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• World in pictures this week, July 16, 2026

  16-07-2026 11:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
  
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• UK PM Keir Starmer farewelled from parliament

  16-07-2026 10:48 via smh.com.au
  
  UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been farewelled from parliament with a standing ovation.
  
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• Australia should send military assets to the Gulf: Morrison

  16-07-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  As US bombing of Iran intensifies and a crisis redevelops in the Strait of Hormuz, the former prime minister said Australia should proactively make a contribution to protecting its national interests.
  
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• Trump sets sights on Iran’s hidden nuclear fortress

  16-07-2026 07:34 via smh.com.au
  
  With the conflict with Iran reigniting, the US may target one of the country’s most mysterious nuclear sites.
  
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• Amnesty picked a fight with JK Rowling over trans rights. It backfired

  16-07-2026 03:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The human rights body drilled into a volcano guaranteed to erupt when it called out the author’s women-only centre for survivors of sexual abuse.
  
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• The day of the condor, the Hollywood stars and escaping the shadow of Trump’s America

  16-07-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  With an unrelenting news cycle, a retreat from modern America beckons. It is one of memory – of a road trip along a glorious coast and visiting the haunt of legends.
  
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• ‘You could see it coming’: Along the Thames, triumph turns to torment

  16-07-2026 01:58 via smh.com.au
  
  For England’s long-suffering fans, a semi-final exit at the hands of Lionel Messi’s Argentina comes with a familiar sense of expectations crushed.
  
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• Epstein linked to CIA, Mossad, claims JD Vance

  16-07-2026 01:57 via smh.com.au
  
  JD Vance has claimed Jeffrey Epstein had connections to the highest levels of US and Israeli intelligence.
  
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• Trump gets his own money as US mints $1 coins bearing president’s face

  16-07-2026 00:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The special edition gold coins are the latest controversial effort to fuse the president’s legacy with the US currency.
  
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• Hegseth’s plan for ‘High-T Department of War’

  16-07-2026 00:42 via smh.com.au
  
  US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new screening program for ‘testosterone deficiency’ among troops.
  
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