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• Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated as wildfires rage across Europe

  25-07-2026 23:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been evacuated as deadly wildfires spread across southern Europe.
  
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• He’s been called Steve Irwin reincarnated as an economist, and he wants to change the world

  25-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Justin Wolfers is a mainstay on American cable news networks. Now he is leveraging his brand – and Australian style – into a modern media company of his own.
  
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• Rescue team finds 11 European tourists, one crew member alive after speedboat sank in Indonesia

  25-07-2026 12:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The group went missing after their speedboat apparently broke apart and sank in rough weather off a bay on Sulawesi island on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Trump warns US 'locked and loaded' for massive strikes on Iran

  25-07-2026 10:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has warned the US is "locked and loaded" and considering massive strikes on Iran following fresh attacks on US military bases across the Middle East.
  
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• Indonesian rescuers search for missing speedboat with 11 European tourists, two local crew

  25-07-2026 10:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of search and rescue teams have been deployed in a search operation covering approximately 300 square nautical miles of waters along and around Tomini Bay, a renowned marine tourism destination.
  
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• 200,000 people forced to evacuate as wildfires rip through Spain and France

  25-07-2026 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  About 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, as wildfires take hold across France and Spain.
  
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• Trump jokes about 2028 presidential bid

  25-07-2026 09:06 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rambling speech, the US President trolled reporters about defying the constitution and running for a third term.
  
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• ‘Who the hell wrote that?’ Trump bombs at correspondents dinner with unfunny, tasteless speech

  25-07-2026 06:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The evening started with promise, but descended into failed jokes, recycled material and a truly awful attack by the US president on CNN host Kaitlan Collins.
  
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• ‘Who the hell wrote that?’: Trump bombs at correspondents dinner with unfunny, tasteless speech

  25-07-2026 06:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The evening started with promise, but descended into failed jokes, recycled material and a truly awful attack by the US president on CNN host Kaitlan Collins.
  
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• Iranian threat forced Trump to switch planes after NATO summit

  25-07-2026 05:29 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president had flown to the summit in Ankara, Turkey, on the new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 but had to use the older Air Force One to leave after the Secret Service’s warning.
  
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• Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

  25-07-2026 05:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has announced he will run for president again, in a move that would breach the constitution.
  
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• Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as more than 200,000 people flee flames in France, Spain

  25-07-2026 04:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The violence of fires, fuelled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change, has caught authorities off guard, with firefighters in Spain admitting the fires were so fast that they could not be tackled head-on.
  
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