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• ‘Dangerous and extremely regrettable’: Chinese fighter ‘locked on’ to Japanese jets

  07-12-2025 21:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia and Japan have sounded the alarm after a Chinese J-15 fighter directed fire-control radar – one of the most threatening acts a military aircraft can take – at Japanese jets near Okinawa islands.
  
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• ‘May the force be with you’: A relentless night in a Ukrainian bomb shelter

  07-12-2025 20:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The air raid alarm goes off and the iPhone starts talking in an American accent, urging listeners to seek shelter. It’s 1.23am and our correspondent is about to witness what is a routine night for millions of people across this war-ravaged country.
  
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• First, the alarm goes off. Then my iPhone starts talking in an American accent

  07-12-2025 20:10 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s 1.23am and our correspondent is about to witness what is a routine night for millions of people here.
  
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• A relentless night hunkered down in a Ukrainian missile shelter

  07-12-2025 20:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The air raid alarm goes off and the iPhone starts talking in an American accent, urging listeners to seek shelter. It’s 1.23am and our correspondent is about to witness what is a routine night for millions of people across this war-ravaged country.
  
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• A relentless night hunkered down in a missile shelter as Russia attacks

  07-12-2025 20:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The air raid alarms go off all through the night, urging people to seek shelter. Our correspondent experiences what is a routine night for millions of Ukrainians.
  
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• Trump to host Kennedy Centre awards

  07-12-2025 19:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump will host the revamped Kennedy Centre awards to honour famous figures in the film and music industry.
  
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• Suspected pepper spray attack at London's Heathrow airport

  07-12-2025 19:56 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 20 people have been injured in a suspected pepper spray attack at London's biggest airport.
  
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• Climber ‘left girlfriend to die’ on Austrian mountain

  07-12-2025 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  An experienced mountaineer has been charged with manslaughter after a woman froze to death on the nation’s highest peak.
  
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• Hegseth said boat military destroyed was carrying drugs to the US. It was heading to Suriname

  07-12-2025 07:00 via smh.com.au
  
  New details have emerged of the deadly repeat strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs targeted by the US military.
  
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• King Charles and Queen Camilla’s quiet move after skipping Catherine’s Christmas concert

  07-12-2025 06:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Less than half of the British monarchy’s senior working royals attended the biggest event on Catherine’s calendar, though some absences are more noteworthy than others.
  
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• Hegseth said boat military destroyed was carrying drugs to the US. It was actually heading to Suriname

  07-12-2025 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  New details have emerged of the deadly repeat strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs targeted by the US military.
  
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• Why Is Christianity so hard to find in the Trump administration?

  07-12-2025 05:40 via smh.com.au
  
  For all the concerns that Donald Trump would enforce “Christian nationalism” on American and the world, the reality of his government’s policies has been very different.
  
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• Trump was expected to enforce hard Christian values. The reality has been different

  07-12-2025 05:40 via smh.com.au
  
  For all the concerns that the US president would enforce “Christian nationalism” on America and the world, we’ve seen another set of values define his government.
  
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• US allies that don’t step up ‘will face consequences’, Hegseth warns on eve of Ausmin

  07-12-2025 03:59 via smh.com.au
  
  At a major defence conference, civilian and military officials also spoke of the ongoing difficulty in building more nuclear-powered submarines, which Australia will depend on under the AUKUS agreement.
  
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• Activists vandalise Crown Jewels

  07-12-2025 03:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Tax the Rich campaigners smeared custard over the case containing the State Crown at the Tower of London
  
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• ‘Yobbos with custard’ vandalise Crown Jewels in ‘disgraceful’ dessert protest

  07-12-2025 02:36 via smh.com.au
  
  UK Police have made four arrests after “Tax the Rich” activists smeared crumble and custard over the case containing the State Crown at the Tower of London.
  
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• Drug boat destroyed in lethal repeat strike not headed to US: reports

  07-12-2025 01:42 via smh.com.au
  
  New details have emerged of the deadly repeat strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs targeted by the US military.
  
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• Drug boat destroyed in lethal ‘double-tap’ strike not headed to US: reports

  07-12-2025 01:42 via smh.com.au
  
  New details have emerged of the deadly repeat strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs targeted by the US military.
  
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• Dispute over Meghan’s claim she has contacted her estranged father after his leg amputation

  07-12-2025 00:35 via smh.com.au
  
  A spokesperson says she “reached out” to Thomas Markle after his surgery. Her half-sister disputes that on social media, and has called Meghan names.
  
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