Europe

Opera legend Andrea Bocelli and tennis world number one Jannik Sinner have released an unexpected musical duet blending sport, song and storytelling.

A Russian missile strike on a nine-story Kyiv building is a sign that more pressure must be applied on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have slammed Israel's strikes on Iran, according to the Kremlin, saying they ‘violated international law’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested Russia could help negotiate a deal to end the conflict between Iran and Israel.

Ukrainian and Russian officials report that Russian forces have launched an Iskander missile targeting northern Ukraine, as hostilities in the region persist.

Anthony Albanese has been called on to help ‘speed up’ negotiations on a potential free trade deal that was first touted in 2018.

Ukraine has called for an emergency meeting with the United Nations Security Council after a Russian strike on Kyiv killed 12 people.

After six tragic deaths, including two Australian teens, families are calling for the Laotian venue to be shut down permanently as it prepares to reopen under a new name.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The EU’s first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space has vowed Europe will be a reliable partner to Australia today and always amid growing uncertainty over the AUKUS agreement.

Ukraine’s military claims to have struck a drone manufacturing facility in Russia’s Tatarstan region, in an attack that, according to local authorities, resulted in one fatality and left 13 others injured.

At least two people have died in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv which sparked fires in a five-storey apartment building.

The death toll from a horrific school shooting in Graz, Austria, has risen as a 10th victim died in hospital following the country’s worst school shooting in modern history. 

A woman who endured one of the most horrific childhoods imaginable has spoken out about growing up with a father who killed and ate her stepmother. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war including the release of young and seriously injured soldiers on both sides.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to press on with prisoner exchanges with Russia amid a dispute over timing between the two sides.