Vivek Ramaswamy's Republican campaign rally in Ohio took an awkward turn on Friday evening when his political opponents made their feelings known from just across the backyard fence.

The billionaire gubernatorial candidate arrived in Circleville as part of a statewide GOP bus tour, joining fellow Republicans for an intimate outdoor gathering on the wooden deck of a home.

But while supporters cheered and waved campaign placards, a rather different political message was being delivered from the next door neighbor's house.

Democratic supporters of his rival, Dr Amy Acton, had positioned themselves on the other side of the fence, holding up signs criticizing a controversial attack ad featuring her estranged mother.

It was an unusual split-screen moment in an increasingly contentious race for Ohio governor, with Republicans gathered in one backyard and Democrats making their opposition known just feet away.

One woman could be seen raising a blue 'Acton' placard above her head, while other demonstrators stood alongside signs promoting Republican candidates.

But perhaps the most pointed message came from a handwritten sign attached to the neighboring property, apparently positioned to be seen from

Former Port Adelaide player Daniel Stewart has suddenly died at the age of 37.

Stewart, who played for the Power between 2010 and 2013, died on Friday.

The team's chief executive Matthew Richardson issued a statement on Saturday and said the death had 'come as a shock to everyone at the club'.

'On behalf of everyone at Port Adelaide Football Club, I extend our deepest condolences to Daniel's family, including his mum Donna, dad Byron, wife Laura, two sons Bernie and Lando and his brother Leigh,' he said.

'We also extend our thoughts to his friends, including his close friend and former teammate Matt Thomas, and to all those at North Adelaide and Labrador who knew him.

'Daniel was part of the Port Adelaide football family, and he always will be. A sudden passing like this is devastating and our thoughts are with everyone who loved him, and with the teammates, coaches and staff who shared the journey with him here at Alberton.

'The club will provide support to those affected by Daniel's passing, including his former teammates and the people who worked alongside him.

'We will honour Daniel by wearing black armbands

A Greens senator is taking leave from parliament, saying pressure surrounding a misconduct probe has left him 'kept out by allegations of allegations'.

Jordon Steele-John faces an independent investigation into several allegations surrounding inappropriate behaviour toward women between 2017 and 2025.

He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

The WA senator said he would heed a 'growing chorus' opposing his appearing on Senate estimates committees next week.

'I have decided not to return next week and will instead focus on the independent and timely investigation I hope is soon commenced by the Greens WA,' he said in a statement on Friday night.

Senator Steele-John said he would have immediately withdrawn from parliament 'had an allegation or complaint been made against me'.

'The precedent has now been set: any MP can be kept out of parliament by allegations of allegations,' he said.

Tensions flared on Monday as Senator Steele-John maintained he was not on self-imposed leave, despite a statement from party leader David Shoebridge saying he was.

Pakistani women are being lured out of Australia by their husbands on what they believe are family holidays, only to be abandoned overseas without their passports or a way home, a leading women's safety advocate has warned.

The warning comes after two men were charged over separate alleged exit trafficking offences within two days of each other last week.

Muhammad Bilal Khan, 35, from Sydney, was charged with exit trafficking after allegedly convincing his wife to travel to Pakistan for a holiday earlier this year, before withholding her passport and abandoning her in the country.

A day later, the Australian Federal Police announced that another Pakistani man had been charged after allegedly attempting to force a woman and her two young children to leave Australia through Melbourne Airport in June.

Police allege the man threatened the woman in an attempt to force her to travel to Pakistan.

Yasmin Khan who heads the Bangle Foundation, a volunteer service which supports south Asian women facing domestic abuse, said she's heard these type of allegations far too often, with many women being shipped 'back home'

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly drove a ute into a barrier near the Gold Coast 500 event, leaving a security guard injured and requiring hospital treatment. 

Shortly before 9pm on Friday, emergency services were called following reports of a Toyota Hilux being driven dangerously along the Esplanade at Surfers Paradise. 

It came to a stop near a metal barrier at the intersection with Staghorn Avenue, according to Queensland Police.

'The Toyota is alleged to have then been driven deliberately into the barrier, causing it to fall and injure a 40-year-old Labrador man,' a police statement said. 

The 40-year-old, who is understood to be a security guard, was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg. 

The Gold Coast 500 is an annual three-day Supercars event that attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators. 

More to come. 

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A picture-book hamlet of two dozen stone-built houses, with no shop, church or buses, Le Grand Pic in Limousin, south-central France, is so far off the beaten track that even locals in the nearest village struggle to direct you there.

Twenty-five years ago, when Adrian Maxwell, a retired City of London Police detective and criminal barrister, stumbled on this timeless idyll he assumed he'd left the sordid side of life far behind.

Early on Tuesday morning, however, the 77-year-old expat and his elderly female neighbour became the unlikely lone witnesses to a dramatic moment that every law-abiding French citizen had been waiting for since last weekend.

While pushing a broken-down Renault along the road, they watched as a squad of elite anti-terror officers donned black balaclavas and bullet-proof vests, before kicking down a cottage door to seize the most hated man in civilised France: the alleged ringleader of the ultra-Leftist mob who burned down the magnificent neo-Renaissance town hall in Limoges.

This despicable act of anti-state rebellion (which had been planned weeks in advance) was the defining, international headline-grabbing moment on an infamous day when uncontrollable anarchy reigned

Controversial provocateur and online personality Clavicular has been accused of failing to pay rent and trashing a $7 million California mansion where he held his wild 'Looksmaxxing Camp.' 

