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Former SAS corporal and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has teased the launch of a new commercial brand, Epic 1 Two, in an Instagram video. The video signals the forthcoming brand launch but provides no further details about the venture.

Kemi Badenoch is to pledge that a future Conservative government would end benefits for polygamous households, arguing that the welfare system should not provide additional payments for relationships that are illegal in Britain. The proposal, due to be put before Parliament on Tuesday by the Conservative leader and Tory MP Richard Holden, would prevent extra money being paid for multiple spouses. Labour is expected not to support the plan. Polygamy is prohibited in the UK, but marriages conducted overseas can be recognised by the welfare system where they were lawful in the country in which they took place. This means…

The United States has urged Israel to curb settler violence in the West Bank, Marco Rubio has said. Rubio said Washington had pressed Israel to take action over violence by settlers in the Palestinian territory.

Ring camera footage has captured an Oregon mother running from her home in apparent fear after learning of the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School. Gretchen Miller can be seen rushing into the street and shouting that there had been a shooting. She repeatedly cries, “Oh my god” as she runs down the road. The footage was obtained by CNN and shows Miller’s immediate reaction to news of the attack. Sixteen-year-old Griffin J. John II is reported to have shot and killed four people, including three children, before Kaylub Giamanco shot and killed him, ending the threat. Two of the…

Three people, including a child, were injured when a small propeller plane crashed in San Jose, California, on Saturday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the area of Capitol Expressway and Excalibur Drive shortly after 3pm, the San Jose Fire Department said. Two adults and the child were taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. No other injuries were reported. The crash did not involve any vehicles and caused a minor fuel leak, which firefighters absorbed. Members of the public were advised to avoid the area while emergency crews dealt with the scene. Authorities had not immediately…

Brisbane City Council is seeking to euthanise two dogs that mauled a 37-year-old man in 7th Brigade Park, Chermside, after police shot the animals during the initial response. The attack happened near Kittyhawk Drive at about 6.15pm on Friday. The man suffered life-threatening injuries to both arms, as well as wounds to his face and legs, and was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. His condition stabilised on Saturday, while police searched for the dogs, which had been registered to a previous address. One was found in the front yard of a home later on Friday night and…

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has called for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for attacking Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank. Huckabee described the assault as “a despicable act of terror” and said the perpetrators should face lengthy prison sentences. “We have called for a full investigation, arrest, and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law to whoever participated in this,” he wrote on X. Levine, 64, was photographing Palestinian farmers harvesting olives near Abu Falah, north-east of Ramallah, on Friday when she and several Palestinians were attacked. Witnesses said masked Israeli…

France’s debt crisis has deepened as nationwide protests over the cost of living erupted into rioting, while investors pushed borrowing costs to their highest level in 24 years ahead of a crucial budget vote. Luxury shops and supermarkets were looted in some cities, while public buildings were defaced and set on fire. The unrest followed demonstrations earlier this month by students protesting about deteriorating classrooms, teacher shortages and schools ill-equipped to cope with rising temperatures. Protesters blamed years of underinvestment in education. The unrest has added to pressure on the government as it attempts to contain France’s deficit and convince…

Robert Buckley’s wife is actress Jenny Wade, whom the Hallmark star married in 2018 after they had been in a relationship for nearly a decade. Buckley, 45, is currently appearing in Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story, playing Matt, a Chicago firefighter and devoted Bears fan. The Christmas film premieres on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, October 17. Who is Robert Buckley’s wife, Jenny Wade? Wade, 46, is known for roles in the Fox series The Good Guys and the TBS drama Wedding Band. She has also appeared in episodes of American Horror Story, Mad Men and Hand of God. Her…

The rector of a Brazilian university has died after a piece of acrylic roofing was blown from a building and struck him in the head during a walking tour in Scottsdale, Arizona. Rogerio Renato Mateucci, 55, was visiting the Taliesin West complex, the former winter home and studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, when the incident happened at about 2pm on Friday October 16. He was walking with a group near Sweetwater Avenue and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard when strong winds dislodged the material from a roof, according to the Scottsdale Fire Department. Mateucci, who was rector of the Pontifical…