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One Nation leader posts network’s proposal to travel to UK to explore what Australia faces ‘if we don’t take back control of who comes to our country’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Seven producer urged Pauline Hanson to travel to Britain to meet Nigel Farage and film a Spotlight special highlighting so-called “uncontrolled immigration”, according to a pitch posted to social media by the One Nation leader.The pitch also suggested that Seven might cover some of the travel costs for the One Nation leader and her team and that the program wanted the Reform UK leader to “invite Ms Hanson to Britain”. Continue reading...

• The US military confirmed a service member was killed in Iraq during a "controlled detonation" of a downed Iranian drone. • This marks the third confirmed troop death following a new round of airstrikes intended to "swiftly punish" Iran for its actions. • A separate attack targeted electricity generation units, forcing the ministry to trigger emergency plans to stabilize the power grid.

• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) drafted a press release claiming thousands of non-citizens are registered to vote in California, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. • The document was circulated internally prior to a planned prime-time speech by Donald Trump, who promised to reveal significant news regarding election security. • DHS has not provided evidence of actual illegal voting, nor has it explained the methodology or data sources used to reach these findings.

FDA notice warns of ‘potential foreign material’ as recall covers two types of frozen bread roll doughGeneral Mills is recalling nearly 736,000 Pillsbury bread rolls over concerns they could contain glass, according to a notice issued by the US Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.The recall covers two frozen bread roll products: 3,080 cases of Hard Roll Dough, with 180 rolls in each case, totaling 554,400 rolls, and 1,260 cases of Kaiser Roll Dough with 144 rolls per case, totaling 181,440 rolls. The FDA notice states the products may contain “potential foreign material (glass)”. Continue reading...

• Jay Clayton appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing to become the director of national intelligence. • The hearing follows a 28-day delay after President Donald Trump abruptly ordered Clayton not to appear during his originally scheduled June hearing. • During the tense proceedings, Clayton defended the government's use of subpoenas against journalists to obtain information.

Funds released from escrow account after Trump’s efforts to block sexual abuse and defamation award failA Manhattan federal court has released more than $5.6m that Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him, records reveal. The disbursement, made public in a 14 July entry on Carroll’s case docket, indicates that the funds were released by a court-held account on 9 July – one day after judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release of this money. Trump has denied wrongdoing. “Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E Jean Carroll. Today, we are pleased to report that she has received the damages payment the jury awarded her as a result of that verdict,” Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s lead lawyer, said in a statement. Trump has fought the release of this money since June 2023 – after the supreme court on 29 June denied his request to hear his appeal.Carroll’s legal team promptly requested the judge to order the release of these funds following the supreme court’s decision. Trump’s legal team asked for more time to provide a response to Roberta Kaplan’s request, which the judge denied. Both Carroll and Trump’s lawyers had agreed that he could deposit the jury award with the court’s registry investment system (Cris) while he pursued his appeals. Cris in effect functions as an escrow agent for funds awarded in litigation if legal processes continue after a judgment. As such, if a defendant’s appeals efforts fail, this money is available to the victor. Because a defendant does not have this money in their possession, they cannot withhold these funds with financial or legal tactics. When they agreed to the Cris arrangement, both Carroll and Trump’s lawyers also agreed that the money should be released upon certain legal developments, including a supreme court refusal to hear his appeal. Before the supreme court’s rejection, Trump had mounted multiple unsuccessful appeals. Trump’s team insisted in court filings that Carroll’s team misinterpreted this provision and said that the money should remain in Cris since he was asking the supreme court to reconsider. In a separate 2024 trial, a separate Manhattan federal court jury awarded Carroll $83.3m for defamatory comments Trump made about her while he was president. The two jury awards stem from a 2019 New York magazine feature that excerpting Carroll’s book, What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal. Carroll claimed in this book that Trump sexually assaulted her about three decades prior in the fitting room of a luxury New York department store. Continue reading...

• Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins discusses China's aggressive and wide-scale integration of artificial intelligence across various sectors of society. • The rollout includes diverse applications ranging from medical avatars and food delivery drones to advanced state surveillance systems. • This rapid adoption highlights China's ambition to lead in AI technology while simultaneously strengthening government control over its population.