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The day in 10 minutes: 30 stories, in the order the day put them. Ranked by how many newsrooms reported each story, not by clicks. Set a News Diet to fold heavy stories away.

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The main stories

1Starship makes orbit but engine trouble cuts the victory lap short

SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time yesterday and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, although engine trouble cut short a planned six-orbit flight.

9 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this

2David Shoebridge named new Greens leader in hotly contested ballot

David Shoebridge has been announced as the new leader of the Greens, with Steph Hodgins-May as deputy.

8 mastheads, 5 newsrooms reported this · New South Wales

3Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84

Bruce Baird, a former federal Liberal MP and deputy leader of the party’s New South Wales branch, has died aged 84.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW

4After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?

Christa Pike was still breathing after she was injected with two doses of a lethal drug in an execution attempt that turned into a life-saving effort.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United States · heavy

5Tran Hiep: Missing Aussie activist’s wife breaks silence on allegations

The wife of an Australian human rights activist missing in Cambodia has rubbished claims her husband planned terrorist activities in Vietnam after he was charged by authorities.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Melbourne, VIC

6NSW man accused of murdering neighbour – and then murdering his relative two weeks later

Det Supt Joe Doueihi on Wednesday said the alleged murder victims were related. Police alleged the neighbour was responsible for both murders.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · New South Wales · heavy

Good news

Stawell Gift winner Olufemi Komolafe stripped of title after positive ADHD drug test

A drug scandal has affected the Stawell Gift, with this year’s winner stripped of his title after testing positive to an ADHD medication.

7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this · Adelaide, SA

Courts

Police allege mother stabbed three children in Blue Mountains leaving one child dead

Bystanders found all four on the side of the road at Valley Heights on Sunday with stabbing injuries.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · New South Wales · heavy

UK-Iranian national arrested over alleged incident at British air base

Police investigating an incident at British air base RAF Fairford have arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United Kingdom

Missing Australian human rights activist charged in Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have charged an Australian human rights activist and two other people over an alleged plot to carry out terrorist activities in the South-East Asian country.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Melbourne, VIC

General

Swimmer killed in shark attack off Australian west coast

A swimmer has been killed in a shark attack at a beach in Perth, on the west coast of Australia, police have said.

8 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Perth, WA · heavy

Three men accused of going ‘over the top’ in violent home invasions targeting women home alone across Sydney

Three men have been charged over two allegedly violent home invasions targeting women who were home alone in Sydney.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW · heavy

Beau Lamarre-Condon jury hears Triple Zero call from day of alleged murders

A jury has been played the Triple Zero call made from Luke Davies's phone on the day he and Jesse Baird were allegedly murdered by Beau Lamarre-Condon.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · heavy

World

Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions

Pike, 50, was sentenced to death in the 1990s after being convicted of a murder she carried out as a teenager.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · heavy

'Strong indications' Iran involved in activity at a UK airbase, Burnham says

Police said on Tuesday that no explosives were found at the scene.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · United Kingdom

Sport

Former Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles diagnosed with MND at 37

Former Wallaby Nathan Charles, who became the first cystic fibrosis sufferer in the world to play a contact sport professionally, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Sydney, NSW

Chris Fagan headed the ultimate Lions reawakening

The Lions hierarchy saw the value in what Fagan had learned and appointed him to replace Justin Leppitsch in late 2016.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this · Brisbane, QLD

Manchester City found guilty in Premier League's biggest scandal

An independent panel has found City guilty of almost all 115 charges against it, covering a nine-year period in which the Abu Dhabi-backed team changed the landscape of the richest.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

Business

ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’

Financial journalist Alan Kohler, a familiar face on the ABC’s 7pm news bulletin, will retire in December after three decades as the public broadcaster’s highly-respected financial guru.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

RBA hikes rates to 15-year high amid rising energy costs — as it happened

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises cash rate to highest level in 15 years and warns of more hikes ‘if needed’

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its interest rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011, while warning of further hikes.

7 mastheads, 3 newsrooms reported this

Politics

Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness

Senator Larissa Waters has announced she is standing down as Greens leader due to ill health.

7 mastheads, 4 newsrooms reported this

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