Qantas This article is more than 3 months oldAustralia agrees to clear-the-air talks with Qatar over controversial airline decisionThis article is more than 3 months oldExclusive: Senate inquiry hearings were told application for extra flights by the Gulf had been ‘unfairly rejected’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian bureaucrats will schedule a meeting with Qatari officials to discuss the Albanese government’s controversial decision to reject Qatar Airways’ request to almost double its flight operations to Australia.

Book of the daySociety booksReviewThis rigorous defence of middle-aged women, who are ignored and vilified, is an often painful read and a future classic When I went to university in 1988, feminism was wildly unfashionable; if students of both sexes happily queued around the block to hear Germaine Greer lecture on Aphra Behn, it was considered deeply uncool to own a copy of The Second Sex, let alone to go on about Andrea Dworkin or the Sun’s page three.

Iceland This article is more than 1 month oldIceland volcano: eruption begins on Reykjanes peninsula after weeks of activityThis article is more than 1 month oldFearing a significant event, authorities had evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of Grindavík Iceland volcano – live updates A volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland has erupted after weeks of intense earthquake activity, spewing glowing orange jets of lava surrounded by billowing clouds of red smoke.

Renée Zellweger This article is more than 9 years oldJulia Roberts: I've risked my career by not having cosmetic surgeryThis article is more than 9 years oldThe actor’s comments about the pressures on women in Hollywood come as Russell Brand defends Renée Zellweger against criticism over her new look Julia Roberts has stepped into the controversy over the pressures on women in Hollywood by claiming she may have risked her career by opting not to undergo a facelift.

Autumn arts preview 2019Top BoyInterviewLittle Simz: ‘Every story told in Top Boy, I’ve witnessed a version’Killian FoxThe rapper on being cast in the new series of the London drama, and meeting its biggest fan, Drake Read an interview with Top Boy writer Ronan Bennett Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo – better known as rapper Little Simz – was born in north London in 1994. She started acting aged nine, appearing in the BBC series Spirit Warriors and E4’s Youngers, before turning to music.