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Jacinta Allan’s leadership is being questioned after she faced major political tests this week over Victoria’s anti-corruption body, political donation laws and a series of character references written by a newly appointed minister. Photograph: Jay Kogler/AAP View image in fullscreen Jacinta Allan’s…
Jacinta Allan’s leadership is being questioned after she faced major political tests this week over Victoria’s anti-corruption body, political donation laws and a series of character references written by a newly appointed minister. Photograph: Jay Kogler/AAP View image in fullscreen Jacinta Allan’s…
I wanted to quit Eurovision twice - then won it, says Bangaranga singer Dara 46 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Pete Allison BBC Newsbeat Getty Images It was an outside favourite, but Dara's song Bangaranga comfortably won the competition Eurovision Song Contest winner Dara says sh…
US military says it struck Iranian drones and radar sites 17 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Jaroslav Lukiv US Navy via Getty Images) The US military says it has shot down four Iranian "one-way attack drones" launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the drones "posed an im…
I wanted to quit Eurovision twice - then won it, says Bangaranga singer Dara 36 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Pete Allison BBC Newsbeat Getty Images It was an outside favourite, but Dara's song Bangaranga comfortably won the competition Eurovision Song Contest winner Dara says sh…
I wanted to quit Eurovision twice - then won it, says Bangaranga singer Dara 27 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Pete Allison BBC Newsbeat Getty Images It was an outside favourite, but Dara's song Bangaranga comfortably won the competition Eurovision Song Contest winner Dara says sh…
From a castle ruin to historic baths - unusual places to watch the World Cup Just now Share Save Add as preferred on Google George Sandeman BBC The 2026 FIFA World Cup is just around the corner, which means fans will be packing into pubs, bars and living rooms to cheer on their favourite teams. And …
US stocks slump as fears over Big Tech shake Wall Street 58 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Francisco Velasquez Business reporter Stock markets suffered a sharp drop on Friday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq index seeing its biggest one-day drop since April 2025. With fears mounting th…
Brendan Banfield arrives to testify in his double murder trial in Fairfax county, Virginia, in January. Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP View image in fullscreen Brendan Banfield arrives to testify in his double murder trial in Fairfax county, Virginia, in January. Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP US man who pl…
Brendan Banfield arrives to testify in his double murder trial in Fairfax county, Virginia, in January. Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP View image in fullscreen Brendan Banfield arrives to testify in his double murder trial in Fairfax county, Virginia, in January. Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP US man who plotted with au pair to murder wife given life sentence Brendan Banfield convicted of killing Christine Banfield and man lured to couple’s Virginia home as fall guy A Virginia man who was having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife and a man who was lured to the couple’s home as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) law enforcement officer, claimed he shot Joseph Ryan after he came across Ryan attacking his wife on the morning of 24 February 2023. But prosecutors said Brendan Banfield and au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães set Ryan up in a scheme to kill Christine Banfield, a pediatric intensive care nurse. Judge Penney Azcarate called Banfield’s conduct evil and calculated. “The disregard of the life of your wife, someone you supposedly loved, is almost unfathomable,” she said in handing down the sentence, which is mandatory in Virginia for an aggravated murder conviction. The scheme involved “luring a completely innocent man into your deadly trap; continuing on after the murders without a care; and not once – not once – thinking of the impact” on the Banfields’ four-year-old daughter. Brendan Banfield “took everything from her”, Azcarate said. In addition to murder, jurors in February convicted Banfield of child endangerment because the couple’s daughter was home during the killings. Azcarate sentenced Banfield to an additional five years on that charge and three more years on a firearms charge. Speaking at his sentencing, Banfield proclaimed his innocence. Banfield said he loved his wife and, although he had affairs, he never intended to leave her. Azcarate was unmoved, citing his lack of remorse as a reason she felt no hesitation in ordering him to remain behind bars for life. During Friday’s hearing, Christine Banfield’s older sister, Danielle Hocker, described her sister as kind, caring, reliable and selfless. She said they grew up chasing fireflies and sleeping next to each other on the floor in sleeping bags. “When she was born, ‘I’ became ‘we’,” Hocker said. “I haven’t stopped saying ‘we’ when I speak about my childhood after her death, except now when I do, it takes my breath away – a pause filled with love that has nowhere to go.” Ryan’s mother, Deidre Fisher, told the court that her son was an “extremely caring” person who was a caretaker for his grandmother and other loved ones. “Joe was a guy who believed in fighting for the underdog, and even actual neglected dogs,” Fisher said, with a small laugh. “He would walk into an animal shelter and ask for the oldest, ugliest dogs, bring them home and love them for years.” Explo
