Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered a planet which shows potential to support human life. The planet named Gliese 12 b is 40 light years away and has a surface temperature of about 40 degrees Celsius. NASA released an image of it compared to Earth’s size - however, researchers are unsure about what its atmosphere is like.

China's military is carrying out live-fire exercises around Taiwan. The drills come days after Taiwan inaugurated its new president, who Beijing calls a separatist. Beijing says the Joint Sword exercises are punishment for what it calls separatist acts by Taiwan independence forces.

The New South Wales government has confirmed it will delay the closure of the Origin Eraring power plant. The deal means Australia's largest coal fired plant, which was due to close next August, will remain open until 2027 and possibly 2029. As part of the deal the state government will pay Origin up to $450 million over two years if it runs at a loss.

Ben Affleck's performance at the Tom Brady roast has continued to be ripped apart. Comedian Nikki Glaser, who also took the mic at Brady's roast, has become one of the latest to criticise Affleck's performance on the Netflix special. Ms Glaser claims part of the reason why Affleck bombed was because of his poor attitude. “He didn’t prepare,” she said. “He’s someone who’s famous enough that he probably thinks that this is beneath him to do this, so I’m just gonna do a favour.”

‘To Di For’ podcast host Kinsey Schofield has weighed in on Scarlett Johansson's claims that OpenAI copied her voice. Actress Scarlett Johanson expressed her 'shock' and 'anger' at a new feature from the AI program ChatGPT that used a voice she described as 'eerily similar' to hers. The 39-year-old revealed that OpenAI approached her to use her voice for the app assistant feature nine months ago, but she rejected them. Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi that she thought it was “strange” that the company had approached her during the middle of the actor’s strike. “Had she agreed to do this she would have been seen as a traitor in Hollywood, so yeah she rejected the offer,” Ms Schofield said. “They argue that it’s not her and it’s not supposed to sound like her, but they sure did rip Sky who sounds just like Scarlett off the internet as quickly as she entered. “So, I think that was almost an admission of guilt right there Sky disappeared so quickly.”

Hobart City Councillor Louise Elliot has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's silence on the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants. Ms Elliot’s remarks come as the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. “I can hand on heart say that Mr Albanese is the worst Prime Minister we’ve ever had in my opinion,” she told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “I’m prepared to give credit where credit is due regardless of the political stripe. “But to be honest, it's failure after failure and they're getting more and more morally repugnant, he’s pathetic and I can not wait till the next election.”

Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough is fighting hard to keep the Rock n' Roll legend's Graceland Mansion off the real estate market, after its sale was scheduled for today. Ms Keough, who inherited the estate after the death of her mother Lisa Marie Presley obtained a temporary restraining order against the sale of the Memphis property by Naussany Investments. It came as the company behind the sale claims Lisa Marie had borrowed $3.8 million from the company and used Graceland as security for the loan. Riley claims her mum never borrowed money from the investment company, and never gave them a deed of trust.

Sky News host Liz Storer has blasted White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s recent performance as a “clown show”. Ms Pierre shut down a question from a journalist who was asking if US President Joe Biden could fix the border crisis. “This is a clown show – actually defending the President for what has been the greatest breach of United States for any kind of security.

Ben Affleck has continued to catch criticism over his “bitter and unhinged” performance at the Tom Brady roast while dealing with online speculation about his relationship with his wife Jennifer Lopez. ‘To Di For’ podcast host, Kinsey Schofield joined Sky News host Rita Panahi to discuss his cringeworthy appearance on the Netflix roast. “I mean he’s best friends with Jimmy Kimmel why couldn’t he consult Jimmy or some of his writers to provide him with something legitimately funny, legitimately good,” Ms Schofield. “He really just looked bitter and unhinged throughout that Tom Brady roast. “It wasn’t funny it kind of seemed very resentful.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny has been left unimpressed with the ABC’s use of taxpayer dollars to cover mullets in the AFL. “This is hardly an appropriate use of the ABC’s meagre resources,” Mr Kenny said. The Daily Telegraph’s Tim Blair added, “like mullets themselves, this needs to be cut, this needs to be edited”.

