Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country’s ​southwest, authorities said on Friday.

The CEO of UFORCE, a Ukrainian producer of attack drones, flew to Tokyo in April with a pitch for Japanese officials and defense contractors: build thousands of our drones to defend yourself and allies.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that the country’s ​election management system needed a major ‌overhaul, calling a series of controversies involving the National Election Commission (NEC) including ballot-paper shortages “absurd.”
Lee has ordered a probe ​into the ballot shortages that marred ​the June 3 local elections, saying prosecutors ⁠and police would take part. The ​incident triggered public anger, protests questioning fairness and ​the resignation of the NEC chief.

North Korea has recalled its ambassador to Britain just a month after he took up the ​post, downgrading diplomatic relations in response to British sanctions ‌on a children’s camp, North Korea-focused website NK News reported.

The European Parliament approved on Wednesday an overhaul of migration policy aimed at ramping up deportations and ​allowing member states to set up detention centres abroad, in what critics describe as a cruel system that weakens ‌safeguards for asylum seekers.

The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their war on Wednesday, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to resume attacks and kill Iranian officials if they failed to honour their ​commitments.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of assassinating a health insurance executive ​in a carefully executed plot, could have a hard time convincing jurors at his murder trial that he suffered a ‌mental health breakdown, legal experts said.

The Bank of England looks on course to keep interest ​rates unchanged at 3.75% later on Thursday as it assesses what a tentative truce in the Iran war means for inflation.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added ​to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a “staggering” rise in violations ‌against Palestinian children.

Russia accused Ukraine of conducting a deadly drone strike on a bus carrying Belarusian ​schoolchildren on Wednesday, an allegation that Ukraine’s military said was “false”.

In the span of just a few months, Irene Roggero Ugues watched her daughter Rossella’s behaviour change as social media fed her an increasing stream of self-harm content, before the 12-year-old died by suicide.

South Korea will shift a line running parallel ​to the military border with North Korea to ‌narrow the area that restricts civilian access to reflect an evolving security environment and for the convenience of local residents, the defence minister ​said on Wednesday.