United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy traded barbs after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel amid Moscow’s continued strikes on Ukraine. Trump announced Saturday he had called Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to allow Moscow to release large amounts of diesel onto global markets. Ukraine, along with allies...
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Deadly strike on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport | Trump calls for Ukraine elections
US President Donald Trump has left the door open to joining Saudi strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen. For a third time this week Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport has come under a major attack. The Saudi-led coalition is putting the blame on the Iran-aligned group which has yet to comment on this latest strike....
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Another missile attack on Riyadh airport | Morning News Bulletin 12 October 2026
** Saudi Arabia’s main airport, attacked again… ** An Australian man found dead in Peruvian Andes… And in sport ** Joy for Brodie Kostecki, crowned winner at the Bathurst 1000 SBS News is Australia’s trusted news source for the latest news from Australia and across the world. Subscribe to the SBS News YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SBSNews...
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‘I could say the stupidest things and you’d clap’: Trump tells supporters
Speaking to supporters at a rally in Tennessee, US President Donald Trump said he could feel the “love” his audience had for him, adding: “I could say the stupidest things and you’d clap”. Trump made the comments while addressing supporters at F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville as the Republican Party intensifies its campaign push ahead...
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British PM confirms Russian state-sponsored interference in Brexit
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said in a recent interview with The Rest Is Politics podcast that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Moscow-backed efforts to influence their politics. Burnham, who took over as Britain’s leader in July and said last month that Britain could...
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Russian drones hit Ukraine power station after ‘energy ceasefire’ | SBS speaks to Estonia diplomat
Hours after US President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement of what he’s calling an “energy ceasefire” between Kyiv and Moscow, Russian drones have struck a power station near Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv. Russia is yet to comment on Donald Trump’s ceasefire declaration, and the Ukrainian president said it was all ‘news to him’. However, Volodymyr...
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Greens call for block on US execution livestream
The federal government says online platforms have a responsibility to ensure Australians are not confronted with deeply distressing content. As parliament returns this week, there’s been widespread concern about plans by the US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, to live stream the execution of an American army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at a Texas...
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Australia’s largest First Nations crisis shelter closes
After months of protests, Australia’s largest crisis accommodation facility for First Nations people has officially closed The NT government is moving residents at the YiSSA complex out of Darwin to a new, smaller centre around 100km away in the regional town of Batchelor — a move that has been widely condemned by community and federal...
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Nepal flash flood wipes out houses and bridges in Gorkha region
Nepal has been struck by another major flash flood, this time along the banks of the Budhi Gandaki River in the Gorkha region. The flood wiped out entire neighbourhoods, bridges and damaged a hydropower station. At least five people remain missing. The country is on high alert after a catastrophic flood in August that killed...
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Invasive fire ants detected at Sydney warehouse
Australian authorities are on high alert for the spread of one of the world’s worst invasive species. A red fire ant nest has been detected at a Sydney warehouse facility and there are fears they’ve spread beyond the site. SBS News is Australia’s trusted news source for the latest news from Australia and across the...