Breakfast News Recap: Middle East tensions jolt oil markets as border strike, protests and elections dominate
Oil prices surged as escalating Middle East tensions threatened key supply routes, with Brent crude moving above $107 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate topping $102, a move that quickly fed through to global risk sentiment. 🔗That backdrop also sharpened concern around diplomacy and energy security, as Iran and Oman delayed planned Gulf talks and the United States opened G20 energy meetings in Houston promoting what it called energy abundance amid the disruption to fuel markets. 🔗 🔗On the ground, Poland and Ukraine denounced Russian strikes close to the Polish border after a Kyiv Warsaw passenger train was hit about... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 14 Sep 2026 08:33 LONDON
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Sydney council corruption inquiry hears allegations of threats and secret recording
A corruption inquiry in New South Wales has heard allegations that former Strathfield councillors threatened, followed and secretly recorded former mayor Matthew Blackmore after he refused to step down. The hearing is taking place under Operation Rosny, the code name for the investigation by the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption. The inquiry is examining whether the conduct amounted to blackmail or illegal surveillance.Blackmore told the commission that he had initially agreed in 2022 to split the mayoralty, taking the role first before resigning so a Labor councillor could complete the term. He said that arrangement was expected to... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 14 Sep 2026 07:02 LONDON
Sydney businessman sentenced in Australia's first foreign interference case
A Sydney businessman has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for reckless foreign interference, in what is described as the first time an Australian has been sentenced for the offence. Alexander Csergo was told he will be eligible for parole as early as next month because of time already spent in custody. The case centres on reports he compiled for two suspected Chinese spies while he was working in Shanghai.The District Court heard that Csergo, 58, had spent more than 600 days in custody before sentencing on Thursday. A jury found him guilty in March after weeks of evidence... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 10 Sep 2026 06:29 LONDON