The 20-year-old influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, hosted 15 young men at the Los Angeles mansion for a bootcamp where he teaches them how to 'looksmaxx,' a term he coined referring to male beauty standards. 

He reportedly rented the mansion from The Maimon Group, which now alleges that Clavicular failed to make monthly payments and violated lease regulations, according to court documents TMZ obtained. 

Clavicular signed a lease on the Encino mansion in September, agreeing to pay a whopping $53,000 a month in rent. 

His landlord alleges that Clavicular threw loud parties at the home, violating a lease term that allowed no more than six guests at a time. 

The complaint cites an alleged party on October 11 and paints a picture of a cinematic event where partygoers are accused of fighting on the stairs, outside the home and throwing one another in the pool. 

Partygoers also

The condition of federal MP Dr Helen Haines has improved from 'critical' to 'serious but stable' after she was allegedly deliberately struck by a Toyota LandCruiser. 

Brendan Nugent, 43, is accused of driving a Toyota LandCruiser into Dr Haines outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, northern Victoria, on Monday afternoon. 

The 65-year-old Independent MP suffered critical injuries and underwent emergency surgery at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne. She has lost both legs as a result of the incident.

In the first sign of improvement, the Alfred Hospital has shared an update on Dr Haines' recovery: 'The patient is in a serious but stable condition at The Alfred on Saturday morning.'

Nugent, who neighbours have said lived alone on a remote property in nearby Tarrawingee, appeared briefly in court on Wednesday, where he was charged with offences including dangerous driving causing serious harm following the incident.

His lawyer Chirag Patel told the court Nugent had not previously been diagnosed with any mental health issues, but he was concerned for his client's psychological wellbeing and wanted him assessed.

He did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody to face court again in February.

On Saturday,

Texas governor Greg Abbott has issued a warning for Republicans that the outcome of the Lone Star state's heated Senate race could lead to a disaster in 2028.

Speaking to conservative radio host Sean Hannity earlier this week, Abbott said: 'If we lose Texas, there's no chance ever for the future of the United States.' 

Recent polling has shown Democratic hopeful running neck-and-neck with, and at times pulling ahead of, Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton. A Texas Public Opinion Research poll conducted last week put Talarico four points ahead, at 51 percent to Paxton's 47 percent.

'We've got to realize what's at stake here,' Abbott added. 'And if anybody stays home and doesn't go vote, it's going to put Texas at risk. It's going to put the United States at risk.'

The governor and Hannity agreed that if Texas were to flip blue, Republicans would face near-impossible odds of winning the White House ticket in 2028.

'If Texas ever goes blue, they know they will have a stranglehold on the Electoral College and presidential elections,'

A four-week-old baby was left with a battered face and swollen eye after three women allegedly lured his mother into a vicious ambush in Detroit.

The attack saw the helpless newborn thrown to the ground before subjecting the baby's mother to a savage beating lasting ten-minutes.

The horrifying attack, part of which was captured on camera, unfolded on Detroit's west side after the mother claims she was tricked into visiting a home by women who said they wanted to meet her newborn son.

Instead, the mom says she was confronted by three relatives of the baby's father, who allegedly attacked her and led to her infant son being thrown from his stroller, hitting his face against the ground.

Both mother and baby were hospitalized following the shocking assault, which came just four weeks after the woman had undergone a C-section to deliver her child.

The mother's face was left so badly bruised and swollen that she refused to appear on camera, telling one local reporter she no longer felt like herself.

Detroit police are now preparing to refer the case to prosecutors, with investigators seeking criminal charges against all three women.

The mother asked to remain anonymous and

The woman accusing seven Cornell fraternity members of sexual assault will remain anonymous as 'Jane Doe' throughout her civil trial against them and the university, a judge has ruled.

The woman's suit claims she was drugged, sexually assaulted and gang raped during a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024 by seven men, all of whom have denied the accusations. The case has sparked a national firestorm.

Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond of the Supreme Court of the State of New York on Friday granted her lawyer's motion to keep her anonymous throughout the trial, without opposition from the defense.

Both sides agreed to the accuser remaining anonymous while the reopened investigations into the case proceed.

Judge Perry-Bond said there could be exceptions requiring the accuser's identity to be disclosed privately during discovery.

She also warned those who she said 'have made it their mission to try and identify Jane Doe' during the trial.

The judge said the same protections should 'likewise be extended' to the defendants and that she was open to such a filing from their attorneys.

Doe filed the lawsuit last month, alleging the men sexually assaulted or exploited her

Prince William revealed he once dreamed of becoming a police officer and secretly posts comments on Aston Villa fan forums as he made a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show.

The Prince of Wales, 44, swapped royal engagements for the famous red sofa on Friday night, delighting the studio audience as he showed off his more relaxed side alongside Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin.

The future King, who was greeted by gasps when Norton announced his arrival, opened up about his unlikely childhood career ambitions, his love of football and the television programmes that have his children hooked.

And in a revelation likely to delight Aston Villa supporters, William admitted he secretly joins discussions on online fan forums, allowing him to share his passion for the Premier League club away from the spotlight.

The Prince also confessed that before accepting his royal destiny, he had considered a career in the police.

He later also developed ambitions of becoming a DJ, although his