Max Verstappen has held off a surging Lando Norris to extend his lead in the world championship, as McLaren's resurgence to the front of the Formula 1 grid continues.

An Iranian official says the lives of Mr Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were "at risk following the helicopter crash".

A new ASIC report says banks aren't doing what the law says they must do to help customers in trouble, as the proportion of borrowers in strife rises due to high interest rates, rocketing rents and increases in the cost of living. 

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the Australian Defence Force is ready to fly to New Caledonia once the situation is safe, as France moves to quash deadly riots.

Canberra's drug-checking site issues a red community notice for N-pyrrolidino protonitazene after identifying the dangerous synthetic opioid in granular brown powder presented for testing. 

Several people have been arrested after a clash between a pro-Palestinian rally and a pro-Israeli rally in Melbourne's CBD on Sunday.