It was a huge weekend of news. If you need to catch up on what happened in Russia, scroll down to the 2 minute section.

In the meantime, if you need a pick-me-up for the start of the week, may I present to you the World’s Ugliest Dog.

His name is Scooter, he’s seven years old, and he’s a very good boy.

Scooter won the world-renowned event over the weekend at the annual competition in California, which has been going for a solid 50 years.

The quote
“Sarah, Duchess of York was recently diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer detected at a routine mammogram screening. She was advised she needed to undergo surgery, which has taken place successfully." – A spokesperson for Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, announcing she has had surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

The stat
26
The number of roles Australian actor Sarah Snook will play in a one-woman show opening in London next year. Snook, who played Shiv in Succession, will star in an adaption of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.

Today in history
2013: Prime Minister Julia Gillard lost a leadership ballot to Kevin Rudd – the person she’d won the leadership from just three years earlier. Kevin Rudd was sworn in as PM, for the second time, the next day.

Some headlines from this morning:

The number of people with diabetes around the world is expected to double to 1.3 billion by 2050, according to new research from the University of Washington.

Type 2 diabetes (which is preventable) is expected to lead the surge in cases.

Diabetes was the direct cause of death of 1.5 million people in 2019.

What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease occurring when the body can't maintain healthy blood sugar levels.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system attacks and destroys cells in the body that produce insulin, the hormone regulating blood sugar levels. There is no cure for Type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes makes up about 96% of cases. It develops when the body doesn't produce enough insulin, or becomes resistant to it. Type 2 diabetes is caused by many factors, including genetics and weight.

The study
It's estimated that in 2021 there were 529 million people living with diabetes. In over 40 nations and territories, 10% or more of the population had diabetes.

North Africa and the Middle East has the highest prevalence of diabetes. In those regions, 17% of people are expected to be diagnosed with diabetes by 2050.

What can be done?
Stronger health systems, increasing access to insulin, and lifestyle intervention programs were put forward as measures to lower instances of Type 2 diabetes.

However, the study's lead researcher warned preventing and controlling Type 2 diabetes is "quite complex".

Access to medical treatment, especially in low and middle-income countries, presents a widespread challenge to limiting the rise.

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Over the weekend, a private military group threatened to overthrow the Russian army and its leadership.

The attempted rebellion was led by the Wagner group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.

After hours of unrest and an emergency public address by Putin, Prigozhin called off his troops and agreed to leave the country himself.

The Wagner group
The Wagner group is a mercenary group, which means its soldiers are hired to fight on its behalf. It is separate from the Russian army.

The UK Ministry of Defence said in January the Wagner group had an estimated 50,000 fighters. Many of the Wagner group fighters have been recruited from prisons.

The Wagner group has been fighting alongside the Russian army in its war against Ukraine, and was heavily involved in Russia's capture of the city of Bakhmut.

Yevgeny Prigozhin
The leader of the Wagner group is a businessman called Yevgeny Prigozhin.

He has previously been nicknamed 'Putin's chef' because his catering business had many Kremlin contracts.

Prigozhin has been an extremely vocal critic of the Russian military leadership's handling of the war in Ukraine. Over the last few months, Prigozhin has accused military leaders of incompetence and has suggested the Wagner group isn't getting the necessary supplies to continue fighting the war.

What happened?
Following this ongoing criticism, on Friday (local time), Prigozhin said he wanted to "punish" the military leadership and was willing to go "all the way" against them.

In a series of videos and audio notes posted to Telegram, Prigozhin claimed to have 25,000 fighters headed for the Russian capital, Moscow, after capturing military facilities in the Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh.

In the hours after the initial advances, local governors ordered citizens to stay indoors as videos emerged of tanks and military vehicles in city centres.

Putin responds
Late Friday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an emergency televised address where he accused Prigozhin of a "betrayal" and "a knife in the back" of the country.

"Those who are attempting to stage a revolt and are pushing the country towards anarchy... will inevitably be punished and will answer before the law."

He said he had ordered the Russian army to attack the rebel forces but acknowledged the situation was "difficult".

In response to this address, Prigozhin said Putin was "deeply mistaken" to call the rebellion a betrayal.

"We are patriots of our homeland... we do not want the country to live on in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy."

As Prigozhin's troops continued to advance towards Moscow, Russian military helicopters began to fire on convoys travelling along major highways and set up reinforced checkpoints on the southern edge of Moscow.

The deal
With Wagner troops about 200km away from Moscow, a deal was announced by Russian state media.

The deal meant Prigozhin called off the advances of his troops. He will leave Russia for Belarus and charges against him and his group will be dropped.

The deal was reportedly brokered by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Russian state media reported the deal was reached to "avoid bloodshed".

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Over 79,000 hectares of national parkland in northwest Queensland will be returned to Traditional Owners.

It’s the first step of a process that will return the entire national park to the Waanyi People.

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Have you ever been to a concert or a music festival and all you can see is other people’s phones? Well, one festival is trying to end that once and for all. This Never Happened, an electronic music festival coming to Sydney and Melbourne, is banning attendees from using their phones.

The festival encourages people to “experience the moment” and not “record it”.

What do you think? Could this be the future of live music?