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The 98th Academy Awards are underway. Hosted by TV presenter and comedian Conan O’Brien in Hollywood, they honour the best films from 2025. In this special Oscars coverage from The Briefing team, we unpack the latest from the red carpet, the big winners and how the internet is re ...  Show more

Monday Headlines: Four more Iranian soccer players give up asylum in Australia Gov expects inflation to rise, while facing pressure to send warship to Middle East New leader has little impact on Coalition’s polling Vape catches fire on Virgin Australia flight Queen Mary and King ...  Show more

Taliban-linked social media accounts have been amplifying a promotional video which aims to persuade US tourists to swap Cancun for Kabul. However, the US State Department and the UK’s Foreign Office advise people to not travel to Afghanistan, under any circumstances.And now a ri ...  Show more

Markets have reacted positively to President-elect Donald Trump selecting Scott Bessent as his pick for U.S. Treasury secretary. Three people have been arrested in the UAE in connection with the alleged murder of an Israeli citizen. Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a ...  Show more

In a blow to free speech, TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was suspended from ABC’s lineup after the comedian made jokes about President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.The 22-year-old suspect in Kirk’s killing was charged on Tue ...  Show more

As a new school year starts in Afghanistan, 330,000 more girls will be excluded from secondary education, one of the ways in which women and girls are increasingly confined to their homes under the Taliban regime. In light of this, BBC Media Action is running the Women’s Voice ra ...  Show more