Australia news live: China has nothing to apologise for over live-fire drills, ambassador says; Star goes into trading halt

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Korea showcases 'counterattack' abilities with new missile tests 28/02 00:46 - Starmer Offers Trump a Plea and a Promise Over Ukraine 28/02 00:23 - Australia news live: China has nothing to apologise for over live-fire drills, ambassador says; Star goes into trading halt 28/02 00:03 - Disabled people demand cash access: 'It makes me feel independent' 27/02 23:58 - BBC apologises for ‘significant and damaging’ mistakes in Gaza film 27/02 23:52 - Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – as it happened 27/02 23:47 - A Loan-Scorned Socialite Reported Her Warhol Stolen. A Tempest Ensued. 27/02 23:21 - Is the tide starting to turn against Trump? – podcast 27/02 23:01 - 27 Pieces Of Clothing From J.Crew Factory That'll Help Update Your Closet For Under $50 27/02 22:42 - Trump says Putin would keep his word on a Ukraine peace deal 27/02 22:33 - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88 27/02 22:17 - Trump refuses to guarantee backup for British military 27/02 22:10 - Starmer says Ukraine truce 'can't be peace that rewards the aggressor' 27/02 22:07 - Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88 27/02 21:44 - Israeli army admits ‘complete failure’ to prevent October 7 attacks 27/02 21:28 - I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars 27/02 21:13 - Putin ‘hopeful’ as Russia and US press on with diplomatic reset 27/02 21:13 - Putin ‘hopeful’ as Russia and US press on with diplomatic reset 27/02 21:10 - France hands light sentences to Russian consulate attackers 27/02 20:59 - Trump and Starmer on Ukraine ceasefire deal 27/02 20:59 - Trump and Starmer on Ukraine ceasefire deal 27/02 20:27 - Pro-Russia Politicians in Ukraine, Inspired by Trump and Putin, See an Opening 27/02 20:06 - Trump extends Russia sanctions for another year 27/02 19:49 - Sudan facing ‘the abyss’ unless war ends as mass starvation looms, UN warns 27/02 19:49 - Sudan facing ‘the abyss’ unless war ends as mass starvation looms, UN warns 27/02 19:48 - Amazon unveils Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip 27/02 19:41 - BBC Verify: Viral Donald Trump Jr audio highly likely AI fake 27/02 19:39 - Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after misdiagnosis and death of woman 27/02 19:37 - Donald Trump suggests he will back UK in Chagos Islands deal 27/02 19:32 - Doctors Shared The Top 5 Early Warning Signs Of A Mini Stroke, And It's Information Everyone Should Have 27/02 19:25 - Starmer's turn: What can old allies do to convince Trump on Ukraine? 27/02 19:01 - Netanyahu sends delegation to Egypt to continue Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas 27/02 18:35 - Woman could not stop husband’s suicide in London prison due to broken intercom 27/02 17:31 - Putin Praises Trump for Working to Thaw U.S.-Russia Tensions 27/02 17:28 - Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths ‘suspicious enough’ for investigation, warrant says 27/02 17:16 - Starmer’s cut to aid budget a ‘strategic mistake’, says former army head 27/02 17:03 - Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids 27/02 16:56 - Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King: all-female crew to helm next space flight on Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket 27/02 16:30 - Is the US-Ukraine mineral deal a win-win agreement? 27/02 16:30 - Is the US-Ukraine mineral deal a win-win agreement? 