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• Peace deal has ‘never been closer’, says Iranian minister in post shared by Trump

  12-06-2026 19:07 via smh.com.au
  
  A senior US official said the tentative deal includes terms for removing and destroying nuclear material from Iran.
  
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• Trump, subs and the Iran war: Australia’s replacement for Rudd has arrived in DC

  12-06-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s new ambassador to the United States, Greg Moriarty, says the US is fully committed to AUKUS and believes there is a way around the latest round of tariffs imposed on Australia by the Trump administration.
  
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• Dressed as a cop, he arrived at a politician’s home and rang the doorbell. Then the killing began

  12-06-2026 11:37 via smh.com.au
  
  A Minnesota man spent months stalking Democrats before killing a top Minnesota politician and her husband has been spared the death penalty.
  
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• ‘Difficult questions’ need answering: Adoptees hope for closure with probe into South Korean program

  12-06-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  A former magistrate will the lead the country’s first-ever probe into alleged failures in the Australian-South Korean adoption program.
  
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• Thai princess dies, plunging kingdom into mourning and sparking succession drama

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the eldest child of Thailand’s controversial king, had been on life support since collapsing in December 2022.
  
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• One possible World Cup match would Trump all others, and not for the football

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  If results fall a certain way, the United States and Iran could meet in the knockout rounds – compressing decades of geopolitical tension into 90 minutes of football.
  
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• One possible World Cup match-up would Trump all others, and not for the football

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  If results fall a certain way, the United States and Iran could meet in the knockout rounds – compressing decades of geopolitical tension into 90 minutes of football.
  
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• Left on read: Peace talks via couriers has not worked well for Trump

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Painfully slow progress towards a deal is apparently down to a cumbersome process in which messages take days to move back and forth.
  
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• US officer shot by fellow cop during ‘horseplay’

  12-06-2026 04:10 via smh.com.au
  
  US Police have released dashcam footage of a cop being shot by another officer during “out-of-policy horseplay” inside a police car park.
  
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• Watch: US police officer accidentally shoots colleague

  12-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Newly released dashcam footage shows the moment an officer is hit in the shoulder in “horseplay” accident.
  
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• Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point

  12-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across Britain.
  
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• 8647 etched on National Mall grass

  12-06-2026 03:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The US government is treating a message etched on the National Mall as a death threat against Donald Trump.
  
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• Moment California police officer accidentally shoots colleague

  12-06-2026 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Employee suffered serious injuries as result of ‘unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay’
  
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