Australia is in the world headlines today. Jewel Topsfield reports from the Jakarta courtroom where prosecutors have called for a 20-year sentence for Australian resident Jessica Wongso who is accused of murdering her friend Wayan Mirna Salihin with cyanide-laced coffee.
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The 'Budgie 9', as they have become known, spent their fourth night in jail in Malaysia where authorities have taken offence at their stripping down to flag-themed swimwear at Sunday's Grand Prix. Lindsay Murdoch reports the government's mouthpiece, The New Straight Times, has called for them to be deported.
Europe Correspondent Nick Miller took a day trip to The Hague to interview Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Foreign Minister Albert Koenders. Koenders has urged patience from all sides in finding someone guilty for the downing of MH17. He said it was "unfortunately" too early to choose a jurisdiction to try those allegedly responsible.
Staying with MH17, Russian firm selling children's beds resembling missile launcher that downed that plane. We'd love ot know what you think.
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'That Mexican thing' took on a life of its own after the US VP debate as internet memes tend to do. Our Paul McGeough analysed the only VP debate of the 2016 elections yesterday.
Six-year-old Jacob Hall, killed by a teenage gunman at his primary school was given a very moving Superhero funeral on Wednesday.
