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Maria Bervanakis is the Morning Digital Editor at News Corp’s Premium National News Network. With more than a decades’ experience at News Corp, she leads a team to produce national and world stories across all masthead titles.

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(FILES) In this file picture, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2023. The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Karim Khan said on May 20, 2024, that he had applied for arrest warrants for alleged war crimes of top Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP)

Netanyahu tells army to step up raids after bus blasts

Benjamin Netanyahu said that IDF forces “will launch additional operational activity against terror centres” after five bombs were placed on buses in different locations in Tel Aviv.

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This image taken from video provided by CTV shows a crane lifting debris of a plane at Toronto Pearson Airport on Wednesday, Feb.19, 2025. (CTV via AP)

Upside down plane crash survivors hire lawyers

Passengers on board a Delta Air Lines plane that crashed and flipped on an icy Toronto runway are set to sue as crews remove the wreckage.

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PIXELATED VERSIONS - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image contains nudity.) L-R, Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

‘She’s had enough’: Kanye West and Bianca Censori ‘split’

Kanye West and his Aussie wife Bianca Censori are said to have split after their Grammys nude stunt and his vile Nazi outburst.

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Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the reopening ceremony of the Paraguayan embassy in Jerusalem in the presence of Paraguay's president, on December 12, 2024. Paraguay had already moved the diplomatic mission in 2018 under President Horacio Cartes but the decision was later overturned by Mario Abdo Benitez when he became president until 2023. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Israel threatens ‘intense fighting’ if hostages aren’t released

Israel has declared the ceasefire with Hamas will end if the militant group failed to release three hostages over the weekend but the militant group said it was committed to the truce agreement.

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‘Strapped in seats’: Shock new detail in plane crash probe

New detail has surfaced about the passengers killed and air traffic control staff involved in a mid-air crash in Washington DC. World famous hero pilot Captain Sully has also revealed his theory. Follow updates.

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content) Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Terror attack’: DC plane crash sparks conspiracy theories

The DC plane crash has spurred conspiracy theories not helped by messages spread by the likes of Donald Trump and billionaire Bill Ackman. This is what we know.

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President Donald Trump, left, watches as Rev. Mariann Budde, second right, arrives at the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump demands apology from ‘nasty’ bishop

US President Donald Trump has let loose on Truth Social after a bishop ripped into him during a church service to mark his inauguration.

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Mark Zuckerberg caught staring at Lauren Sanchez.

Zuckerberg caught in second exchange with Sanchez

An online betting platform has cheekily weighed in on the future of Mark Zuckerberg’s marriage following his latest exchange with Lauren Sanchez, future wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

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US President Donald Trump greets Relatives of Israeli hostages of Hamas during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

‘Get them out’: Families of Hamas hostages take stage with Trump

The families of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas have appeared on stage with US President Donald Trump during his inauguration parade. Follow updates.

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A handout photo taken on December 21, 2024 and received from the Australian Department Foreign Affairs and Trade shows relief goods being loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III bound for Vanuatu from RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Rescuers say they have expanded a search for trapped survivors in quake-rocked Vanuatu to

More Aussies arrive home as second earthquake hits Vanuatu

Two RAAF flights delivered humanitarian supplies to Vanuatu and brought Aussies home this weekend, as another major earthquake hit the battered island.

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