Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reacted to UK election exit polls which predict a landslide victory for the Labour Party. According to exit polls, the Labour leader is set for a thumping win. "Labour is likely to have over 400 seats in the new parliament and to form a very strong government," Mr Albanese said on Friday. "The British Labour Party is a sister party to the Australian Labor Party … I do want to say that I worked constructively with Rishi Sunak, and I wish him well. “I congratulate all those who have been successful.”

Commentator Brad Polumbo says US Vice President Kamala Harris is “cringe personified”. The Vice President was featured in a skit with Taraji P Henson where Ms Harris Facetimed the American actress to express her concern about the upcoming election. “She literally ... put on a fake Black accent that she does not have,” Mr Polumbo said. “How is that not deeply offensive? To pander to Black people and adopt a fake accent when you’re speaking to Black entertainment television.”

Former High Commissioner to the UK Alexander Downer says Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer comes across as "pleasant and harmless" which is why people "felt safe" to vote for him. Exit polls have indicated Labour is set to take a landslide win in the UK election “I don’t think he is a great true believer, a warrior of politics and ideology,” Mr Downer told Sky News Australia. “I think he will just be a manager, I suppose, would be a good way of describing his style. “I think he’ll be very cautious; I don’t think a huge amount will change, I don’t think they will change government policies very substantially. “He is not charismatic, he doesn’t inspire people, but he comes across as pleasant and harmless.”

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says the markets have been “well across” the idea of a change of administration in the United Kingdom. “As far as what we’ve seen overnight, European markets actually did quite well,” Mr Piotrowski told Sky News Australia. “The FTSE was amongst the most improved in Europe – up by around 0.9 per cent.” “The context for that is that over the course of recent weeks, stocks in general have declined, and interest rates have moved higher in anticipation of these elections.” Presented by CommSec.

The exit poll has predicted the Labour Party is headed for a dominant victory in the UK election. The poll suggests a thumping win for Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer. Vote counting continues to take place across the UK.

Almost 30,000 residents in northern California have been told to leave their homes as wildfires rage across the state. Firefighters are working to protect homes after blazes broke out on Tuesday. 74 structures across the state have been destroyed or damaged. A state of emergency has been declared as experts forecast several more days of extreme heat.

The US President and Israel's Prime Minister have discussed efforts to finalise a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – according to the White House. Benjamin Netanyahu has authorised a team of mediators to try and resume stalled negotiations but it's not clear where or when they will travel for the talks. During the phone call, the two leaders also welcomed a meeting between US and Israeli national security teams, taking place in 10 days.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has predicted gas shortfalls on the east coast could happen sooner than expected. The competition watchdog is calling for "urgent" development of new sources of supply after revising its shortfall predictions from 2028 to 2027. It suggests the use of LNG import terminals as a stop-gap measure. AEMO issued a threat notice last month warning the supply in the east cost system "may be inadequate to meet demand".

Senator Fatima Payman has quit the Labor Party but will remain in the Upper House, representing Western Australia on the crossbench. The defection follows her crossing the floor on a motion on Palestinian statehood. The Senator says she faced death threats and intimidation while weighing up her political future.

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly has broken down some recent US polling numbers following US President Joe Bidens disastrous performance at the CNN debate. “The polls are so bad, I don't know how to describe to you how bad they are,” Ms Kelly said. “Yes. The New York Times is putting it a six-point spread among likely voters. It's I think nine with registered, which is just absolutely devastating. “But we don't have a national election here. We have, you know, an electoral college and what that means is these critical 6 to 8, depending on how generous you are, swing states are going to decide this presidential race. “And he's haemorrhaging in the swing states.”

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly has called out Democrats over lying about US President Joe Biden’s mental state. It comes following the US president's fumbling debate performance during the first CNN presidential debate ahead of the election in November. “They've been lying to us,” Ms Kelly said. “They've been defrauding the American people about our president's mental state.”

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly says Republicans should be “praying” that Joe Biden stays and continues to dig in his heels. Ms Kelly joined Sky News host Paul Murray to discuss the latest of the US presidential race following Joe Biden’s fumbling performance at the CNN debate last week. “Republicans should be praying that Joe Biden stays … and says, I'm not going anywhere,” Ms Kelly said. “I won the nomination fair and square. I have 99% of the delegates pledged to me, and it's on. “I'm not leaving because I do think the same media that now is pretending just to. It's just unfortunate the condition he's in.”

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly has predicted Joe Biden’s end to presidency following bad polling after his “catastrophic” performance at the CNN debate. “The only thing that really mattered after that debate was this release by POC news of the internal Democrat polls,” Ms Kelly said. “And those are the best reasons I've seen so far to predict it's over for Joe Biden.

The Megyn Kelly Show host Megyn Kelly says the odds of a Democratic president being able to withstand the kind of “media assault” that US President Joe Biden is currently under are “slim to none”. “I've never seen it done before. I mean, he'd have to pull a Trump and he's no Trump,” she told Sky News host Paul Murray. “The leftists in our country care what the New York Times says. They care what's in Politico and on CNN and MSNBC and Morning Joe and they're hearing almost universally the same message, which is he's infirm. He is in cognitive decline.”

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has joined Sky News host Chris Kenny to discuss the UK general election as voters head to the poll. Mr Downer predicted a "catastrophic" outcome for the Conservative Party when the results come through on election night. It comes as opinion polling has consistently shown Labour with a commanding 20-point lead over the governing Tories. "I think it will be a catastrophe for the Conservative Party," Mr Downer said. "They won 365 seats at the last election, which was in 2019, the expectation is that they will win around 100 seats this time. "So it will be a massive loss for them and Labour will end up with such a big majority."

GB News host Patrick Christys says UK Labour is on course to win the “largest majority since 1832”. Mr Christys told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that the Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer could become “very unpopular, very quickly”. “His personal approval ratings are very, very low.”

Journalist and Commentator Brad Polumbo says US First Lady Jill Biden is “enabling elder abuse” as calls mount for the US President Joe Biden to not run again. “This point the First Lady is enabling elder abuse and I get she wants to cling to the spotlight … anybody human, that allure of power and attention is going to be there,” he said. “Humiliating out country … if she really was looking out for her husband’s best interest Jill Biden would tell Joe not to run again.”

Former British Army commander Richard Kemp says the Australian government is acting "irresponsible" for telling Israel to not go to war with Hezbollah. "In the last two hours, Hezbollah has fired a massive bonbardment of rockets into northnern Israel which is still going on now as we speak," he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. "Hezbollah claim they've fired at least 200 rockets at Israel in the last couple of hours."

Journalist and Commentator Brad Polumbo says US President Joe Biden’s first post-debate interview will now be done “live”. “He has got to do something to do damage control on this disaster but what was interesting is that originally this ABC interview was going to be cut up like a package of highlights from an interview,” he said. “They have now announced they are doing it live.”

Donald Trump claims President Joe Biden has "just quit" the presidential race and the former president will instead be facing a “pathetic” Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election in a leaked video. In a video shared by The Daily Beast, the former president was filmed telling fellow golfers President Biden was “broken down” and would be quitting the race. “That means we have Kamala. I think she will be better,” Mr Trump said. “She is so bad. She is so pathetic.”