Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’ 14. October 2026 (05:37) Police have charged a 31-year-old man with the alleged murder of Jayda Allen Bonner, whose body was found in a Carlton apartment on SaturdayFollow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastWarning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have diedThe family of a young Indigenous woman found dead in an apartment complex in Melbourne’s inner-north on Saturday say they are “absolutely crushed and shattered” by her death.Jayda Allen Bonner, 21, was found dead on the fifth floor of an apartment block on Cardigan Street, Carlton on Saturday at about 1.45am. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Lena Dunham's Girls to return for limited HBO run 14. October 2026 (04:09) Ten years after the series finale, the "Girls" are getting back together to explore the "milestone of turning forty", HBO says.(BBC News)
’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streets 14. October 2026 (04:09) Anger at electoral roll changes has boiled over, sparking a crisis for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist governmentBorn into a small village in West Bengal, Shahida Fakir had always taken her vote for granted. That was, until it was suddenly taken away. She presented officials with her Indian birth certificate and family land documents from the village going back to 1962.Both her parents had been on the electoral roll going back decades, so she showed proof of that too. But when the final revised voter list came out in April, Fakir was not on it. Continue reading...(The Guardian)