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• ‘Posh George’: Farage referred to watchdog over help from crypto criminal

  05-07-2026 21:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Farage, who leads opinion polls, is facing calls for a formal investigation into his links to George Cottrell after reports that the investor who served time in jail secretly aided his campaigns.
  
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• ‘Posh George’: Farage referred to watchdog over help from criminal aristocrat

  05-07-2026 21:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Farage, who leads opinion polls, is facing calls for a formal investigation into his links to George Cottrell after reports the crypto investor who served time in jail secretly aided his campaigns.
  
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• ‘Posh George’: Farage referred to watchdog over help from aristocrat criminal

  05-07-2026 21:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Farage, who leads opinion polls, is facing calls for a formal investigation into his links to George Cottrell after reports the crypto investor who served time in jail secretly aided his campaigns.
  
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• The lingering scent of tragedy: A family grieves for Cake, the teen killed in alleged Pattaya suitcase murder

  05-07-2026 11:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Warning: Graphic content. The spirit of a murdered teen can’t have grudges, her father says. But families can.
  
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• ‘She wanted to see the beach’: Family grieves for teen killed in alleged suitcase murder

  05-07-2026 11:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The spirit of a murdered teen can’t have grudges, her father says. But families can.
  
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• Trump accused of politicising 250th anniversary celebrations

  05-07-2026 10:38 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has been accused of politicising the celebrations held to mark 250 years of American independence.
  
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• Allegedly murdered Thai teen’s family could refuse compensation

  05-07-2026 10:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The family of a Thai teen allegedly killed by an Australian man could refuse to be paid compensation by the accused.
  
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• The subway photo that best captured America’s fractured 250th

  05-07-2026 10:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands flocked to Washington for America’s big July 4 birthday bash for a frenetic night of magic and chaos.
  
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• Heatwaves, storms and masked men: Inside the messy, fractured reality of America’s 250th

  05-07-2026 10:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands flocked to Washington for America’s big July 4 birthday bash for a frenetic night of magic and chaos.
  
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• How dodging drones and death became daily life in eastern Ukraine

  05-07-2026 08:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The risk of death by drone has become an almost casually accepted one for Ukrainians living and working in the so-called “grey zone” bordering Russia.
  
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• The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

  05-07-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.
  
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• The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader the nation’s father feared and reviled

  05-07-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.
  
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• US 4th of July celebrations as it happened: Fireworks start as Trump finishes speech at Washington event postponed by storm that upended America’s 250th anniversary celebration

  05-07-2026 07:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The United States of America is marking the anniversary with celebrations that President Donald Trump has billed as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”. Follow live.
  
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• Trump mixes patriotism with partisanship on America’s ‘joyous’ 250th anniversary

  05-07-2026 07:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The US marks the milestone with celebrations billed by the president as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”.
  
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• US 4th of July celebrations LIVE updates: Fireworks start as Trump finishes speech at Washington event postponed by storm that upended America’s 250th anniversary celebration

  05-07-2026 06:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The United States of America is marking the anniversary with celebrations that President Donald Trump has billed as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”. Follow live.
  
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• Trump speaks at America’s 250th anniversary celebration in Washington

  05-07-2026 05:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump speaks at America’s 250th anniversary celebration in Washington
  
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• US 4th of July celebrations LIVE updates: Trump delivers speech late after Washington event postponed by storm, upending America’s 250th anniversary celebration

  05-07-2026 05:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The United States of America is marking the anniversary with celebrations that President Donald Trump has billed as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”. Follow live.
  
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• Ukraine strikes St Petersburg oil terminal

  05-07-2026 04:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukrainian drones have hit a major oil terminal deep in Russia.
  
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• Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during 4th of July fireworks show

  05-07-2026 04:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Fire breaks out on Brooklyn Bridge during 4th of July fireworks show
  
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• ‘Let us wail’: Thousands rally in Tehran for supreme leader Khamenei’s funeral

  05-07-2026 03:09 via smh.com.au
  
  As hundreds of thousands of mourners turn out onto the streets of Tehran, US President Donald Trump said he was surprised to see some Iranians crying, and suggested they were “fake tears”.
  
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• Meghan and children will not join Prince Harry on London trip

  05-07-2026 01:47 via smh.com.au
  
  After days of uncertainty, it is confirmed that Prince Harry will travel to London alone next week, though the prospect of his family joining him in the UK at some stage has not been ruled out.
  
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• July 4th crowds ordered to evacuate National Mall in DC due to stormy weather

  05-07-2026 01:28 via smh.com.au
  
  July 4th crowds ordered to evacuate National Mall in DC due to stormy weather
  
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• US 4th of July celebrations LIVE updates: Washington event where Trump scheduled to speak ‘postponed’ by stormy weather as America marks 250th anniversary of independence

  05-07-2026 01:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The United States of America is marking its 250th anniversary with celebrations President Donald Trump has billed as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”. Follow live.
  
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• US 4th of July celebrations LIVE updates: Trump says the show will go on after Washington event postponed by storm, upending America’s 250th anniversary celebration

  05-07-2026 01:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The United States of America is marking the anniversary with celebrations that President Donald Trump has billed as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”. Follow live.
  
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• NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates the USA's immigration history in July 4th address

  05-07-2026 00:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Speaking from behind a desk used by George Washington, Mamdani's speech centred the nation's immigration history.
  
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• Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march in DC

  05-07-2026 00:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through parts of Washington, ​D.C., ahead of Independence Day ‌festivities.
  
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• 'All of us have our role to play': JD Vance hails US 250th anniversary in New York

  05-07-2026 00:01 via smh.com.au
  
  US vice president JD Vance speaks aboard USS Kearsage.
  
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