The One Nation senator has joined the opposition in attacking the Australian government’s response to the outbreak of the livestock virus in Indonesia.

Chinese aircraft and warships practised on Saturday for an attack on Taiwan, island officials said, in retaliation for a visit there by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The military-owned body that employed Ou Yang Li-hsing is working to more than double its yearly missile production capacity to close to 500 this year, amid China’s growing military threat.

The conspiracy theorist had already been found guilty last year for defaming the victims’ families while spreading conspiracy theories that Sandy Hook school massacre had been part of a government plot.

US authorities say three people have died after a lightning strike close to the White House.

The backlash from across the political spectrum undermined his campaign’s push to present Sunak as the more electable leader of the Tories.

Earlier this week, the United Nations nuclear watchdog appealed for access to the plant, which Washington says Russia is using as a battlefield shield.

The strikes came a little more than a year after an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in May 2021, which killed at least 250 people in Gaza and 13 in Israel.

US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre $US45.2 million ($65.4m) in punitive damages for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury has decided.

Kelvin Shuo Gao, 41, is in custody in the Thai capital. Xing Liu, 65, was shot in the stomach twice.

As differences in the security outlooks of Canberra and Jakarta are exposed by AUKUS, Indonesia is eager to step up the countries’ underdeveloped trade and investment relationship.

Two people who were hospitalised after a lightning strike near the White House, have died, a police spokesman said on Friday.

The ABF has transported 46 Sri Lankan men home on its largest patrol vessel – the first time people fleeing the bankrupt nation for Australia have been returned by sea and not air.

China’s Foreign Ministry says it is halting cooperation with the US in eight areas after announcing sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her family in retaliation for her visit.

China has launched more missiles toward Taiwan as diplomatic tensions between the country and the US rise.

The jurors will next consider the parents’ request for as much as $US75 million in punitive damages from Jones for claiming the 2012 school massacre didn’t happen.

Alex Jones appears in court for claiming the Sandy Hook school shooting was not true. The case had many unexpected turns.

Brittney Griner’s sentencing could pave the way for a high-profile prisoner swap between Russia and the United States.

Johnson Honimae, the national broadcaster’s chief executive, said the news outlet had taken “critical calls” from the PM’s office but was operating normally.

The decline of more than 5 per cent in household income in Britain would be the worst on record.