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Anne Barrowclough is a senior digital journalist for The Australian. She spent most of her career as a journalist on Fleet St, primarily for the London Times, where she was a feature writer, Features Editor and News Editor. Before joining the Australian, she was South-East Asia editor for The Times, covering major events in the region including both natural and political tsunamis and earthquakes.

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Devastating blowWorld

Mohammed Sinwar was in a tunnel network hit y a massive Israeli air strike last week.

‘Sinwar was eliminated’: Israel Defence Minister

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says ‘according to all indications’ Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’s brutal leader in Gaza, was killed in massive Israeli air strikes on his underground bunker last week.

Anne Barrowclough

Pope’s deathThe World

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 23: The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Basilica St Peter on April 23, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. On the third day since the death of Pope Francis was announced by the Vatican, his body is transferred from the Chapel of Santa Marta to the Basilica St Peter. He will lie in state in a simple wooden coffin until his funeral, which will be held on Saturday, 26th April 2025. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Pope Francis lies in state in St Peter’s Basilica

Tens of thousands of mourners are lining up to pay their respects to the Argentine pontiff at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral on Saturday, following a solemn procession to transfer his coffin to the basilica.

Anne Barrowclough and Jacquelin Magnay

pope francisWorld

This photograph shows the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica (Basilica of Saint Mary Major) following the death of Pope Francis, in Rome on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on April 21, 2025 aged 88. Francis's desire to chart a different path was evident right to the end, with his decision to be buried not in St Peter's Basilica but in Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore basilica. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Pope’s last request: a ‘no-frills burial’

Pope Francis, who died of a stroke and heart failure, has asked for his body laid to rest in one of his favourite places in Rome – the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major.

Anne Barrowclough

Pope Francis diesThe World

Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, and Master of Ceremonies Lubomir Welnitz. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

Vatican recounts Pope Francis’ final hours

The first so-called ‘general congregation’ following Francis’s death, which signals the start of a centuries-old tradition, has determined that public viewing of the pontiff will begin on Wednesday in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of Saturday’s funeral.

Jacquelin Magnay and Anne Barrowclough

‘second philadelphi corridor’World

People commute along the al-Rashid road, the only route linking the northern and southern parts of the Palestinian territory, on April 2, 2025. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on April 2 that the military was

Hamas quietly cuts thousands from its casualty war figures

Hamas’s March 2025 casualty update has dropped 3,400 fully ‘identified’ deaths, listed in its 2024 reports – including 1,080 children – according to the non-profit group Honest Reporting.

Anne Barrowclough and agencies

’israel’s to blame’World

Palestinians chant slogans during an anti-war protest and against Hamas in a rare show of public anger against the militant group that rules the territory, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Al-Jazeera, Palestinian media turn blind eye to Gaza protests

As thousands of Palestinians took to the Gazan streets in anti-Hamas protests, many asked: ‘Where are you, Al Jazeera?’. The news outlet has remained almost silent on the rallies.

Anne Barrowclough

propagandaWorld

Daniella Gilboa in a Hamas propaganda video in July 2024.

Hamas ‘forced hostage to film fake video of her death’

In a cruel display of Hamas’s propaganda tactics, the group released a fake video of Daniella Gilboa’s ‘dead’ body, claiming she’d been killed in an IDF strike

Anne Barrowclough

israel ceasefireWorld

This handout picture released by the Israeli army shows freed Israeli hostage Agam Berger (R) being welcome by an Israeli soldier near a vehicle from the International Red Cross, after her release by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on January 30, 2025, in Israel. Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over Israeli woman soldier Agam Berger January 30, as the third hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire got under way. (Photo by Israel Army / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Hostages’ selfless courage glowed despite starvation and cruelty

The three Israeli hostages freed on Thursday amid scenes of chaos have revealed the ‘horror’ of their captivity, amid stories of extraordinary courage and selflessness in the face of Hamas cruelty.

Anne Barrowclough

freedom beckonsWorld

Toddler, Americans to be among first freed hostages

Little Kfir Bibas and his five-year-old brother are the last children left in Hamas captivity, while an American shot trying to defend his family on October 7 will also be among the first 33 prisoners to be freed.

Anne Barrowclough

police tragedyWorld

Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming died after a car rammed into her and her colleage on New Year's Day. Picture: NZ Police.

NZ policewoman dies in New Year car ramming

Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming was killed and her colleague critically injured after a car drove at them at high speed in the city of Nelson.

Anne Barrowclough

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