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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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Supreme Court falloutWorld

Chelsea's Australian striker Sam Kerr (R) shoots and scores past Manchester United's English goalkeeper Mary Earps during the English Women's FA Cup final football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in London on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Transgender women banned from more British sports

A slew of major sports in Britain have abruptly changed their policies and banned biological men from women’s competitions.

Jacquelin Magnay

‘rebellious hope’World

RAVENNA, ITALY - APRIL 10: Queen Camilla and King Charles III visit a market in the Piazza del Popolo, the heart of Ravenna, during day four of King Charles III and Queen Camilla's State visit to The Republic of Italy on April 10, 2025 in Ravenna, Italy. Their Majesties will meet local farmers, whose land and crops have been severely affected by devastating floods which have hit the Ravenna region in recent years. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

‘Rebellious hope’: How King survives ‘frightening’ cancer

King Charles has told a Buckingham Palace reception his cancer diagnosis in early 2024 had taught him to ‘find a life worth living, take risks and love deeply.’

Jacquelin Magnay

ConclaveWorld

TOPSHOT - Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, gives a press conference at the patriarchate headquarters in the old city of Jerusalem on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

A patriarch for troubled times

As the cardinals prepare for the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, Pierbattista Pizzaballa has emerged as a contender who has long straddled the tensions of the Middle East.

Jacquelin Magnay

mass power cutWorld

People enjoy music played by street artists at Rua Augusta after the lights were restored following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Lisbon on April 28, 2025. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said today authorities were not ruling out any cause for the widespread blackout across the Iberian pensisula.

Solar power surge: renewables in spotlight after Spain, Portugal blackout

Spain has been on a 20-year-long mission to net zero; four days before the blackout that caused complete chaos across the Iberian peninsula, the country celebrated its first day of 100 per cent renewables.

Jacquelin Magnay

Farewell FrancisLife

TOPSHOT - Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in the Vatican, on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Who will fill the Vatican void?

An eerie, empty atmosphere lingered over St Peter’s Square after Pope Francis’ funeral as Catholics ponder the imminent conclave and ‘what’s next?’ for the church

Jacquelin Magnay

NEW APPROACHWorld

TOPSHOT - In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service in Kyiv on April 26, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) meets with US President Donald Trump (L) on the sidelines of Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘He’s tapping me along’: Trump turns on Putin after Zelensky meeting

US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal, shortly after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the hush of St Peter’s Basilica before Pope Francis’s funeral.

Jacquelin Magnay

final goodbyeWorld

The coffin of Pope Francis is carried in front of dignitaries, including President Donald Trump, center, and French President Emmanuel Macron, during his funeral in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

‘He touched minds and hearts’: Pope Francis farewelled

Mourners were told of Pope’s call to ‘build bridges, not walls’ as Trump and Zelensky met inside St Peter’s Basilica.

Jacquelin Magnay

Pope Francis funeralThe World

Clergy and the faithful arrive ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Francis remember with love, tears, applause by crowd of 250,000

Pope Francis’s coffin has arrived at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica for burial after a moving funeral, before which Donald Trump met Volodymyr Zelensky in the Vatican.

Jacquelin Magnay and Lydia Lynch

seating planWorld

Pope Francis's coffin is closed after his lying in state. Picture Jacquelin Magnay

Funeral protocol: Where Trump, Mostyn and Queen Mary will sit

Donald Trump will be seated far from Volodymyr Zelensky, Prince William is further back than Governor-General Sam Mostyn and Queen Mary of Denmark will be in the front row at Pope Francis’s funeral.

Jacquelin Magnay

‘sacred moment’World

Australian-based cardinal Mykola Bychok in Rome as he prepares to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. Picture: Sophie Elsworth.

‘What do I do?’ Cardinal’s dilemma after Pope Francis died

Australia’s Cardinal Mykola Bychok was 20 minutes into a flight from Melbourne to Jerusalem on Easter Monday when he found out, to his shock, that Pope Francis had died.

Jacquelin Magnay

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