Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to push for peace in the region and says future of Taiwan is important to the future of the worldLai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war.Lai was inaugurated on Monday...

In today’s newsletter: After years of failure to recognise how badly the victims were treated, their stories are finally being heard. But is it enough for the families who have fought for years?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. At about 8am in Tehran, Iranian state media reported that president Ebrahim Raisi was killed...

Rishi Sunak expected to offer apology on behalf of state after inquiry delivers final reportAccording to new polling from Ipsos, reported in the Standard, people are a lot less gloomy about the state of the economy than they were last month – but this has not had much impact on how they say they are likely to vote.In his story, Nicholas Cecil reports:The...

This blog is now closed.Peter Dutton’s migration cuts would cost budget $34bn over coming decades, thinktank calculatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW police minister, Yasmin Catley, was on ABC News Breakfast earlier to discuss the state’s four-day domestic violence blitz.She said it was the sixth operation...

Helicopter carrying Raisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials crashed in mountainous area amid bad weatherFull report: Iran president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister dead in helicopter crash, says state mediaProfile: Ebrahim Raisi: Iran’s hardline president dogged by execution claimsReuters has put together a list of reactions from around...

Rescuers said initial strike was followed by a second strike about 20 minutes later, targeting emergency crews at the sceneUkraine will introduce hourly energy shutdowns for industrial and household consumers in all regions from 6:00pm local time on Monday until midnight.The Kyiv Independent reports:The restrictions will not affect critical infrastructure...