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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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LIVE: Israel at warWorld

This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him during a gathering of Iranian top scientific talents in Tehran on October 2, 2024. Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel late on October 1, 2024 in what it said was in response to Israel's killing last week of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, as well as the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran bombing in July widely blamed on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Iran’s supreme leader denounces Israel in rare sermon

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defended his military’s missile attack against ‘our enemy’ Israel as he led Friday prayers for the first time in five years | FOLLOW LIVE

Agencies, Liam Mendes, Anne Barrowclough and Jack Quail

LIVE: Israel at warUS Politics

IDF footage of strikes on Hezbollah terrorists and structures in Lebanon.

IDF announces death of head of Hamas government in Gaza Strip

Senior Hamas operative Rawhi Mushtaha and other senior officials were killed in an Israeli airstrike three months ago as drone footage released by Israel Defence Forces show their overnight bombardment on Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.

Anne Barrowclough and Liam Mendes

Vance vs Walz debateUS Politics

JD Vance and Tim Walz go head to head today.

Walz pushes Harris’s ‘joy,’ Vance speaks for ‘rights for all’ in civil debate

Wrapping up the debate, Tim Walz pushed Kamala Harris’s ‘coalition of joy’ while JD Vance spoke of his vision of basic rights for rich and poor Americans in a debate where they refrained from personal attacks.

Adam Creighton and Anne Barrowclough

LIVE: Israel at warUS Politics

Israel has launched strikes on Beirut and Damascus as its ground war against Hezbollah begins.

IDF: Hezbollah ‘turned villages into military bases’ for October 7-style attack

An IDF spokesman says Hezbollah planned to invade Israel and use Lebanese towns as ‘staging grounds for an October 7-style invasion’. Hezbollah says it has fired missiles at a military base and Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Liam Mendes and Anne Barrowclough

israel at warWorld

Israel has targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an aggressive strike on Beirut.

‘We settled the score’: Netanyahu says as Hezbollah chief is killed

Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israelis he ordered the killing of Hassan Nasrallah in massive air strikes in Beirut to enable the safe return of Israel’s northern residents, and warns Iran: ‘There’s nowhere beyond our reach.’

Anne Barrowclough and Jacquelin Magnay

INQUIRERInquirer

Inside Harrods’ house of horror

Mohamed al-Fayed hoped his son Dodi’s relationship with Princess Diana meant he would finally be accepted by British society. But even as he plotted his way into the Royal Family, the Egyptian tycoon was abusing and raping girls as young as 15.

Anne Barrowclough

war on two frontsWorld

Lebanese army soldiers secure the area of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment on al-Qaem street in Beirutâs southern suburbs on September 26, 2024. Israel flatly rejected on September 26 a push led by key backer the United States for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, as it vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants

Netanyahu ‘shares aim of US-led peace initiative’

Benjamin Netanyahu blamed claims he rejected a US-led push for ceasefire with Hezbollah on ‘misreporting’, as officials say his denial of the truce had ‘shattered’ relations with Washington.

Anne Barrowclough and Jacquelin Magnay

israel at warThe Wall Street Journal

This undated image released by the IDF on September 23, 2024, purportedly show a Hezbollah missile system in the attic of a home in the southern Lebanon village of Houmine al-Tahta. Picture: Israel Defense Forces

‘Missiles hidden in attics’: IDF targets Hezbollah arsenals in civilian homes

The Israeli military publishes evidence of Hezbollah weapons hidden in Lebanese homes, as 1600 strikes by the IDF kill nearly 500 people in the deadliest day of conflict since the 2006 war

Jacquelin Magnay and Anne Barrowclough

inside storyWorld

A sophisticated attack targeting pager devices used by Hezbollah left at least 3,000 wounded, 16 killed, and a death toll expected to rise. Shocking videos showed the moment of the blasts and hundreds of wounded lying in the streets of Beirut. Picture: Telegram/ X

Low tech pagers turned into ticking time-bombs: how the Hezbollah attacks unfolded

At 3.30pm on Tuesday, thousands of Hezbollah members were carrying out mundane chores when their pagers started ringing, simultaneously, across the country. Seconds later they exploded.

Anne Barrowclough

Trump vs HarrisUS Politics

Call for return match as fiery debate ends with accusations but no handshake

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed over immigration, abortion and Ukraine but both rivals were sharp and engaged throughout; Harris’ campaign chair calls for second debate.

Anne Barrowclough and Greg Sheridan

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