Man charged with manslaughter of four-week-old baby brought to hospital with multiple broken bones

Man, who police say is a family member, granted bail after being charged nearly two years since boy’s death

A family member charged with manslaughter nearly two years after the “abhorrent” death of a four-week-old baby has been granted bail.

Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Friday morning over the July 2023 death of the boy in Wagga Wagga.

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Beijing says that Putin and Xi discussed ‘Ukrainian crisis’ and that Moscow confirmed readiness to start peace talks – Meduza

  1. Beijing says that Putin and Xi discussed 'Ukrainian crisis' and that Moscow confirmed readiness to start peace talks  Meduza
  2. Xi shows he wants to be close to Putin - but not too close  BBC
  3. Xi and Putin agree to ‘deepen’ China-Russia ties during Moscow talks  CNN
  4. Xi and Putin vow stronger ties at Russia's World War II Victory Day parade ahead of U.S.-China trade talks  NBC News
  5. 'Friends of steel': Xi and Putin pledge to stand together against US  Reuters
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Keir Starmer to announce fresh sanctions on Putin’s ‘shadow fleet’ – BBC

  1. Keir Starmer to announce fresh sanctions on Putin's 'shadow fleet'  BBC
  2. Key Player in Russian Oil Trading Hit by U.K. Sanctions  WSJ
  3. Ukraine updates: UK to sanction Russia's 'shadow fleet'  DW
  4. UK to Slap Sanctions on 100 Russian-Oil Carrying Tankers  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
  5. UK sanctions directors of oil trading group over Russian ties  Reuters
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After relentless US bombing campaign, Yemen’s Houthis are biggest victors of truce – The Times of Israel

  1. After relentless US bombing campaign, Yemen’s Houthis are biggest victors of truce  The Times of Israel
  2. How the Houthis Outlasted America  Foreign Affairs
  3. Trump operation against Houthis cost more than $1 billion  NBC News
  4. Houthis say US 'backed down' and Israel not covered by ceasefire  BBC
  5. Seafarers stranded off Yemen port eye exit after US-Houthi ceasefire deal  Reuters
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Australia news live: Erin Patterson’s daughter says her mother was a ‘very good cook’; PM’s department boss quits

Erin Patterson’s daughter’s pre-recorded video evidence is being played to the jury in Patterson’s triple murder trial. Follow today’s news live

‘I want to harness all the talent in my team’

“We do need to reflect a modern Liberal party,” Sussan Ley says. She is speaking on Sunrise before the Liberals’ party room meeting on Tuesday, when they will select a new leader:

It’s about making sure that I am listening to my colleagues and … demonstrate to them we want a strong approach that includes everyone. I want to harness all of the talent in my team, take it forward under my leadership and meet the Australian people where they are because, clearly we didn’t do that at the last election. But we do need to reflect a modern Liberal party, meeting modern Australians in every single walk of life across the country.

On the weekend, we suffered a significant election defeat and since then, I have been having many conversations with my colleagues, members of the community, with members of the party, indeed the Coalition, with everyday Australians. I have listened. We got it wrong. We need to do things differently, going forward, and we do need a fresh approach. So, on Tuesday morning when the Liberal party room meets in Canberra, I will be putting myself forward for the position of leader of the federal party.

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Archibald prize 2025: Julie Fragar wins for portrait of artist Justene Williams

Decision announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where all finalists will be exhibited to the public from Saturday

Julie Fragar has won the 2025 Archibald prize for her portrait of her fellow artist Justene Williams.

Announced as the winner of the $100,000 prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday, the winning work was selected unanimously by the judges from 904 entries and 57 finalists.Fragar is just the 13th woman to win the prize in its 104-year history.

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Helmeted honeyeaters return to Cardinia in Victoria for first time since 1983’s Ash Wednesday bushfires

Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in hopes a new wild population will thrive

For the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.

Helmeted honeyeaters are charismatic, energetic and curious, according to Dr Kim Miller, the manager of threatened species at Healesville sanctuary.

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Sarah Witty v Adam Bandt: how an unlikely Labor champion took down a Greens giant

Melbourne was barely on the ALP’s radar as a seat it could win – but a sparsely funded campaign proved powerful

Labor could hardly be considered a metaphorical David in most federal election contests. But in the progressive seat of Melbourne, where the now-beaten Greens leader Adam Bandt had reigned for 15 years, there are similarities to the oft-told biblical story.

On 28 March, when Anthony Albanese called an election date for May, Melbourne appeared on no one’s list as a battle to watch.

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German government denies rumoured plans to declare state of emergency – Euronews

  1. German government denies rumoured plans to declare state of emergency  Euronews
  2. Germany to reject undocumented migrants at border, interior minister says  Reuters
  3. Germany updates: Merz govt to reject more asylum-seekers  DW
  4. Germany to declare national emergency on immigration  The Telegraph
  5. Berlin denies plans to suspend EU border laws after media reports  Euractiv
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