Three men from Sydney have been sentenced to prison over their sexual assaults against three women in their late teens, with the longest term being 14 years.

The 72-year-old south-west Victorian Indigenous leader has been jailed for six years and two months over 25 fraud-related charges. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use new Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack "decision-making centres" in Kyiv in response to Ukraine's firing of Western missiles at Russian territory.

With just a few weeks left of his political career, speculation is mounting about who President Joe Biden might pardon before he leaves office and hands over power to Donald Trump.

Indian officials have warned that the storm could develop into a cyclone as it moves away from Sri Lanka.