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Netflix has released the trailer for The Body, an eight-part teen horror series created by Quinn Shephard, in which a disastrous dance-team initiation leads to prophetic visions and hysteria in a Catholic school community. The series follows a group of badly behaved Catholic schoolgirls after the initiation goes wrong. As they begin experiencing visions of events yet to come, tensions rise and the town is swept up in mass panic. The Body cast and story The cast includes Kristina Bogic, Sara Boustany, Sofia Wylie, Geena Meszaros, Shirley Chen and Gabby Windey. Shephard, who also wrote and directed the Emmy-nominated mystery…

Labor MP Anne Aly has revealed she received 19 death threats in the past week after a Liberal-National MP told Parliament she and Anthony Albanese should be “shamed and stoned in the square”. Ms Aly, the member for Cowan and Australia’s first female Muslim MP, described Angie Bell’s remark as racist and misogynistic in a video posted on Instagram. Ms Bell, the member for Moncrieff, made the comment during question time on Tuesday while discussing the Australian Taxation Office’s decision to ban businesses from making payments by credit card. “This past week alone I’ve had 19 death threats on my…

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has said the country and the wider region have endured “exceptional events”, while insisting that Qatar’s institutions have demonstrated their strength and cohesion. Addressing the Shura Council in Doha, Sheikh Tamim said policies put in place before the conflict had helped the Gulf state absorb the consequences of months of instability. Qatar has been drawn into the United States-Israeli war on Iran, which began on February 28 and has contributed to a global energy crisis. The country has also faced several direct attacks from Iran, including a strike in March on the…

A childhood photograph has prompted a guessing game about the actor who appeared on Disney’s “Liv and Maddie” and later became a champion on “Dancing with the Stars”. The image shows him aged two, wearing overalls and practising gymnastics. He was also taking an interest in musical theatre at the time. In 2017, the actor won the Mirrorball Trophy with his dance partner, Lindsay Arnold.

A Western Australian police officer who admitted assaulting his five-week-old daughter has been sentenced to a 10-month community-based order. Nickolas Wayne Peake, 30, appeared at Midland Magistrates Court in Perth on Tuesday, where the circumstances surrounding the incident were outlined. The court heard Peake was woken at about 11pm by his daughter, who was screaming and suffering from colic and reflux. He tried to settle her with a dummy and by bouncing her in his arms, but was unable to calm her. Prosecutors said Peake then “lost his s***”, grabbed the baby with both hands and shook her three times,…

Andy Burnham has sought to qualify his claim that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, after ministers and opposition figures challenged the suggestion and previous governments said there was no evidence of successful foreign interference. The Prime Minister made the original remark in an interview released on Sunday, telling Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: “I asked the question coming to Downing Street, was there interference in the 2016 referendum from Russia? And I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was.” By Monday morning, Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty appeared to distance the Government from the claim. Speaking to…

A selection of celebrities’ hidden talents has highlighted unusual abilities ranging from fire-eating and detecting cavities by smell to singing with the mouth closed. The feature focuses on actors, musicians and athletes whose lesser-known skills sit alongside their public careers. The talents were revealed by the stars over the years. Among the abilities included are fire eating, an apparent ability to smell cavities and a distinctive form of singing performed without opening the mouth.

Manchester United are expected to keep Joshua Zirkzee beyond the January transfer window, despite the Dutch forward remaining on the fringes of Michael Carrick’s team. Zirkzee is yet to start a Premier League match this season and has struggled for regular minutes. However, United are not currently seeking to move him on, with Benjamin Sesko’s fitness situation still uncertain. The 25-year-old has appeared as a substitute in each of United’s last three matches, and Sesko’s latest setback could create an opportunity for him to take on a more significant role. Manchester United retain faith in Joshua Zirkzee Carrick is understood…

More than 60,000 students sitting the 2026 HSC English exams were expecting a difficult essay question, but teachers and pupils said the paper proved unexpectedly manageable and allowed them to adapt prepared responses. Yvonne Spiers, an English teacher at Strathfield Girls High School, said students had anticipated “a trick” involving an extract from their prescribed text. The uncertainty had also affected staff, with Spiers admitting she had not slept the night before the exam. Instead, she described the paper as a “gift”, saying the questions were accessible and could be shaped around students’ preparation. “It was a really good exam,”…

The Middle East and Central Asia economy is forecast to shrink by 0.3% in 2026 as the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran disrupts trade and energy markets, the International Monetary Fund has said. The latest projection marks a sharp reversal from the IMF’s April forecast of 1.9% growth. The institution said prolonged disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz had weighed heavily on the outlook. The waterway carries about one-fifth of global oil supplies in peacetime. Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar are expected to suffer the steepest contractions, with their economies forecast to shrink by 16.7%, 16% and…