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Benedict BrookUS correspondent

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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Tragic reports are emerging of the first fatalities caused by Hurricane Milton, with a retirement village reportedly being hit.

Death toll rises, rescue missions underway

Tragic reports are emerging of the first fatalities caused by Hurricane Milton, as bizarre theories emerge online.

UpdatedMiddle East

Israel-Iran-Hezbollah conflict updates: Israel military official says ‘preparing response’ to Iran attack

Israel insider confirms major Iran response

An Israeli official has anonymously confirmed the military is “preparing a response” to the Iranian missile barrage that targeted Israel earlier this week.

A resident stares at the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the neighbourhood of Mreijeh in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 4, 2024. A source close to Hezbollah said Israel had conducted 11 consecutive strikes on the group's south Beirut stronghold late on October 3, in one of the most violent raids since Israel intensified its bombardment campaign last week. (Photo by AFP)

Hospitals in Lebanon release grim statement

Hospitals in Lebanon have released a grim statement following another heavy night of Israeli air strikes.

(FILES) Hamas leaders Rawhi Mushtaha (C) and Khalil Al-Hayya (R) walk outside the VIP hall at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on March 15, 2021. The Israeli military said on October 3, 2024, that a strike three months ago killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, including Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, where the army has been battling the Palestinian militants for nearly a year. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

‘Eliminated’: Hamas leader killed in airstrike

Israel says it has killed senior Hamas leader Rawhi Mushtaha who was the “right hand man” to the mastermind behind the October 7 attacks.

TOPSHOT - US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz talk with each other at the end of the Vice Presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Who won the vice presidential debate

Both candidates scored blows during the last debate before election day and now the verdict is in on whether JD Vance or Tim Walz was victorious.

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 1, 2024 shows US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speaking during the Vice Presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

‘Not true’: Debate erupts over ‘eating cats’

The false claims that immigrants were eating cats and dogs has roared back into life in a tetchy exchange during the view presidential debate.

Harris camp worried about how Tim Walz will perform against JD Vance in vice presidential debate.

‘He’s dangerous’: Harris camp in panic mode

One of the most pivotal moments of the US election campaign is occuring and all is not well in the Kamala Harris campaign.

Terror attack kills several people at Israel rail station

Chilling pics of gunmen after massacre

At least six people have died at a Tel Aviv light rail station after two gunman opened fire just as Iran attacked Israel.

A picture taken from northern Israel, along the border with southern Lebanon, on September 30, 2024 shows a fire following Israeli bombardment on an area of south Lebanon. A Lebanese security official said Israel had conducted at least six strikes on south Beirut in the night from Monday to Tuesday, after Israel's army called on residents in the Hezbollah stronghold to evacuate. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Iran ‘preparing imminent strike on Israel’

Iran is “preparing an imminent strike on Israel”, according to a US official. Any attack will have “severe consequences”, they added.

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Radio hosts come to ABC star’s defence

‘A**wipe’: Kyle, Jackie O on ABC star’s scandal

Kyle and Jackie O has come to ABC star Tony Armstrong’s defence after it was revealed he didn’t ask his network before taking up a new side gig.

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