United States President Donald Trump has said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia continue fighting before stopping the war in a peace deal.
He made the remarks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Oval Office.
"Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart. And I gave that analogy to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin yesterday. I said, President, maybe you're going to have to keep fighting and suffering a lot, because both sides are suffering, before you pull them apart, before they're able to be pulled apart. But it's a pretty known analogy. You have two kids, they fight, fight, fight, sometimes you let them fight for a little while."
Germany is the second largest military and financial backer of Ukraine in its defence against Russia's invasion, after the United States.
The German Chancellor says Mr Trump is the key person in the world who would be able to stop the bloodshed.
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The privately-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it will not immediately re-open aid distribution points after a full day closure that followed a string of shooting deaths.
In a statement posted to Facebook, the Foundation has said the delay will allow for maintenance and repair work aimed at making the distribution process safer.
The Foundation began distributing aid last week and had been running three sites earlier this week.
But the UN remains highly critical of the group, with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder telling SBS the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is ineffective and lacks neutrality.
"Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, even if it's supplying aid, it's a veneer. It's really important we understand that. It's not across the Gaza Strip. It's pushing people into one area, that's its design. Aid is about going to where people need it, it's not about forcing mums or grandmas or people with disabilities to walk ten or 15 kilometres. That's what's been happening."
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A man has died after becoming trapped between two light rail carriages in the centre of Sydney.
New South Wales Police Inspector Anderson Lessing says the man in his 40s - who has not been formally identified - died at the scene.
He says it appears to have been a tragic accident.
"Initial inquiries show the male was attempting to cross over the light rail between two carriages. At that time the light rail commenced its journey, trapping the male underneath the light rail."
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The two housemates of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder more than three weeks after the 17-year-old's disappearance.
Police say 34-year-old James Wood and 33-year-old Tanika Kristan Bromley were arrested near Bundaberg in southern Queensland.
Pheobe was last seen near Bundaberg airport on the morning of May 15th after booking a trip to Western Australia to see her boyfriend.
CCTV footage suggests Pheobe never arrived at the airport terminal.
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Thousands of Australian videos featuring misinformation have been removed from online platforms as tech giants turn to AI tools to identify issues.
Transparency reports published in accordance with the voluntary Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation show more than 25,000 videos deemed to feature "harmful" fake claims have been removed from TikTok and YouTube.
The reports also show unverified and misleading election ads ranked among the most commonly removed content by Meta and Google.
But several tech firms have declined to detail their efforts to tackle fraudulent content in Australia, including social media platforms X and Snapchat.
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To sport,
The Socceroos have effectively punched their ticket to the 2026 World Cup after an Aziz Behich stunner in the 90th minute lifted them to a 1-0 win over Japan at a sold-out Optus Stadium.
The result means the Socceroos have almost locked in the second automatic World Cup qualifying spot from their group - barring a crazy big loss to Saudi Arabia in Jeddah next Tuesday.
But Coach Tony Popovic says while the result is satisfying - the job is not yet done.
"The beating Japan, doing it at home, doing it at the last minute, you couldn't script it any better. But we've still got a game to go... We don't want to deny anyone of that joy but we still got a job to do in Saudi Arabia and we want to finish well."
