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• US airstrikes targeting key facilities across Iran

  17-07-2026 23:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has ramped up its air strikes campaign against Iran, targeting bridges, rail lines and power and water facilities.
  
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• ‘Wouldn’t have been my choice’: Farage praises Hanson, but breaks with her on right-wing podcast

  17-07-2026 21:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Pauline Hanson was “quite remarkable”, but took issue with her decision to sit down for a podcast with far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
  
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• Farage heaps praise on Hanson as Rinehart watches on in pink cowboy hat

  17-07-2026 21:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Pauline Hanson was “quite remarkable”, but took issue with her decision to sit down for a podcast with far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
  
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• Fed-up Europeans use sniper fire to stop narco traffickers on new ‘cocaine highway’

  17-07-2026 21:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Antidrug officials are pushing for military tactics to be employed against ‘go-fast’ smuggling boats.
  
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• Distillery owner charged over Laos poisonings that killed Aussie teens

  17-07-2026 18:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign officials suggested the owner could now face up to four years in prison, if convicted, after the victims’ families were left devastated by the possibility of a shorter sentence.
  
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• Andy Burnham clears final hurdle before becoming UK PM, but Aussie expat gets one vote

  17-07-2026 15:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Burnham promised to bring hope to the British people and purpose to the country’s floundering Labour government ahead of replacing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
  
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• Not a solo performance, but a symphony: What China’s leader thinks about AI

  17-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Xi Jinping has urged countries to seize the “rare, historic opportunity” of open-source AI and warned against new “historical injustices” from unequal access.
  
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• Trump lays the groundwork for emergency declaration ahead of midterms

  17-07-2026 07:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president recently stacked his administration with temporary appointments of loyal friends, some with the explicit purpose of investigating “rigged elections”. Now we know what game is being played.
  
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• Seven pulled from rubble after massive landslide hits China

  17-07-2026 07:43 via smh.com.au
  
  South-west China has been hit by a massive landslide, trapping some locals under the rubble.
  
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• US releases video of strikes on Iran

  17-07-2026 06:58 via smh.com.au
  
  US Central Command has released footage of strikes on Iran.
  
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• Trump’s ‘big news’ speech only confirmed his own midterm crisis

  17-07-2026 04:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has alleged electoral interference from China. But voters are more focused on economic impact of his disastrous war with Iran.
  
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• Trump airs sensational claims about ‘meddling’, data theft and fraud in US elections

  17-07-2026 04:34 via smh.com.au
  
  In a primetime address to the nation, the US president unleashed a series of complaints – many of which were already known or debunked – about alleged Chinese influence, voter fraud and a cover-up by the American “deep state”.
  
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• Marine Nationale fires on drug smugglers off the coast of Madeira.

  17-07-2026 04:25 via smh.com.au
  
  French navy intercepts drug smugglers off the coast of Madeira and fires on their boat to stop it.
  
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• Laos ambassador summoned for reprimand over ‘devastating’ methanol poisoning news

  17-07-2026 03:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia is “frustrated and disappointed” as the parents of the victims of the Laos mass methanol poisoning are told no one is likely to face serious charges.
  
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