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Megan PalinSenior Journalist

Megan Palin is an award-winning Australian journalist and US Correspondent based in New York. She has covered stories ranging from the 2020 US presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic to the Harvey Weinstein trial and the Lindt Cafe siege Inquest. Megan was highly commended as Journalist of the Year at the national Mumbrella Publish Awards for leading investigations into Australian Federal Police suicides; human trafficking in the US; and for an expose on a serial rapist. She also won a News Feature Writer of the Year award and was a national finalist for Outstanding News reporting.

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Palestinian Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostages (L-R) Ohad Ben Ami, Or Levy and Eli Sharabi on a stage before handing them over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025, as part of the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange of a fragile ceasefire. The swap comes after US President Donald Trump proposed clearing out the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants and for the United States to take over the Palestinian territory -- a plan that has sparked global uproar and been rejected by Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Israeli hostages released in bizarre parade

Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire.

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Tragic detail after young girl killed in another US crash

Tragic detail as little girl dies in plane crash

New details have been revealed about a young girl who was travelling in a plane which crashed in the US, killing everybody on board and one person on the ground.

Sources close to one of the world’s most feared terrorist groups have claimed they will openly refuse a demand made by the Trump administration.

Tensions soar in Trump’s terrorist stand-off

Sources close to one of the world’s most feared terrorist groups have claimed they will openly refuse a demand made by the Trump administration.

Stephen A. Smith and Bill Maher discussing the presidential election.

‘Feel like a fool’: Kamala fan’s regret

A prominent voice in the US media who supported Kamala Haris in the election campaign has admitted to some less than flattering thoughts.

‘Rug pull’: Wild $TRUMP coin shifts

‘Griftpocalypse’: Trump crypto plummets

Donald Trump’s meme coin, $TRUMP, surged overnight but has pulled back considerably with some calling it a ‘rug pull’.

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Inside Hamas’ sick goodie bags to hostages

The three Israeli hostages were presented with “gift bags” by Hamas before their release – in what the survivors described as a “cynical game”.

TOPSHOT - This satellite image taken and released by Maxar Technologies on January 11, 2025 shows an overview of the Palisades Fire as it continues to burn in the mountains north of Santa Monica, California, with the Encino Reservoir in the distance (L). The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a "war scene." (Photo by Satellite image Â©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ SATELLITE IMAGE Â©2025 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - THE WATERMARK MAY NOT BE REMOVED/CROPPED

‘Idiots’: Shock cause of deadly LA fire

The Palisades Fire that has devastated LA and killed at least eight people may have started in an infuriating way, according to new information.

Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Chaos in LA as thousands flee blaze

The Palisades Fire is experiencing a flare-up that is threatening more communities, and there’s been a warning things are only getting worse.

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Tragic detail about LA fire victim revealed

The family of one of the victims of the LA wildfires has revealed a a tragic detail about how he was discovered.

Harry and Meghan are at risk of evacuation as fire engulfs California.

Harry, Meghan face evacuation in horror fires

The royal couple and their kids could soon be forced to flee their $22 million home as deadly fires ravage the LA area.

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