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A woman takes a picture of an artwork on a building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region. The artwork was supposedly made by British street artist Banksy.

How a three-day invasion has surpassed World War One and threatens global catastrophe

More than 100 years later, the technology has changed, but there remain remarkable similarities between the First World War and the war in Ukraine. Once again hundreds of thousands of lives have wasted to move battle lines meagre distances and the world is at a tipping point.

  • Dennis Glover

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Uncle Ray Minniecon at church in Glebe on Sunday.

Uncle Ray Minniecon served in the army. His brothers and grandfather fought in wars. None of this stopped the booing on Anzac Day

In the distressing hours after he was booed at the dawn service in Martin Place, the elder’s phone lit up with two important calls.

  • Bevan Shields
NSW Premier Chris Minns read a poem during the service.

‘War never solves anything’: Veterans honoured across Australia on Anzac Day

As dusk draws near, 111 years after Gallipoli, pubs are swelling with camaraderie and two-up following dawn services and marches to honour those who served and died for their country.

  • Patrick Begley, Jack Gramenz and Sally Rawsthorne
The Anzac Day march from Elizabeth Street to Hyde Park in Sydney.
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Anzac Day 2026 – in pictures

Australia pauses to remember those lost to war.

Thousands braved the threatening weather to attend the Anzac Day dawn service in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD.

Damp streets and deep silence: Brisbane remembers in the pre-dawn darkness

Under a smattering of rain, thousands filled Anzac Square in Brisbane to mark 111 years since the Gallipoli landing with a sacred and sombre dawn service.

  • Cameron Atfield
Gordon Whitlam spent decades trying to overturn a court-martial after he was wrongly convicted of theft while in Egypt in 1915-16.

The lieutenant, the liar and the leather-bound file: Inside the 30-year fight to clear Gordon Whitlam

The prime minister’s uncle was wrongly court-martialled as a young officer in World War I. He spent decades trying to clear his name.

  • Tony Wright
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What do Winston Churchill and Pete Hegseth have in common? The answer came to me at Gallipoli

Anzac Cove is our place to commemorate the futility of running into a war when an imperial master clicks his fingers. How can you not choke back tears at all that loss?

  • Malcolm Knox
The post-it note attached to the photo of Harold Ross Clark that was handed in.

Librarian’s skills and a ray of light identify fallen World War I soldier

The granddaughter of a Great War soldier has been united with his photograph, which was handed in to the State Library of Victoria.

  • Carolyn Webb
Cillian Murphy lives with his wife and children in Ireland, happy to stay away from the spotlight.

‘A completely unique freak experience’: Stepping back into Peaky Blinders is never easy for Cillian Murphy

The acclaimed Irish actor rarely revisits a role, but there’s something about Irish gangster Tommy Shelby that he can’t shake.

  • Jacqueline Cutler
As a result of the ongoing conflict the  Gaza War Cemetery has suffered extensive damage.

Australia pledges to restore Anzac war graves bulldozed during war in Gaza

Satellite imagery has revealed parts of a Commonwealth cemetery containing Anzac burials had been bulldozed during Israeli military operations over the past two years.

  • Rob Harris