Mother’s ‘torture’ | The mother of a baby boy hospitalised after hot coffee was allegedly poured on him by a stranger has described the experience as “torture” as the nine-month-old underwent surgery in Brisbane yesterday.

Power point | Australia’s electricity authority has declared the country’s main power grid will remain reliable as it shifts from coal domination to running overwhelmingly on renewable energy – but only if investments in new generation are delivered “on time and in full”. In his Temperature Check column, Graham Readfearn assesses whether claims that the country faces power cuts without more gas actually stack up.

Higgins’ help | Brittany Higgins had counselling within days of her alleged rape in Parliament House, a defamation trial has been told.

Exclusive | The administrator of the construction union wants a “clean sweep” of union-appointed board directors on the Cbus industry super fund, prompting two resignations and a plan to sack another former union official.

Sex tape allegation | A high profile Sydney man allegedly asked his intern to catalogue sex tapes of himself and his ex-wife before he allegedly raped her, a court has heard.

Blame game | Donald Trump has blamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for last month’s failed assassination attempt against him by accusing them of making it difficult for the Secret Service to protect him. Meanwhile, officials at Arlington national cemetery have filed a report over the behaviour of members of Trump’s campaign staff who reportedly shoved and verbally abused an employee during a “crass” photo opportunity for the Republican presidential candidate. Follow developments live.

‘Tough winter’ | Ukraine is preparing for power cuts after the latest barrage of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Israeli attack | Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in the West Bank in overnight raids and airstrikes that they said were intended to contain attacks on Israelis using Iranian-supplied arms.

Youth hope | Keir Starmer has held the door open for some form of youth mobility exchange with EU countries after talks in Germany with Olaf Scholz, who stressed to the British prime minister his wish for closer ties.

Dogged work | Researchers in the UShave revealed that dogs trained to use soundboards have been able to respond to the pre-recorded words by humans just as they do to spoken words.

Tennis | Australian trio Rinky Hijikata, Ajla Tomljanovic and 18-year-old qualifier Maya Joint (pictured) have been knocked out of the US Open on day three at Flushing Meadows along with Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova. Follow all the action on day three of the New York tournament with our live blog.

Matildas | Veteran Aivi Luik is fighting a doping suspension imposed in May by the anti-doping agency in Italy where she was playing two years ago.

Football | Liverpool have agreed to pay nearly $20m for the Italian forward Federico Chiesa from Juventus.

Queensland | Party leaders will attend a tourism, aviation and transport summit hosted by David Speers.

Gender | Julia Gillard and the former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark will lead an online Women in Leadership forum.

Victoria | The state government will release an interim report into dealings with the CFMEU.

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