Basel voters are expected to decide on Sunday whether they should spend tens of millions of dollars to host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, with opponents decrying a "waste" of public funds for a "blasphemous" music performance.

If confirmed, it is the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres.

The United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, drawing criticism of the Biden administration for again blocking international action aimed at halting Israel's war with Hamas.

In an operation planned for well over a month, protesters took to Newcastle Harbour as a large bulk carrier entered the vital export port.

An inquest has heard that a father who killed his baby daughter in a murder-suicide near the Barossa, north of Adelaide, manipulated his ex-partner to drop domestic violence charges by deceiving the prison he was being held in.