‘A lot of pride and joy’: the First Nations team representing Australia at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

These seven architects hope to show First Nations design and connection to Country at the world’s most prestigious architecture exhibition

Australia’s participation in next year’s Venice Biennale remains under a cloud. With Creative Australia holding fast to its decision to cancel its commission of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the Australian Pavilion might remain dark in 2026.

It is an added weight for the First Nations team who have unveiled their new creation inside the pavilion as part of Venice’s other biennale: the Venice Biennale of Architecture, held every other year in the Giardini.

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Trump press secretary caught in another bald-faced lie that even MAGA doesn’t believe – NJ.com

  1. Trump press secretary caught in another bald-faced lie that even MAGA doesn’t believe  NJ.com
  2. WATCH: White House weighs in on why Trump plans to attend memecoin dinner  PBS
  3. Karoline Leavitt Snaps When Asked About Trump Profiting Off Presidency  The New Republic
  4. Watch live: White House holds briefing amid trade, Ukraine talks  The Hill
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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’

Hundreds of leading figures and organisations in the UK’s creative industries, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company, have urged the prime minister to protect artists’ copyright and not “give our work away” at the behest of big tech.

In an open letter to Keir Starmer, a host of major artists claim creatives’ livelihoods are under threat as wrangling continues over a government plan to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission.

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Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht

Dutchman, 39, had been working underwater in Sicily during operations to raise British tech tycoon’s vessel

A diver who was working on preliminary operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht, Bayesian, has died during underwater work in Sicily.

The 39-year-old Dutch diver died on Friday while working underwater in preparation to cut the ship’s mainmast.

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After two years of civil war, Sudan’s capital is a shell of its former self – NPR

  1. After two years of civil war, Sudan's capital is a shell of its former self  NPR
  2. Sudan Is Being Ravaged by a Civil War the World Has Overlooked  Bloomberg.com
  3. Military Rule Is Not the Answer to Sudan’s Conflict  foreignpolicy.com
  4. UN experts call for international action following attacks on refugee camps in Sudan  JURIST Legal News
  5. World News in Brief: ‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief  UN News
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US Air Force’s massive 53-aircraft runway exercise ‘sends a message you can’t ignore’ to rivals like China – Business Insider

  1. US Air Force's massive 53-aircraft runway exercise 'sends a message you can't ignore' to rivals like China  Business Insider
  2. Beverly Herd 25-2: Kadena AB demonstrates Indo-Pacific readiness with joint elephant walk  af.mil
  3. US Stages Massive Show of Force at Frontline Base in Pacific  Newsweek
  4. US Air Force and Navy parade dozens of warplanes in Pacific 'elephant walk'  USA Today
  5. Kadena Sends ‘Message You Can’t Ignore’ with Huge Elephant Walk  Air & Space Forces Magazine
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war

The former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”.

Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough.

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Leaders of UK, France, Germany and Poland to visit Ukraine in joint show of support

Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk to make symbolic visit day after Putin parade

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland are due in Kyiv on Saturday for a symbolic visit to Ukraine, a day after Vladimir Putin hosted a set-piece military parade on Red Square. The visit comes as the US warned of intelligence about a big impending air attack on Ukraine.

Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk are expected to arrive in Kyiv early on Saturday and will meet the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a show of support for Ukraine, Downing Street said in a statement issued late on Friday.

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