Logies 2026: Sam Pang wins gold and Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor at Australia’s TV awards

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Neill won for his performance in legal thriller The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer, at a ceremony dominated by wins for the ABC

Sam Neill has won a posthumous best actor award at Australia’s biggest television awards, the Logies, with comedian Sam Pang taking home the night’s top honour, the Gold Logie award for most popular personality.

Neill, who died in July, won his posthumous Logie for best lead actor in a drama, for his performance in legal thriller The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer. His close friend, the actor Heather Mitchell, accepted the award on his behalf.

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Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns

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Australia’s corporate watchdog says PM is the figure most commonly used in deepfakes to promote phony investment opportunities

There has been a steep rise in scammers luring victims into phony investment opportunities using deepfakes of celebrities and politicians, Australia’s corporate watchdog has warned.

And Anthony Albanese is the figure most commonly co-opted.

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‘She is a hero’: 13-year-old survivor of Michigan shooting rampage called 911

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Girl called police after she was shot four times in shooting spree that left six dead, including gunman

A 13-year-old girl in Michigan survived being shot four times in a shooting spree that left six people dead – including the suspected attacker – and called emergency help herself shortly before investigators identified the gunman, according to a state police official and her family.

Those actions made the teen a “hero”, said a relative of hers as well as two of the dead victims.

The Associated Press contributed

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British drones used in Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia for first time – report – The Independent

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  1. British drones used in Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia for first time - report  The Independent
  2. UK drones used for ‘deep strikes’ in mainland Russia for first time  The Times
  3. UK-made drones strike targets inside Russia  BBC
  4. A Millennial Furniture Designer Is Behind the Drones Battering Russia  WSJ
  5. Ukraine reported to have begun using British drones for long-range strikes on Russia – photo  Українська правда
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‘Absolutely manic’: hot weather puts unprecedented pressure on Greater Manchester police

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Force has seen busiest month in its history, with heatwaves putting added strain on criminal justice system

On England’s hottest day of the year so far, Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester was thronging with pedestrians, many clutching ice-creams or cold drinks as they passed through the town centre.

Officers from Greater Manchester police were also out in force, some in plainclothes, some stationed by a facial-recognition van, apprehending wanted suspects and stopping persons of interest. In total, officers made 54 arrests across the borough of Tameside as part of Operation Avro, GMP’s blitz on local crime which runs in a different district each month.

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Bab el-Mandeb Strait faces growing threat as Houthi attacks raise fears of a second Hormuz – Fox News

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  1. Bab el-Mandeb Strait faces growing threat as Houthi attacks raise fears of a second Hormuz  Fox News
  2. August 15, 2026 — Shipping faces more disruptions in the Middle East  CNN
  3. Houthis reportedly kill six in first deadly attack since start of Iran war  BBC
  4. Politics  The Economist
  5. New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse  Reuters
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Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

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Theft of four works on national holiday described as wound to historical memory and cultural identity of city of Messina

Four of the most important works of art by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen during a national holiday from a museum in the Sicilian port city of Messina.

Thieves gained access to the Regional Museum of Messina, or MuMe, on Saturday evening, possibly capitalising on attention being focused on La Vara, a huge religious festival that takes place in the city on 15 August, when Italy marks the Ferragosto national holiday.

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Houthis launch new attacks on al-Makha and Marib as Yemen conflict escalates – Al Jazeera

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  1. Houthis launch new attacks on al-Makha and Marib as Yemen conflict escalates  Al Jazeera
  2. Yemen's Mocha port halts operations after Houthi attacks, port director says  Reuters
  3. Iran-backed Houthis clash with Yemeni forces and other Mideast developments  AP News
  4. Yemeni Army Says it Carried out 181 Operations against Houthis in 24 Hours  ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English
  5. Houthis launch sixth ballistic missile at Marib city  Middle East Eye
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At least 12 killed as Polish pilgrimage bus overturns in Hungary – politico.eu

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  1. At least 12 killed as Polish pilgrimage bus overturns in Hungary  politico.eu
  2. Twelve killed and at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary  Reuters
  3. Bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashes in Hungary, leaving 12 dead  The Guardian
  4. Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway  BBC
  5. PM Tusk: Poland to Send Emergency Aircraft to Budapest after Coach Crash  ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English
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Murder inquiry opens after death of man bitten by dog in West Yorkshire

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Detectives say 55-year-old man arrested and appeal for anyone who witnessed altercation in Wakefield

Police in West Yorkshire have launched a murder investigation into the death of a man after he was bitten by a dog.

Officers were dispatched to Wakefield just after 1.30pm on Saturday, after receiving reports of an altercation a short time earlier on an old trainline footpath.

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Taliban threaten former Afghan police worker after MoD leak reveals identity

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UK has refused resettlement application despite ‘years of loyal service’ that have resulted in ‘constant fear’ of reprisals

A man has received threats from the Taliban after his work for the Afghan police was revealed by a Ministry of Defence leak and the UK refused his application for resettlement.

Hamid* worked for the Afghan national police special unit and received certificates for his work signed by senior British figures praising his “dedication, unparalleled service and leadership”. His details were also included in an accidental 2022 leak by an MoD official that identified 18,700 Afghans who had worked with or for the British government.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv blows up biggest ‘Russian Amazon’ hub in drone attack – The Independent

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  1. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv blows up biggest ‘Russian Amazon’ hub in drone attack  The Independent
  2. Wildberries Depot Ablaze Near Moscow as Drone Downed in Romania  Bloomberg.com
  3. Video: Apocalyptic Blaze After Massive Drone Attack Hits Moscow Region  NDTV
  4. Wildberries under fire: Why is Ukraine targeting a Russian retail giant?  aljazeera.com
  5. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence reports cyberattack on Wildberries  Українська правда
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UK-made drones strike targets inside Russia – BBC

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  1. UK-made drones strike targets inside Russia  BBC
  2. UK drones used for ‘deep strikes’ in mainland Russia for first time  The Times
  3. How Satellite Advances Are Changing the Game for Ukraine  The New York Times
  4. Ukraine reported to have begun using British drones for long-range strikes on Russia – photo  Українська правда
  5. Inside the nighttime operations of the Ukrainian drone regiment pummelling Moscow  Le Monde.fr
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Florida sets record for sea turtle nests but Trump move could stall recovery

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Loggerhead turtles abound this season but rollback of Endangered Species Act protections could threaten future

Wildlife groups in Florida are celebrating record numbers of sea turtle nests this season, but experts warn Donald Trump’s recent gutting of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could reverse decades of their recovery from the edge of extinction.

With more than two months of the summer nesting season still to run, loggerhead turtles have already laid 13,770 nests, hundreds more than recorded in any previous year, along an 8.5-mile stretch of shoreline monitored by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

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