Today
Rio angers both sexes; Zelensky ups stakes; Fewer Chinese house buyers
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Explainer
- Russia-Ukraine war
Five scenarios that could trigger Putin to launch a nuclear attack
The Kremlin has revised its nuclear policy. Does that make the use of atomic weapons more likely?
- AP
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
‘We’re going to use all of it’. Zelensky ups stakes against Russia
As the conflict entered its 1000th day, Ukraine struck a base within Russia. The US shrugged at Russia’s latest threat to use nuclear weapons.
- Updated
- Kieran Daniel and Daniel Hardaker
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s demolition of the US state
You measure a leader by his actions not by his heart. To judge from what Trump has done within a fortnight of winning the presidency, his path is destruction.
- Edward Luce
Chinese vessel spotted where Baltic Sea cables were severed
A Chinese-registered vessel on its way from the Russian port of Ust-Luga to Port Said in Egypt passed close to both the cables around the time each was cut.
- Richard Milne and Oliver Telling
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
US strike go-ahead limited, but hopes alive in Ukraine
Though restricted for now, America’s qualified long-strike approval could herald a broader relaxation.
- Updated
- Jack Wright
Yesterday
G20 stumbles on billionaire tax, climate and war
The Group of 20 Leaders’ summit is on track to fall well short of its stated goals this year – again.
- Phillip Coorey
This Month
Student caps row; Alan Jones arrested; Markets ‘dangerously bullish’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Updated
- Trump's White House
Trump taps China hawks in Beijing’s ‘nightmare come true’
The president-elect is set to choose Marco Rubio as his top US diplomat while Representative Mike Waltz is expected to be his new national security adviser.
- Updated
- Nancy Cook
Trump tells Putin not to escalate in Ukraine
The phone call, which has not been previously reported, comes amid general uncertainty about how the new administration will reset the diplomatic chessboard.
- Updated
- Ellen Nakashima, John Hudson and Josh Dawsey
Russian, North Korean troops mass ahead of Ukraine attack, says US
New analysis concludes that the force has been gathered without pulling soldiers out of Ukraine’s east, allowing Moscow to press on multiple fronts.
- Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz
How Trump’s win could reshape the world’s biggest war zones
“I’m going to stop wars,” the president-elect said in his victory speech. In Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East, reactions ranged from wary optimism to a truculent shrug.
- Hans van Leeuwen
As Russia advances, US fears Ukraine has entered a grim phase
US government analysts concluded months ago that Russia was unlikely to make significant gains in Ukraine. But that assessment has proved wrong.
- Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Kim Barker
October
Ukraine and Russia in talks about halting strikes on energy plants
An agreement would mark the most significant de-escalation of the war since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
- Max Seddon, Christopher Miller and Andrew England
BRICS alliance takes on global payments system
The group of developing nations is attempting to challenge the SWIFT international payments messaging system by setting up its own sanctions-proof one.
- Jessica Sier
Xi Jinping tightens stranglehold on China’s academia
Scholars have been fired or ‘disappeared’ as Beijing clamps down on discussion of sensitive topics, including the economy.
- Joe Leahy, Sun Yu and Kana Inagaki
IMF, World Bank meetings clouded by wars, economy, US election
The elephant in the room will be the potential for an election victory by Donald Trump to upend the international economic system with massive new US tariffs.
- Updated
- David Lawder
North Korean troops could turn Ukraine into ‘world war’, Zelensky says
The leaders of Ukraine and NATO welcomed Australia’s gift of tanks, as a ministerial summit fretted about Chinese and North Korean involvement.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Japan’s China paradox has lessons for Australia
Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, wants a more equal relationship with the US. That could spell trouble as Tokyo confronts the “deep threat” from China.
- James Curran
Zelensky calls for urgent NATO membership
The Ukrainian leader revealed his “victory plan” that would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to “see that his geopolitical calculations are doomed”.
- Siobhán O'Grady and Kostiantyn Khudov