The Sisters of Serendib by Ayesha Inoon review – Sri Lankan asylum seekers seek a safer life in Australia

Inoon’s second novel follows three sisters settling in a new land, in a book that glosses over darker moments and trauma in favour of hope ...
Opinion

England finally exorcise the Southgate era and unleash fun football

You don’t win World Cups by running riot for 10 minutes in mid-June but this felt like the start of something new ...

Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines

Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional ...

‘If Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn,’ Zelenskyy warns after overnight strikes in Russia – as it happened

Ukraine’s president ramps up rhetoric after overnight drone strikes on Russian capital ...

Moscow oil refinery struck in Ukraine’s biggest air raid on city since start of war

Scale of long range-attack catches Muscovites by surprise, prompting panicked messages on social media ...

Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold and lowers inflation forecast amid Middle East ‘uncertainty’ – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ...

Oil prices fall after peace deal signed – as it happened

Memorandum of understanding signed off on Wednesday; Tehran will charge ships after the 60-day negotiation period has ended, says chief negotiator ...

‘It wasn’t what we wanted to happen’: Emilio Gay on England’s bad morning

Emilio Gay put England’s travails on the second morning against New Zealand at the Oval down to bad luck rather than poor planning or execution ...

Knicks mania grips New York City during team’s first-ever parade – in pictures

Hundreds of thousands of fans packed lower Manhattan after team’s historic NBA championship win ...
Opinion

The CGT ‘backflip’ is more tweak than transformation. Labor hasn’t changed its mind on housing

Do the concessions undermine the original objective of helping young Australians buy their own home? No ...

Trump signs Iran peace plan, claiming deal averts ‘worldwide depression’

Details of 14-point agreement revealed as senior US officials claim ‘major win’ despite significant concessions to Tehran ...

Queen James review – a fabulous documentary about the male lovers of Britain’s first king

Historian Gareth Russell has a gift. He’s entertaining and endlessly amusing in this confident TV transfer of his book about James I’s intimate companions ...