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Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been jailed for six years and six months after being convicted of sexually abusing two Aboriginal men in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Saunders, 76, was sentenced in the WA District Court on Wednesday, after a jury found him guilty in August of 13 charges including unlawful and indecent assault, and penetration without consent. The offences were committed between 2010 and 2019, while Saunders was the most senior Catholic figure in the Kimberley diocese. The two men were Catholics who lived in the region. Judge Martin Flynn said Saunders had systematically groomed the victims,…

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Lionel Messi played his final game for Argentina in a friendly against Benin, bringing his 21-year international career to an end in front of about 85,000 fans at Buenos Aires’ Monumental stadium. The World Cup-winning captain was given a farewell by supporters who packed the ground for the occasion, marking the close of his time with the national team. Messi became a national icon during his international career and was widely regarded as one of football’s greatest players.

Asian shares weakened while oil prices rose as investors assessed a reported escalation involving Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. The moves reflected market attention on developments linked to Saudi-Houthi tensions, with equities under pressure and oil gaining.

An Abbott Elementary Disneyland episode is being filmed at the Anaheim theme park, with cast members Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Lisa Ann Walter and Chris Perfetti seen posing in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle. The actors were joined by a group of young girls wearing matching shirts, suggesting the storyline will involve a school trip to the Disney park. Abbott Elementary Disneyland episode set for December The episode is reportedly set to become the 100th instalment of the Emmy Award-winning ABC comedy and will serve as the midseason finale of its sixth season. It is expected to air in…

Brevard County’s first Brightline station has secured more than $57 million in federal funding, clearing a major financial hurdle for the planned Cocoa transport hub. The Federal Railroad Administration presented the grant to the City of Cocoa and the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organisation on Tuesday, 6 October. The station will connect the Space Coast with Brightline’s existing service between Orlando and South Florida. The project is planned near US 1 and State Road 528, close to the route taken by Brightline trains. It is intended to serve Cocoa, Port Canaveral and the wider Brevard County area, while creating links…

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has criticised the High Court decision rejecting the expansion of the Mount Pleasant mine, arguing that activists should not celebrate a ruling that could reduce public revenue. The court rejected the expansion after emissions from burning the coal, including overseas, were not considered in the decision-making process. Mr Joyce said those welcoming the ruling should also explain how lost income would be replaced. “If you’re going to celebrate stopping our nation earning money and the state earning money, then it has to be authentic, you should start suggesting ways that we no longer spend money,”…

An explosion has forced Venezuela’s second-largest oil refinery to suspend operations after a fire broke out at the Cardon facility in Punto Fijo, Falcón state. The fire reportedly started in a gas line, according to Reuters. No further details about the incident were provided. Cardon can process up to 300,000 barrels of oil a day when operating.

Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint has died aged 102. She won the Academy Award for her debut performance opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront and died on 6 October 2026. Saint went on to star in several celebrated films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest and Exodus. In a 2014 profile for Sunday Morning, Saint spoke to correspondent Mo Rocca about working with Hitchcock, Cary Grant and Paul Newman. She also discussed balancing her film career with family life and maintaining a sense of being a normal person in Hollywood.

The Winter Haven community is mourning 16-year-old Adinaluz Guadalupe Prieto Oyola, the high-school student killed when a school bus crashed in Polk County, Florida, on Monday. Prieto Oyola, a 10th-grade pupil at Winter Haven High School, was among 37 students travelling to school when the bus was involved in a chain-reaction collision on Lucerne Park Road at about 6.13am on October 5. Polk County sheriff’s officials said a westbound Chevrolet Malibu crossed the centre line and struck the rear of the eastbound bus. The impact sent the bus into the path of a Jeep, before it overturned. Winter Haven student…