Wieambilla shooting This article is more than 1 year old‘Our hearts bleed blue’: Queensland police officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold honoured at memorialThis article is more than 1 year oldThousands gather in Brisbane to farewell the two constables killed in Wieambilla shooting Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Queensland Police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow have been awarded valour medals at an emotional memorial for the pair who were gunned down in the line of duty.

France This article is more than 8 years oldPhotographer jailed for multi-billion euro Bettencourt exploitationThis article is more than 8 years oldFrançois-Marie Banier has been sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay back €15m to L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and her family A French celebrity photographer has been found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years in prison for exploiting the mental frailty of Liliane Bettencourt, the ageing L’Oréal shampoo heiress, who showered him with gifts including Picasso paintings, life insurance funds and millions of euros in cash.

Letters: Dr Alice Donald and Prof Philip Leach on cases where ‘pyjama injunctions’ have ensured British prisoners of war were not executed. Plus letters from Michael Meadowcroft, Jol Miskin and John Weightman Published: 12:03 PM ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaK%2Bfp7mle9SkqZqhnpp4uLvRpZs%3D

The case for language learningLanguagesToki Pona is an invented language that borrows from Dutch, English and Chinese. It has only 120 words but is two days enough time to become fluent? “Mi jo e soweli lili tu. soweli mi li moku e kala.”* Only around 100 people in the world understand this language. This is Toki Pona, created in 2001 by Sonja Lang, a Toronto-based linguist, and I’m one of a group of 17 who recently took on a challenge to learn it in 48 hours.

Fashion blogFashionThis Christmas, Y-fronts are 80 years old – and it shows. Today, they symbolise discomfort and awkwardness, while boxer shorts are a celebration of freedom and sex appeal The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. We will earn a commission from the retailer if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. It was a cold day on 19 January 1935 – actually, it was a blizzard – when Chicago department store Marshall Field & Co displayed the first-ever pair of Y-fronts in its window.