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Zoe SmithSenior Producer

Zoe Smith is a Network News senior producer and night editor. She has over 20 years of experience in journalism and has worked at digital and print mastheads across Australia and the UK.

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Smoke rises in the sky following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel demands Hamas accept hostage deal or be ‘annihilated’

Israel has threatened Hamas with ‘annihilation’ if the Palestinian militant group refuses to accept a hostage deal as US President Donald Trump announces a ceasefire deal is ‘very close’.

Celebrity Kids

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives with his wife Carrie Johnson as he prepares to deliver a farewell address before his official resignation at Downing Street on September 6, 2022 in London, England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down following the election of Liz Truss, the former foreign secretary, as Conservative Party leader. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson welcomes surprise fourth child

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie have stunned friends by welcoming a new baby — his ninth child — after a secret pregnancy.

UpdatedEntertainment

FILE - Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kardashian ‘grateful’ after robbery verdict reached

A French court has handed down its verdict over the alleged robbing of $15 million worth of jewellery from reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016.

Europe

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Police forensics officers seen near the home of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on May 12, 2025 in London, England. An investigation is underway after a fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning at a property owned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in north London. The doorway to the home was damaged, but no injuries were reported. Starmer and his family currently reside at the prime minister's official residence at Downing Street in central London. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

British PM’s London house ‘firebombed’

Counter-terrorism police are leading an investigation into a “suspicious” fire at British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s house in north London.

EXPLAINEREurope

Passengers wait for their trains at Atocha station in Madrid on April 29, 2025, the day after a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. Electricity was restored to almost all of Spain and Portugal on April 29 morning, allowing a gradual return to normal life in the two countries, which were hit on April 28 by a giant blackout that lasted up to ten or even twenty hours depending on the region. The return of power has enabled rail traffic to be restored on several major routes, including Madrid-Seville and Madrid-Barcelona, according to the national company Renfe. However, traffic remains suspended on several other major routes, as the authorities have given priority to restoring suburban trains. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

Claims green energy to blame for mass blackout sparks row

Spain’s increasing reliance on solar power and wind energy may have exacerbated the power cuts that plunged millions into darkness. Here is what we know.

Europe

Passengers wait before boarding their train at Sants railway station in Barcelona on April 29, 2025, a day after a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. Electricity was restored to almost all of Spain and Portugal on April 29 morning, allowing a gradual return to normal life in the two countries, which were hit on April 28 by a giant blackout that lasted up to ten or even twenty hours depending on the region. The return of power has enabled rail traffic to be restored on several major routes, including Madrid-Seville and Madrid-Barcelona, according to the national company Renfe. However, traffic remains suspended on several other major routes, as the authorities have given priority to restoring suburban trains. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)

Spain, Portugal to investigate cause of massive blackout

Experts are investigating the causes of the unprecedented blackout that disrupted millions of lives, the first mass electrical outage on a grid largely powered by wind and solar energy.

PicturesRoyals

Meghan Markle appears on the Jamie Kern Lima podcast show

‘I’m just so done’: Tearful Meghan’s intimate confession

Meghan Markle has revealed whether she will run for office or write a memoir, and detailed the one thing she is “just so done” with as she lays it all out in a new makeup-free interview.

North America

Captain Rebecca Lobach was pilotinig the helicopter.

Black Hawk pilot ‘ignored instructions’ before crash

Details of a key failure in the final minutes before a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet in Washington DC, killing 67, have been revealed.

Celebrity Life

FILE - Kim Kardashian attends the Cannes Lions 2015, International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France, on June 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

‘Grandpa robbers’ go on trial over Kim K $15m jewellery heist

Ten veteran criminals – some of whom are in their 70s – have gone on trial in Paris over accusations that they carried out a brazen robbery against Kim Kardashian in 2016.

Celebrity Life

Beckham’s next steps to expand $865m empire

From lucrative deals to a new TV series, David Beckham’s brand power is hotter than ever as the soccer legend prepares to turn 50.

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