President-elect Donald Trump has selected former attorney general of Florida Pam Bondi as his new pick for US attorney general. This comes after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from contention for the US attorney general role in the new Trump administration despite being nominated for the position by the President-elect.

Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to lefty broadcasters criticising MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' co-hosts for meeting with Donald Trump.

Sky News US analyst Michael Ware says the United States has “condemned” the ICC’s arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister and former defence secretary. “This is really a non-event ... it’s a symbolic act at best or it can be seen as an act of aggression by countries that are against Israel,” Mr Ware told Sky News Australia.

Security measures have amped up ahead of the Perth Test match between Australia and India. Fans are waiting to see their favourite players as anticipation grows for the important cricket series.

New research has investigated the effects of megafires on Australia's flora and fauna. While many native species decline after bushfires, others have bounced back strongly.

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski reveals two important themes within the markets are flourishing together. “We’ve seen a Northern Hemisphere session where there are two important themes playing out which would normally be in opposition to each other but we’re actually seeing them flourish together,” Mr Piotrowski told Sky News Australia. “Stock markets have moved higher where US and European trade have been concerned. “At the same time, you have seen continued exchanges between Ukraine and Russia in the last day. “Money is moving into safe havens. “Normally those two outcomes are mutually exclusive to each other.” Presented by CommSec.

Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe reveals extreme fire danger will be in place for parts of South Australia as hot weather continues throughout the weekend. “Last night it stayed hot in Adelaide … the warmest November night since 2017 for the city,” Mr Sharpe said. “You can see through today that heat is flowing down south. “We’ve got extreme fire weather … and high fire danger in the yellow-shaded regions.”

Parts of Central Queensland have seen one month's worth of rain in just an hour. Charleville recorded more than 150 millimetres in the downpour on Wednesday which locals described as a "one-in-50-year" flooding event. A minor flood warning is in place for the town as water levels rise along the Warrego River.

Sky News host James Macpherson slams Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan after formal negotiations on a statewide Treaty have begun. “This is all about Jacinta Allan having her moment in history,” Mr Macpherson said. “Jacinta Allan goes on in this press conference, trying to explain why a Treaty is so necessary … she talked on and on and none of it made much sense.”

Sky News contributor Kosha Gada has discussed the potential Democratic candidates for the 2028 election. It comes as a new survey has revealed most Democrats want Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s 2028 presidential nominee. According to Puck News/Echelon Insight poll revealed 41 per cent of Democrats would vote for Ms Harris to be on the ticket in 2028 followed by Gavin Newsom, and Josh Shapiro. Ms Gada expressed scepticism about Ms Harris's viability and suggested other potential candidates like Gretchen Whitmer and Mark Kelly. “There might be sympathy bias. Something colouring those numbers. She's never won anything nationally,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “And other people who ran against Republicans who lost, like Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry, exited the state. So I don't see how she's gonna rise like a phoenix.”

Sky News host Liz Storer discusses Donald Trump’s newly announced pick as Education secretary. “Education secretary, he’s chosen Linda McMahon who has no education background whatsoever,” Ms Storer said. “He’s chosen this woman, Linda McMahon, who hails from, of all places, the World Wrestling Entertainment where she has been the CEO for some years.”

Sky News host Liz Storer slams the Labor government after they announced a $50 million contribution to Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage from climate change. “Can you give us anything showing the impact that it is happening on culture over there, on livelihoods over there?” Ms Storer said. “They play us for complete flogs, they do not even justify the expenditure.”

Sky News host James Macpherson criticises an acknowledgement of country given in Azerbaijan during the COP29. “You’ve got an Australian bureaucrat giving an acknowledgement of country except there’s no Indigenous people to acknowledge and she’s not even in our country,” Mr Macpherson said. “Does that not prove how brainwashed these people are?”

Sky News host Peta Credlin has discussed Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ major changes to the investment mandate of Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund to direct funds to Labor’s agenda. “I think it’ll be an election issue if it is properly explained to Australians because the government has to pay these pensions. The fund right now pays them, and the capital keeps increasing, and they run off the interest, and people can understand that pretty simply,” Ms Credlin said. “So this is why it matters to Australians today because it’s the opportunity cost it’s the money lost on all the other things the budget right now has to fund that we need you know quite immediately and I think Labor’s made a real mistake here.”

Megyn Kelly revealed her thoughts on why MSNBC ‘ Morning Joe’ hosts, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with the President-elect despite the pair’s previous scathing comments about Mr Trump. “It's about two things. One, their ratings are in the toilet,” Ms Kelly told Sky News host Paul Murray. “They're truly beyond circled the bowl. They've lost half of their audience and they're doing what they can to generate interest in the show and Trump is a ratings machine. “The second thing I think is the most important to these two and it is the access to power that they crave.”

Libertarian commentator Chrysten Abraham has revealed her winner of the week to be former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. “The winner, I would say, is probably Ellen DeGeneres because being able to use Trump as an excuse to flee the US,” she told Sky News host Paul Murray. Ms Abraham’s remarks come after Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi moved from America to rural England following Donald Trump’s big election victory.

Megyn Kelly has hit out at CBS correspondent Scott Pelly over his “biased” 60 Minutes pieces where he criticised a number of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. “They continue to be clown themselves …CBS haven't learned,” Ms Kelly told Sky News host Paul Murray. “You've never seen a piece of tape. So biased just ripping, he pulled out the worst allegation against each one of them as if it completely defined each nominee and was the sum and substance of each man or woman “The least generous You know most oppo dump piece of information. That's 60 minutes that's CBS.”

Sky News contributor Gary Hardgrave says the Labor government is “completely out of step” with all forms of common sense. This comes after Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen rejected an agreement aimed to speed up the development of new nuclear technology. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek defended the decision by posting on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to the “tsunami of hate” from MSNBC’s lefty audience after the hosts of ‘Morning Joe’ met with President-elect Donald Trump. “MSNBC's primetime ratings have plummeted. It's not just the Morning Joe program and I thought maybe that was behind their … begging to meet Donald Trump because maybe they thought, okay, we need to change tact, obviously we picked the wrong team,” Ms Panahi said. “Their audience isn't open to that. Their audience is hard left that don't want them.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to actress Rosie O'Donnell slamming ‘Morning Joe’ co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough for meeting with Donald Trump.