Australia
Hanson offers qualified apologies: 'If I've offended people'
Pauline Hanson offered qualified apologies on 15 September to Indigenous Australians, and to Anthony Albanese over remarks about his late mother.
Bel McRae
Video Desk
The tape
Official video, filed with the story it belongs to.
Breaking
US Space Force confirms it has weapons in orbit
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed on 14 September that Space Force has weapons in orbit, a Pentagon first. China and Russia replied the next day.
Michael Jackson
Australia
McCarthy calls Hanson's podcast remarks racist
Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy has called Pauline Hanson's podcast remarks completely racist and demanded an absolute apology.
Bel McRae
Space
FLEX and Sentinel-3C flew
A Vega-C rocket launched ESA's FLEX plant fluorescence explorer and Copernicus Sentinel-3C from French Guiana on 15 September. ESA has first signals.
Grace Whitfield
Space
Mio Gets the Polar Ellipse
JAXA's Mio heads into a highly elliptical polar orbit around Mercury in December 2026 to study its magnetic field, alongside ESA's MPO.
Liora Hale
Upcoming
Peacock releases the full trailer for its Crystal Lake series
Peacock and A24 have released the full trailer for Crystal Lake, with Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees. All eight episodes arrive on Thursday 15 October.
Suki Marr
Tech
Samsung's Micro RGB TVs headline its Connect show in Berlin
Samsung's Connect show in Berlin leads IFA week with Micro RGB TVs, Vision AI Companion and an Odyssey G6 monitor that runs up to 1,100 Hz in HD.
Arden Lux
Space
BepiColombo starts its six-month Mercury arrival campaign
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo starts a six-month arrival campaign after its transfer module separated on 3 September. Orbit insertion is 21 November.
Liora Hale