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Jul 8, 2026 - World

Acting communications minister warns ‘large number of mobile calls and connections’ affected. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra outage reported to be cause of Victoria train stoppageThere is a long list of cancelled trains on the official V/line site, but the TL/DR is that Victoria’s regional train network has ground to a halt.Due to a radio network fault affecting the network, services are currently unable to operate …Passengers are advised to defer travel where possible. Continue reading...

Jul 8, 2026 - World

"Both our countries have made diversity the very foundation of our unity within our democracies," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Indonesian parliament

Jul 8, 2026 - World

A former U.S. diplomat went off on President Donald Trump and the way he's dealing with American NATO allies.During an appearance on CNN on Tuesday, Nick Burns, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO and China, discussed Trump's relationship with NATO and how he ignores what concerns them the most, which is the threat of Russia."NATO is important for the United States, and the threat now is Putin and Russia," Burns said. "So when the president says somehow the Atlantic Ocean is going to protect us in the 21st century from Russia, he's just badly mistaken."Burns was responding to comments made on Tuesday by Trump in which he said he wasn't concerned about the threat of Russia because “we have a thing called the ocean in between us.""He's living in some other century," Burns said, reacting to Trump's comments. "But not the century we're living in."CNN anchor Erin Burnett noted "how easy it is to get drones off the coast" and how the world has seen warfare change."The world has changed dramatically," Burnett said. "So has warfare even in recent months. We've seen that."Burns also talked about how Trump doesn't talk about how European NATO countries have increased spending on their military infrastructure, and in dealing with NATO, "it's as if he's talking about a Europe of three or four or five years ago, not the Europe of today."However, when speaking about Trump's feuds and bickering with NATO leaders like the Italian prime minister, Burns suggested Trump should be like the American presidents of the previous century."You catalog the abusive comments he's made, the sarcastic comments, the critical comments personally about a number of NATO leaders; we've never had an American president do that," Burns said. "Can you imagine Truman or Eisenhower or John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan criticizing, in personal terms, the Italian prime minister, the French president, the German chancellor, the British prime minister?"

Jul 8, 2026 - World

One of the tankers caught fire after being attacked while travelling off the coast of Oman. Although theIranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings, it did not directly claim the assault.

Jul 8, 2026 - World

The average dwelling price in Australia has risen to more than 17 years of a typical household’s disposable incomeWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch hereHouse prices dropped across several Australian capital cities in recent months, with major banks predicting falls of 2-3% by the end of the year.But after a decade of accelerating house prices, this wouldn’t make a significant dent in housing affordability. Continue reading...