Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has personally attacked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a tweet.

Plans are under way for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet face-to-face with Vladimir Putin.

Major questions remain on what security guarantees Kyiv could be given, possibly in return for giving up a chunk of its territory to Russia.

The bespectacled Anchorage local had complained that he struggled to get spare parts for his old Ural bike, blaming the Ukraine conflict.

The 28-year-old step-son of the heir to the throne, half-brother to the royal studying at the University of Sydney, is facing up to 10 years in prison.

If you are Vladimir Putin, you probably would not love the images that came out of Washington today - even if an end to the war still feels very far away.

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightened, speculation about power plays inside the black box were rampant.

The proposal, which Israel has received but not accepted, includes the return of half the hostages held in Gaza and Israels release of some Palestinian prisoners.

Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Hamas says it has agreed to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, which could pave the way for the release of Israeli hostages.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also said he had instructed the embassy in Canberra to carefully examine any official visa applications.

The bestselling novelist says she felt compelled to express support for the organisation that was recently designated a proscribed terror group.

Organisers said hundreds of thousands of people took part, flooding city streets and blocking highways to demand a deal to free hostages in Gaza.

Ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House meeting, Vladimir Putin has agreed to peace guarantees.

The US president has referenced his wife on several occasions when explaining his growing doubts about the sincerity of the Russians claims to want peace.

The shooting occurred at Taste of the City Lounge in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Crown Heights just before 3.30am local time (5.30pm AEST).

Almost 24 years on from the September 11 attacks, many relatives of victims are resigned to possibility that the accused perpetrators will never face trial.

Former politician Ted Hui expressed relief but urged Australia not to forget others facing prison simply for defending basic democratic rights.

The floods came so fast that many people could not leave their homes, one eyewitness said, as forecasters warn of more rain to come.

Political posturing will have no real effect on the lives of Israelis or Palestinians, according to one witness.

The UK has paused to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marks the day Japan surrendered in 1945 bringing WWII to an end.

Itamar Ben-Gvir admonishes the man that many see as the future leader of the Palestinian Authority, in an encounter that the United Nations condemned as disturbing.

The victims friend saw the man fighting off the bear while bleeding from his leg, before being dragged away into a bush along the trail leading to the summit of Mount Rausu.

When builder Steven Parkinson started digging up a childrens playground in his picture postcard town of Wooler, he had no idea that the suspicious object he found was only the beginning.

Chinas ministry of state security has verbally attacked Australias intelligence agencies, accusing them of fabricating a Chinese spy threat while carrying out their own espionage in China.