is being mostly shared on Snapchat. NSW Police said they are aware of the situation. “Police are aware of the social media posts. We do not have any fu

Police are currently searching for a man after he allegedly brandished a knife at a hotel in the Tokyo DisneySea theme park in the city of Urayasu, in Chiba Prefecture, on Monday evening. According to NHK, at approximately 8:10 p.m police received calls from a staff member at the Hotel MiraCosta saying that a man had entered the hotel’s banquet hall and pulled out a knife from his backpack, brandishing it in front of guests and staff. The man then fled the scene through the e

The 2025 Understanding China Conference, themed "New Plan, New Development, New Choices – Chinese Modernization and New Vision for Global Governance," is underway in Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended and delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony on Monday. Huang Kunmin

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stated on Sunday, November 30, that his country would remain fully engaged in G20 activities, despite recent tensions with the United States, which will host next year's G20 meetings. Ramaphosa announced in a televised address to the nation after South Africa chaired the G20 leaders' summit a week earlier, which Washington boycotted. US President Donald Trump indicated earlier this week that South Africa would not be invited to G20 meet

An early morning train from Glasgow to London has derailed, seemingly after hitting a landslip, leading to major disruption set to last for "a number of days" on the West Coast Mainline. At 06:10 GMT the 04:28 Avanti West Coast service from Glasgow Central to London Euston came off the tracks at Shap in Cumbria, the train operator said. Lines north of Preston and south of Carlisle were blocked as a result, leaving passengers stranded either side of the crash. The North West A

A man has admitted to the brutal murder of his partner and the attempted cover-up of her death at her home in South Lanarkshire. The body...

Police are investigating a suspected gas explosion at a house in east London. Six fire engines and about 40 firefighters were called to...

Russia has banned propaganda promoting same-sex relations but has never sought to outlaw homosexuality itself, according to President...

A report detailing a culture of poor behaviour by some heart surgeons at Northern Ireland's cardiac surgery unit is "appalling",...