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• Trump arch to double as military complex

  20-09-2026 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has revealed his planned Washington arch will double as a military complex.
  
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• Massive Ukrainian drone strike

  20-09-2026 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukraine has fired more than 1000 drones at Russia, targeting a major oil refinery.
  
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• Merz stumbles on after another big election defeat. But for how long?

  20-09-2026 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Pressure is growing on the German chancellor, with the hard-right AfD party projected to win key state elections, delivering the worst result for his conservative CDU party since 1949.
  
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• Germany’s Merz stumbles on after another big election defeat. But for how long?

  20-09-2026 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Pressure is growing on the German chancellor, with the hard-right AfD party projected to win key state elections, delivering the worst result for his conservative CDU party since 1949.
  
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• ‘We are made of iron’: the workers who keep trains running under fire

  20-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In Kyiv, David Crowe speaks to the workers who stay and keep the railways going at a time of rising danger.
  
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• Putin will win Russia’s sham election. What happens next terrifies Europe

  20-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Western officials fear Russia’s leader will escalate not just the war in Ukraine but also attacks on NATO.
  
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• Australia’s tech fight making waves in the US

  20-09-2026 10:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia's fight to protect children online is making waves in Silicon Valley.
  
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• Harry and Meghan’s battle to be accepted into Cotswolds high society

  20-09-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Whether it’s the old-money gentry or the glossy weekenders that the Sussexes woo, they’ll need more than homemade jam to make an impression.
  
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• The UN is an abject failure at stopping war. Could Australia help it escape Trump’s America?

  20-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The United Nations is powerless to protect democracy, and its most powerful members use their veto to prevent action against atrocities.
  
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• Elizabeth left for an afternoon run. She never made it home

  20-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  She is one of nine women whose bodies have been found in a South African province over the past two months, sparking fears a serial killer could be responsible.
  
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• First, there was Space Force. Now, Trump’s planning an ‘AI Force’

  20-09-2026 04:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Even as he promised to appoint an “AI tsar”, Donald Trump continued to dismiss worries about AI’s pace or potential for harm.
  
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• Trump to create an ‘AI force’ and appoint ‘AI tsar’ but vows not to stifle industry growth

  20-09-2026 01:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed concerns about AI and argued that additional regulation is unnecessary.
  
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• Trump to create ‘AI force’ and appoint ‘AI tsar’ but vows not to stifle industry growth

  20-09-2026 01:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed concerns about AI, arguing that additional regulation is unnecessary.
  
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• Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport; Houthis claim attacks on Saudi capital

  20-09-2026 01:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi capital Riyadh with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of smoke were seen near the city’s main airport.
  
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