Vladimir Putin looks to extend rule with 2024 presidential run

Vladimir Putin looks to extend rule with 2024 presidential run

Vladimir Putin says he will run for Russian president in 2024,a move that could see the former KGB spy stay in power until at least 2030.

  • byGuy Faulconbridge

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Deaths in Gaza mount rapidly as Israeli planes strike

Deaths in Gaza mount rapidly as Israeli planes strike

Israel said it struck more than 200 Hamas targets. Militants in Gaza resumed firing rockets into Israel.

Last-minute extension to ceasefire stops fighting for another day

Last-minute extension to ceasefire stops fighting for another day

Israel and Hamas agreed on Thursday to extend their truce by at least one more day,minutes before the six-day ceasefire was due to expire.

  • byWafaa Shurafa
Hamas needs to find dozens of Israeli hostages to continue ceasefire,Qatar says

Hamas needs to find dozens of Israeli hostages to continue ceasefire,Qatar says

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to holding on Sunday,ensuring a third hostage-prisoner swap was able to proceed as civilians in Gaza welcomed respite from the war.

  • byEmily Rose andBassam Masoud
In a first,Israel shoots down a ballistic missile in space

In a first,Israel shoots down a ballistic missile in space

The ballistic missile was launched from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthis,and flew nearly 1600 kilometres over the Arabian peninsula toward the Israeli port city of Eilat.

  • byHarriet Barber
As it happened Israel-Hamas:Israel sends ground forces into Gaza Strip as war escalates

As it happened Israel-Hamas:Israel sends ground forces into Gaza Strip as war escalates

Israel has escalated its attacks on the Gaza Strip,sending in group troops and stepping up air attacks.

  • byLucy Cormack,Nigel Gladstone andRoy Ward
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‘We are at war’,Netanyahu declares after Hamas launches surprise attack on Israel

‘We are at war’,Netanyahu declares after Hamas launches surprise attack on Israel

As warning sirens wailed across southern and central Israel,including in Jerusalem,Israel’s military said it was on a war footing.

  • byLucy Cormack
Brilliant Bombe machine operator was Bletchley Park codebreaker:

Brilliant Bombe machine operator was Bletchley Park codebreaker:

Margaret Betts volunteered for the Wrens in early 1943. “They had the best uniform.”

Landmark office tower burns in Sudan’s capital turned into urban war zone

Landmark office tower burns in Sudan’s capital turned into urban war zone

The headquarters of the oil company and buildings of government agencies have been destroyed.

The hot-dog selling warlord who turned Russia’s ‘secret army’ on Vladimir Putin

The hot-dog selling warlord who turned Russia’s ‘secret army’ on Vladimir Putin

He was once known as “Putin’s chef”,the architect of the president’s most important influence operations. Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin and why did he turn on the Kremlin?

  • bySherryn Groch
‘What do you have to do to get the VC?’ Posthumous award in limbo 55 years after conflict

‘What do you have to do to get the VC?’ Posthumous award in limbo 55 years after conflict

Former governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove says he was “blown away” by the bravery of Private Richard Norden.

  • byTim Barlass