Victoria's Opposition Leader John Pesutto has reportedly ditched a Liberal Party 'multicultural dinner' on Tuesday night, after being informed he couldn't make a speech. It comes as there are also reports that Mr Pesutto and Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are not currently in the best of relationship at the moment. Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas and Sky News host Steve Price joined Sky News host Sharri Markson to discuss the Mr Pesutto's relationship with Mr Dutton and why he skipped the Liberal Party dinner.

Sky News host Paul Murray says the cost of the Voice referendum, “half a billion dollars” will be spent to keep Eraring Power Station online “just until” 2027. “The best part of, what, half a billion dollars, otherwise known as a Voice referendum, is how much it will cost to keep the coal-fired power station going,” Mr Murray said. “Not for another 20 years by the way, just until ‘27.”

Political Commentator Emma Webb says UK Labour MPs “standing by” the ICC’s arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is a “big problem” for the Labour Party. “It is having an enormous impact on our politics here … when we see someone like the Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy coming out and standing by the ICC,” Ms Webb said. “This is a big, big problem for the Labour Party.”

Finance Entrepreneur Dr Roger Gewolb discusses the “shocking” footage released by families of Israeli hostages. The families of five female Israeli soldiers held hostage by Hamas have released a graphic video showing their abduction. They labelled it a damning testament to the nation’s failure to bring home the hostages. “The worst parts of that video which are really horrific have been removed,” Dr Gewolb told Sky News host Gabriella Power. “It is really shocking. “Hopefully it will bring the hostages to the attention of all the people who are demanding a ceasefire and the rest.”

Finance Entrepreneur Dr Roger Gewolb discusses the possibility of a “hung parliament” regarding the next Prime Minister of the UK. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for a general election July 4th, several months before expected. A poll in the UK says that 61 per cent of people believe Mr Sunak was right to call an early election. “A lot of people actually think there’s going to be a hung parliament,” Dr Gewolb told Sky News host Gabriella Power. “It’s a terrible situation.”

Finance Entrepreneur Dr Roger Gewolb discusses the UK Prime Minister’s call for an early election and how both parties "don't deliver on their promises". UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for a general election July 4th, several months before expected. A poll in the UK says that 61 per cent of people believe Mr Sunak was right to call an early election. “People are absolutely so sick of both politicians, both parties, they're both empty, they gaslight, they don’t deliver on their promises,” Dr Gewolb told Sky News host Gabriella Power. “Starmer doesn’t even make promises, he just talks about … bold things like truth, beauty, justice, stability – he never says how he’s going to do it."

Sky News host Chris Kenny says the New South Wales Labor government has pushed back Eraring Power Station’s closure back another “two years”. “You could not make this stuff up, our energy self-harm, the way it is driving up your cost-of-living, killing jobs, making this nation more vulnerable,” Mr Kenny said. “The Eraring Plant on New South Wales Central Coast, it is owned by Origin Energy … we’re now drastically short of power, so while Eraring was going to close at the end of this year, the New South Wales Labor government has now intervened to keep it going for another two years.”

Finance Entrepreneur Dr Roger Gewolb discusses the UK Prime Minister’s call for an early election. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for a general election July 4th, several months before expected. “The main theory going around is that it’s because the government is completely out of money,” Dr Gewolb told Sky News host Gabriella Power. "He’s not going to be able to make any tax cuts so he’ll be better off going ahead with that now, rather than making people even more disappointed than they are by waiting later and then announcing those tax cuts."

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand has reacted to the Coalition’s proposed super for housing policy.  “I think ripping into your super is absolutely insane,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray.  “I think that the biggest problem is simply capitalism, it’s supply and demand – there is too much demand, not enough supply.”

Greens Leader Adam Bandt has called for the Labor Party to recognise Palestine in the way other countries are doing. Mr Bandt called for the government to “take action” in supporting Palestine. “That means calling for an end to the invasion of Gaza, putting sanctions on this extreme war cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu that is subject to orders to stop genocide. “Ending the military trade to Israel and expelling the Israeli ambassador.” The Greens Leader said these will take Australia a “step closer” to stopping the invasion of Gaza and ending the occupation.