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Austrian, Swiss women kidnapped in Niger are freed — report
An Austrian woman and a Swiss woman kidnapped in Niger have been freed after 18 months in captivity, local reports say.
DE Oct 22, 2026Deutsche Welle (DW) World03
Man arrested for allegedly making threats at Hannah Beazley’s electorate office while armed with nunchucks
<p>Perth man charged with ‘being armed in a way that may cause fear’ days after Helen Haines allegedly attacked with 4WD outside her Victorian office</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A man has been charged after allegedly threatening staff and wielding nunchucks at the electoral office of the Western Australian local government minister, Hannah Beazley.</p><p>The arrest on Thursday came after federal independent MP Helen Haines was hospitalised with severe injuries after an alleged attack outside her electorate office in Wangaratta in Victoria earlier in the week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/man-with-nunchucks-arrested-wa-mp-hannah-beazley-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 22, 2026The Guardian World World04
Man fined after 700 frozen and taxidermied animals found on Victorian property
<p>Antiques store owner, 74, pleads guilty to 13 charges after regulator uncovers hundreds of animals at his home and shop</p><p>The white-walled room packed with magpies, galahs and sulphur-crested cockatoos, foxes and possums is eerily quiet. As a video pans across shelves filled with these and many other species, there is no flapping or squawking or hissing; the animals are frozen and silent.</p><p>They are among the more than 700 native animals that were found illegally taxidermied and frozen that were seized from the property of a Victorian antiques store owner last year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/man-fined-after-700-frozen-and-taxidermied-animals-found-on-victorian-property-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 22, 2026The Guardian World