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By Jesmine Cheong, ABC with wires The AxEMU suit is pictured during a press conference of Prada and Axiom Space. Photo: AFP - Marco Bertorello The first woman on the moon will be wearing a designer spacesuit, as part of NASA's first human mission to the lunar South Pole. Prada has co-designed the space suit with private space company Axiom Space to provide the surface suits for NASA's Artemis III mission to the moon, planned for 2026. The designer suit does not stray too far from what astronauts have worn historically. Similar to the suits worn by the Apollo astronauts who last walked on the moon more than five decades ago, the external layer of the suit is designed to reflect heat and is mostly white. It is also designed to withstand extreme temperatures at the lunar south pole and ...

By Riley Stuart, for ABC in London British singer-songwriter Liam Payne poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2019 in London on February 20, 2019. Photo: AFP / TOLGA AKMEN Liam Payne's family say they're "heartbroken", and paid tribute to the former One Direction member's "kind, funny and brave soul" after he was found dead in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Payne, 31, had been staying at a hotel in Argentina's capital, and fell from a third-floor balcony. His death sparked an outpouring of grief from fans of the boy band, that rocketed to fame after forming as part of a British reality television show in 2010 before splitting up six years later. In a statement released Friday, his family said: "We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we'll remember hi...

By Jeremy Diamond, Dana Karni, Pauline Lockwood and Sophie Tanno for CNN Yahya Sinwar at a gathering in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis in 2017. Photo: SAID KHATIB / AFP The Israeli military has confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar - the chief architect of the militant group's deadly 7 October 2023 terror attack that set off the war in Gaza - has been killed in battle. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that Sinwar was killed on Wednesday after a "year-long pursuit". "In recent weeks, IDF and ISA forces, under the command of the Southern Command, have been operating in the southern Gaza Strip, following IDF and ISA intelligence that indicated the suspected locations of senior members of Hamas," the Israeli military statement read. "IDF soldiers of the ...

By James Mackenzie for Reuters If confirmed, Sinwar's death would represent a major boost to the Israeli military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a string of assassinations of leaders of its enemies. Photo: AFP / MAHMUD HAMS Israeli ministers have been informed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has very likely been killed by Israeli troops who were conducting an operation in southern Gaza, two officials with knowledge of the situation say. Israeli broadcasters quoted unnamed officials as saying Sinwar, the architect of the devastating attack on Israel last October that set off the Gaza war, was dead. There was no immediate confirmation from the military, which earlier said it was checking the possibility that Sinwar, Israel's most wanted enemy, was among three militants kill...