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• Macron attacks ‘stupid’ claims by Trump and others blaming migrants for riots

  21-10-2026 22:53 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The French president accuses foreign leaders of seeking to exploit France’s unrest for their own political gains and spreading misinformation online.
  
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• American prisoner freed by Russia

  21-10-2026 21:23 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Russia has released a jailed US prisoner as Donald Trump's special envoy meets Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Macron calls Trump's remarks on riots 'stupid'

  21-10-2026 21:15 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron has criticised foreign leaders for trying to exploit the riots in his country.
  
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• ‘You are a humanitarian,’ US envoy tells Putin after deal to secure teacher’s release

  21-10-2026 19:10 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Stephen Hubbard has been imprisoned in Russia for four years after the Ukrainian town where he lived with his partner was captured during Putin’s full-scale invasion.
  
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• Not dead, just shopping. North Korean dictator shows up at expo to shut down haters

  21-10-2026 08:48 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Not for the first time, wild rumours about Kim Jong-un’s death have run amok online. Who is making them up and why?
  
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• This Republican ad has outraged the US. It’s a warning for Australia

  21-10-2026 06:54 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  It’s the advertisement that shocked hardened politicos used to the no-holds-barred nature of US politics, and the latest example of the political toxicity seeping into Australia.
  
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• The US midterm attack ad that crossed the line

  21-10-2026 04:40 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The race to become the next governor of Ohio has turned ugly, even by US standards.
  
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• ‘Checkmate’: Russia is winning the war as Ukraine runs out of friends

  21-10-2026 02:46 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Donald Trump’s move to throw Ukrainian leader President Volodymyr Zelensky under the bus ahead of the midterm elections allows Vladimir Putin to call the shots.
  
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• Trump calls reporter a 'sick person'

  21-10-2026 01:09 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Donald Trump has labelled a reporter a "sick person" when he asked a question he didn't like.
  
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• Attack ad in Ohio governor's race described as 'despicable low'

  21-10-2026 00:29 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  An attack ad featuring Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton's mother has been described as a 'despicable low'.
  
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