27/02 16:27 - North Korea sending more troops to fight for Russia, Seoul says 27/02 16:24 - White House demands agencies identify hundreds of thousands of potential layoffs 27/02 16:15 - Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East 27/02 16:12 - Trump threatens China with additional 10% tariff in escalation of trade war 27/02 16:08 - Ukraine truce 'can't be a peace that rewards the aggressor', Starmer says in Washington 27/02 16:08 - How Yura Borisov of ‘Anora’ Went From the Kremlin to the Oscars 27/02 16:05 - News24 | 'Blatant provocation': Taiwan detects record 45 China aircraft, 14 warships near island 27/02 16:00 - Putin says US-Russia contacts give ‘hope’ amid talks in Turkey on restoring ties – as it happened 27/02 15:49 - Ban pornography depicting strangulation, review urges UK ministers 27/02 15:35 - US, EU move apart as Trump eyes Ukraine’s minerals and a deal with Russia 27/02 15:35 - US, EU move apart as Trump eyes Ukraine’s minerals and a deal with Russia 27/02 15:11 - UK is ‘hostile environment’ for Afghans amid rise in refusal of asylum claims, lawyer says 27/02 15:09 - Trump administration memo orders Pentagon to identify and fire transgender members of US military 27/02 14:51 - EU hits back hard at Trump’s claim that bloc 'screws' the US 27/02 14:41 - UK’s Starmer to meet with Trump as European leaders push for Ukraine support 27/02 14:36 - UK health security chiefs warn of second wave of norovirus 27/02 14:35 - Russia’s ties with the Middle East will keep growing despite all pressure. Here’s why 27/02 14:07 - British PM Starmer to discuss Ukraine war with Donald Trump 27/02 14:00 - Third-party groups join election fray with accusations Greens and teals threaten Australia’s ‘stability’ 27/02 13:26 - How much has the US given to Ukraine? 27/02 13:17 - UK faces youth jobs crisis as number of ‘neets’ rises to almost 1m 27/02 13:14 - North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea’s Spy Agency Says 27/02 13:08 - France wants in on US-Ukraine resource negotiations – minister 27/02 13:04 - Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears 27/02 12:15 - Former Co-Operative Bank chair jailed for fraud 27/02 12:13 - Video: Ramadan in Gaza after more than a year of war 27/02 12:13 - Video: Ramadan in Gaza after more than a year of war 27/02 12:08 - Macron’s White House visit a failure – Politico 27/02 12:00 - Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest ‘should scare every American’, experts say 27/02 11:36 - Health chiefs warn of potential second norovirus wave 27/02 11:00 - Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says 27/02 11:00 - Ontario heads to polls for snap election in face of looming Trump tariffs 27/02 10:18 - Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene 27/02 09:45 - French PM threatens to review migration pact with Algeria in deportations spat 27/02 09:32 - Thailand repatriates 40 Uyghurs to China, despite human rights concerns 27/02 09:27 - UK Prime Minister Starmer to meet US President Trump at the White House 27/02 09:13 - UK’s Starmer to Meet Trump With a Boost on Defense and Pleas for Ukraine 27/02 09:05 - Israel releases over 600 Palestinian prisoners as Hamas returns bodies of four hostages 27/02 09:04 - Russian delegation arrives for new talks with US (VIDEO) 27/02 08:31 - North Korea has sent more troops to Russia, South Korea says 27/02 08:31 - North Korea has sent more troops to Russia, South Korea says 27/02 07:51 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,099 27/02 07:51 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,099 27/02 07:51 - Ukraine should get as much land ‘as possible’ – Trump 27/02 07:00 - Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling 27/02 07:00 - Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader 27/02 06:36 - Multimillion-dollar settlement for passengers on trip described by lawyer as ‘cruise from hell’ – as it happened 27/02 06:24 - Live: Annexed Ukrainian territory is 'non-negotiable', says Kremlin 27/02 06:00 - Ukraine’s economy could grow by 5% next year if hostilities end, EBRD says 27/02 05:47 - Inside one of Ukraine's rare earth mines - where a Star Wars-esque machine is at work 27/02 05:01 - Top Democrat says Trump may seek mineral deal with both Russia and Ukraine 27/02 03:47 - Penny Wong accuses Coalition of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in Senate estimates as Chinese warships sail into Great Australian Bight 27/02 03:37 - Man allegedly behind Melbourne’s ‘Pam the Bird’ graffiti bailed to live with ‘no nonsense’ grandmother 27/02 03:35 - North Korea behind $1.5bn hack of crypto exchange ByBit, says FBI