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Jacquelin Magnay is the Europe Correspondent for The Australian, based in London and covering all manner of big stories across political, business, Royals and security issues. She is a George Munster and Walkley Award winning journalist with senior media roles in Australian and British newspapers. Before joining The Australian in 2013 she was the UK Telegraph’s Olympics Editor.

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It’s just not cricketCricket

27-06-2023 - Pat Cummins and High Commissioner Stephen Smith pictured at a reception for the Australian cricket team at Australia House in London.

Australia House backs down on press ‘ban’ from London Test fest

The government has executed a triple twisting backward somersault to allow Australian media to report on a high profile champagne function at Australia House in London.

Jacquelin Magnay

Inside storyWorld

How Kyiv’s spy thriller plot to destroy Russia’s air fleet evolved

In deepest Siberia the Russian driver parked his container truck in a truck lay-by as he had been instructed and waited for a rendezvous. What came next appalled him.

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spy thrillerWorld

The clandestine operation destroyed Russia's fleet of bombers. Picture; X.

Unsuspecting Russians drove drones to airfields – then the swarms were released

In an audacious plot personally overseen by Volodymyr Zelensky, hundreds of drones were hidden in containers to attack scores of planes deep in Russia, after being trained by AI to target their fuel tanks.

Jacquelin Magnay

new rulesSport

Algeria's Imane Khelif poses after defeating China's Yang Liu to win gold in their women's 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Olympic boxer banned from the ring until passing sex test

In a fresh development, female boxers will only be allowed to compete after passing a sex test confirming that they have XX chromosomes.

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grievous bodily harmWorld

Paul Doyle, 53, has been charged with malicious wounding with intent and numerous other offences.

First photo: Former marine charged over Liverpool parade crash

Paul Doyle injured 79 people – the youngest aged nine – when his car allegedly rammed into football fans on Monday.

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Kremlin Red-FacedWorld

Millions of highly sensitive documents detailing Russia’s nuclear weapons plants have been uncovered in a public database by international journalists.

Putin’s nuclear secrets revealed in massive security leak of 2 million documents

Russia has spent billions reinforcing two nuclear bases but the construction and planning, from Putin’s most advanced nuclear weapons to toilet plumbing, has been uncovered in a public data base.

Jacquelin Magnay

hundreds of victimsWorld

(FILES) This court sketch created on May 23, 2025, shows the defendant, French retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec listening during a hearing in his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault of 299 former patients, at the courthouse of Vannes, western france, on May 23, 2025. A French court on May 28, 2025 gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades. (Photo by Benoit PEYRUCQ / AFP)

The ‘atom bomb’ of pedophilia has just been jailed for 20 years

Surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec insisted on examining his young patients without their parents. He’s just been revealed as France’s worst mass pedophile.

Jacquelin Magnay

analysisWorld

Police officers cover with an inflatable tent, behind a firefighter vehicle, the tents delimiting the scene of an incident in Water Street, on the sidelines of an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England on May 26, 2025. A car collided with a number of pedestrians in Liverpool, northern England, on May 26 evening during Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade, police said. Police said they were contacted shortly after 6pm (1700 GMT) âfollowing reports of a collision between a car and a number of pedestriansâ in the city centre. One man has been arrested, according to the police, who did not say whether there were any casualties. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Identity crisis – behind the UK police’s ‘white call’

Within hours of a car mowing down dozens of jubilant Liverpool football fans, police announced they had arrested a 53-year-old white man from the area. It was designed to send a clear message.

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The car is surrounded by policd and football fans.

‘Horror’: Children among 47 injured as car rams Liverpool football parade crowd

Police said the incident, in which a people carrier accelerated through a crowd of football fans, was not being treated as terror-related after they arrested the 53-year-old white British driver.

Jacquelin Magnay

Rugby LeagueSport

LEEDS, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: Jack Campagnolo of London Broncos celebrates scoring his team's second try with teammate Ethan Natoli during the Betfred Super League match between Hull FC and London Broncos at Elland Road on August 17, 2024 in Leeds, England. This match forms part of the 17th Super League Magic Weekend. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

London Broncos chase funds to make code ‘global’ force

A revitalised London Broncos rugby league team is looking to Australia for investment and a strong club link to establish itself as a global capital of the game. But first it has to start winning.

Jacquelin Magnay

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