The River review – slippery Jez Butterworth play remains a headscratcher
Sydney Theatre Company
Miranda Otto, Ewen Leslie and Andrea Demetriades are all pleasant to watch but this decade-old play is sometimes obnoxiously mysterious
UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% from September
Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will protect borrowers from impact of global conflict
Iran war ceasefire announcement – what we know so far
Donald Trump pauses threat to bomb Iranian infrastructure as Tehran proposes 10-point plan which includes control of strait of Hormuz and withdrawal of all US forces
Paul Seed obituary
Actor and versatile television director who helped shape the influential BBC production of House of Cards
Billionaire Gina Rinehart says ‘I don’t understand’ arrest of Ben Robert-Smith over alleged war crimes
Australia’s richest person questions cost and time spent investigating former soldiers as pockets of support emerge for Victoria Cross recipient
Tropical Cyclone Vaianu may bring life-threatening winds to New Zealand, forecasters warn
Category 3 cyclone is moving south of Fiji towards New Zealand, with winds at centre in excess of 150km/h
Oil prices plunge and stocks jump after Trump announces conditional ceasefire with Iran
Brent crude oil dropped to $93 a barrel after US president’s announcement and Iran’s pledge to reopen strait of Hormuz under its management
Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin state supreme court election giving liberal judges a 5-2 majority
Taylor defeated conservative rival Maria Lazar, providing another gauge of Democrats’ durability in midterms
Dyson v Bissell: I compared their latest lightweight stick vacs head to head
I pitted the Dyson PencilVac Fluffycones against the Bissell PowerClean Dualbrush – which one cleaned up rice, dirt and flour the best?
A new way to hang picture frames without leaving nail holes – tested
HangNailz promise the strength of a nail from an almost-invisible drywall hole that requires no patching. We stabbed some in our walls to find out
Ben Roberts-Smith to remain in jail after bail hearing over war crimes charges
Former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who has always denied wrongdoing, did not immediately apply for bail on Wednesday
‘Desperately searching for any sort of exit ramp’: US political leaders react as Trump announces ceasefire
Chuck Schumer attacks president’s ‘ridiculous bluster’ while Republicans cast decision as shrewd tactical move
As a furniture removalist I learned all mattresses are stained, and that’s fine
You’ll never catch me owning a glass dining table now I’ve moved so many. But it was the people I worked alongside who made the job what it was
Becoming a paramedic changed me. But not in the ways I expected
From trampolines to smartwatches, the job has changed how I see everyday life. It’s a kind of hyper-awareness that doesn’t switch off
My work went from air-conditioned offices to delivering food on a bike. The culture shock is significant
The plan was to get on a bicycle to earn some money. It wasn’t to get hit by cars, thumped by skinheads or to see my surroundings in a whole new light.
Trump needs to go. If we can’t use the 25th amendment, I have another idea
The US constitution should make it possible to remove a president who’s not fit for office. But we’re going to need another way out, writes Arwa Mahdawi