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A high-rise construction site in Midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Terminal faces potential collapse after structural columns began bending and multiple floors started sagging on the 21st floor. The former Pfizer Pharmaceuticals world headquarters, currently being converted into apartments with 11 additional floors, prompted mass evacuations of nearby hotels, restaurants and a school. The project has previously been fined thousands of dollars for safety violations including falling glass and metal.

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The State of Origin decider between Queensland and New South Wales is set to take place at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium, with tens of thousands of fans gathering at Caxton Street in support of the Maroons. A major Telstra network outage has disrupted services across Australia, affecting mobile phones, EFTPOS systems, rail networks in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, and causing more than 300 triple zero calls to fail. Telstra has identified a software defect in data centres in Sydney and Melbourne as the cause, with police conducting welfare checks on 79 people whose emergency calls didn't connect.

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The United States and Iran have exchanged extensive missile strikes in the largest military escalation since their ceasefire agreement, with 80 American strikes targeting Iranian weapon sites, air defences, and 60 small boats near the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks followed three tanker strikes in the vital shipping route, prompting Iranian retaliation against 85 US military bases in the region. Donald Trump attended the NATO summit in Turkey where he criticised European allies for failing to support the conflict and threatened to withdraw US troops from Europe.

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A major Telstra network outage disrupted services across Australia, causing rail services to halt in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, and knocking out EFTPOS systems for tens of thousands of businesses. More than 300 triple zero emergency calls failed to connect during the outage, with police dispatched to conduct welfare checks on 79 callers Telstra was unable to contact. The telecommunications giant attributed the blackout to broken timers in data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, with full services restored by 4pm, though the company now faces potential fines in the tens of millions of dollars.

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A 15-year-old boy has been charged after five people allegedly broke into Westfield Burwood shopping centre, turned on a fire hose and flooded the David Jones store, causing $250,000 in water damage. In a separate incident, a vehicle crashed into a power pole on Wattle Street in Bankstown just before midnight, bringing down wires before catapulting through a fence into a residential front yard, with the driver fleeing the scene before police arrived.

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A major Telstra network outage disrupted services across Australia, causing rail services to halt in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, and knocking out EFTPOS systems for tens of thousands of businesses. More than 300 triple zero emergency calls failed to connect during the outage, with police dispatched to conduct welfare checks on 79 callers Telstra was unable to contact. The telecommunications giant attributed the blackout to broken timers in data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, with full services restored by 4pm, though the company now faces potential fines in the tens of millions of dollars.

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Victoria Police has confirmed plans for a trial to redeploy solo highway patrol officers on major roads, with officers operating in separate cars but in close proximity to each other for greater visible presence. The Police Association has strongly opposed the decision, warning of serious safety risks to officers. Solo patrols were abolished in 2015 following the death of an officer in the line of duty.

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Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has had his appeal rejected by three judges, upholding his conviction for helping to arrange a $330,000 cocaine deal. MacGill was found guilty last year and ordered to complete hundreds of hours of community service in a case that has spanned five years.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hosted leaders from Tonga, Samoa and Papua New Guinea in Brisbane, announcing a $250 million investment in Pacific school rugby league programs and strengthening military alliances amid China's growing regional presence. The diplomatic meetings occurred days after Beijing launched a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead into the Pacific region. Australia has expanded its military alliances from two nations (New Zealand and the US since 1951) to now include Papua New Guinea and Fiji, with the Pukpuk agreement with PNG coming into force.

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Prince Harry has lost his court case against the Daily Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited, over allegations of phone tapping and illegal information gathering spanning 20 years.

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