Australians will cram voting booths on Saturday to pick their next government, deciding a hard-fought election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump tariffs.

Ajay, a 30-year-old labourer, had plans to move out of his cramped home, having enrolled his two sons in school days ago. That dream collapsed on Friday when a tree came crashing down on his house.

Meenal Ahmed Khan, a Pakistani national, was reunited with her CRPF trooper husband in Jammu after the J&K high court intervened to prevent her deportation. She entered India on a tourist visa and applied for a long-term visa as an Indian citizen’s wife.