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• US police release ransom notes allegedly written by Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers

  31-07-2026 23:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Local police in Arizona have released two ransom notes believed to be written by Nancy Guthrie's kidnappers.
  
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• ‘It looked like an atomic bomb’: The Aussie pilots flying into a French firestorm

  31-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  As the nation faces its worst fire season in living memory, France has called on pilots and aircraft from other countries for help.
  
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• How the storming of Ceuta shifts Europe to the right

  31-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The mayor-president of Ceuta, Juan Jesus Vivas, said 60,000 people rushed over the border. The Spanish Interior Ministry claimed almost all the arrivals had returned.
  
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• ‘Monumental step’: Hamas to disarm under deal for Gaza to get new government

  31-07-2026 07:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Hamas, labelled a terrorist group by the US and Australia, has agreed to a process that will begin with Gaza’s police force within the next two weeks, provided Israel agrees to vacate the territory it has seized.
  
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• Hiker impales himself on a pole – then climbs for more than six hours off the mountain

  31-07-2026 06:28 via smh.com.au
  
  “Tis but a flesh wound,” said the man, a nurse who works in wound care, after making a self-assessment of the gruesome injury.
  
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• Nirmal Purja among 10 climbers missing on one of world’s highest peaks

  31-07-2026 06:12 via smh.com.au
  
  A renowned mountaineer and Netflix star, who scaled the world’s 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019, is believed to be caught up in an avalanche at Broad Peak in Pakistan.
  
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• Four bodies found after 10 climbers go missing on one of world’s highest peaks

  31-07-2026 06:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Renowned mountaineer and Netflix star Nirmal Purja, who scaled the world’s 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019, is among those believed to be caught up in an avalanche at Broad Peak in Pakistan.
  
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• How Australian pilots are flying to fight French wildfires

  31-07-2026 04:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian pilots deployed by Adelaide company Aerotech Group are fighting wildfires near Bordeaux in France.
  
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• Sydney’s Indian-Australian community joins a global protest

  31-07-2026 03:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of protesters gathered in Parramatta, becoming part of India’s most significant protest movement in a generation.
  
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• David slipped and impaled himself on a metre-long hiking pole – then climbed 16km off the mountain

  31-07-2026 03:04 via smh.com.au
  
  “Tis but a flesh wound,” said the man, a nurse who works in wound care, after making a self-assessment of the gruesome injury.
  
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• French firefighters continue to battles blazes in dry forests west of Bordeaux

  31-07-2026 02:19 via smh.com.au
  
  French firefighters continue to battles blazes in dry forests west of Bordeaux
  
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• Trump says Hamas will disarm under deal for Gaza to get new government

  31-07-2026 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president described it as a critical step towards the territory being run by a new Palestinian government. Israel and Hamas have not confirmed the agreement publicly.
  
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• Incredible footage as migrants swim from Morocco amid border crisis

  31-07-2026 01:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
  
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• Trump says Gaza Board of Peace has reached Hamas disarmament deal

  31-07-2026 01:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president described it as a critical step towards Gaza being governed by a new Palestinian government. Israel and Hamas have not confirmed the agreement publicly.
  
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