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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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• The world marks 25 years since 9/11

  11-09-2026 08:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia, the US and the world are marking 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
  
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• In Dallas, a feisty Vance cements his status as Trump’s likely successor

  11-09-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The vice president is showing that he too can deal in the kind of ugly, personal mud-slinging that Trump’s loyal audiences have delighted in for years.
  
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• Diana’s risque ‘revenge dress’ is up for sale – and it’s grossly undervalued

  11-09-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Fashion was a tool the late princess frequently wielded, but perhaps most famously when she wore this black cocktail dress at the very moment her then-husband Charles was publicly admitting his infidelity.
  
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• Diana’s risqué ‘revenge dress’ is up for sale – and it’s grossly undervalued

  11-09-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Fashion was a tool the late princess frequently wielded, but perhaps most famously when she wore this black cocktail dress at the very moment her then-husband Charles was publicly admitting his infidelity.
  
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• September 11 changed the world, but events since have changed it more

  11-09-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  After the terrorist strikes of 2001, few could have imagined the world that has emerged 25 years later.
  
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• Australians remember lost loved ones 25 years on from September 11 attacks

  11-09-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Complex feelings about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and new revelations about the actions of city leaders at the time, are adding to the emotion of the 25th anniversary.
  
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• Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for sale

  11-09-2026 02:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The princess wore the black silk evening dress at an event in June 1994, the same evening Prince Charles admitted to having an affair during an interview broadcast on national television..
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel blocked from airing James Talarico interview

  11-09-2026 00:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Jimmy Kimmel has been blocked from airing an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico after threats from the FCC.
  
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• Day two of Republican midterm convention

  10-09-2026 22:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The final night of the Republican midterm convention will culminate with speeches by Donald Trump and JD Vance.
  
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• At least five killed in Philippines ferry fire

  10-09-2026 22:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Officials are today trying to confirm if any Australians were on board a ferry when it caught fire in the Philippines.
  
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• Drone display honours 9/11 victims

  10-09-2026 21:58 via smh.com.au
  
  A drone display has recreated the Twin Towers in New York City ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.
  
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• September 11 led US to launch 25 years of ‘failed war at enormous cost’

  10-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Peter Hartcher was in Washington, DC, during the deadliest act of terrorism in modern history. But have we forgotten the lessons learnt in its wake?
  
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• At half-full stadium, Trump makes desperate pitch to save the midterms

  10-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump was funny, spontaneous, cutting, and entertaining at the Republican National Convention. But other than the big fat bribe, little was new in his speech.
  
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• Five dead, dozens missing after ferry fire in Philippines

  10-09-2026 10:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Five people are dead and more than 80 are missing after fire tore through a ferry in the Philippines.
  
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• Trump pledges to give all American adults $US5000

  10-09-2026 08:56 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has pledged to give all American adults $US5000 if Republicans win at the crucial midterm elections, but there is a catch.
  
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• Uganda pulls out of Invictus Games, blaming ‘Harry-Meghan nonsense’

  10-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The extraordinary move was announced by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the country’s military chief and son of the Ugandan president, who said it was out of respect for King Charles.
  
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• There were many Aussies in New York on 9/11. I was one of them

  10-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  I looked up a few seconds before the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. I saw it go in, cookie-cutter style, and red flames leap around its shape at the impact.
  
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• Harry blames King Charles’ letter as ‘tweeting general’ pulls Uganda from Invictus Games

  10-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The extraordinary move was announced by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the country’s military chief and son of the Ugandan president, who blamed the “Harry and Meghan nonsense”.
  
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• Trump offers every American adult $US5000 if Republicans win midterms

  10-09-2026 06:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Democrats quickly dismissed the idea as an election stunt that Donald Trump would not honour, pointing to previous plans to give Americans tariff dividends or distribute savings made by DOGE.
  
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• How the 9/11 terror attacks unfolded, minute by minute

  10-09-2026 05:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The events of 9/11, as it unfolds, is told through the extraordinary footage captured by news networks, eyewitnesses and people on the scene. Video by Tom Compagnoni.
  
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• ‘Satan fish’: The US drone sub captured by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz

  10-09-2026 03:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The critical waterway has become a testing ground for new technologies, now Iran has got its hand on one of the US Navy’s hi-tech drone submarines.
  
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• Republican National Convention 2026 LIVE updates: Trump speaks as US midterms loom

  10-09-2026 03:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The highly unusual midterm convention – dubbed “Trump-a-Palooza” – is on in Dallas, Texas. The US president is addressing the event now.
  
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• As it happened: Trump speaks at Republican National Convention as US midterms loom

  10-09-2026 03:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The highly unusual midterm convention – dubbed “Trump-a-Palooza” – is on in Dallas, Texas. The president spoke for about 90 minutes, hitting his regular range of topics and targets.
  
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• Ex-Australian special forces troops approached to train Russians to fight Ukraine, leaked report claims

  10-09-2026 02:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Special forces veterans from Australia and Britain have been approached to provide illegal training to Russian soldiers according to a leaked Five Eyes intelligence assessment.
  
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• Fetterman crosses the aisle to address the Republican convention

  10-09-2026 02:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Fetterman crosses the aisle to address the Republican convention
  
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• First folding iPhone has Apple’s ‘largest ever display’

  09-09-2026 23:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Apple is not the first to market with a foldable phone, but its CEO new claims the ‘Duo’ will redefine the experience of using one.
  
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• Apple unveils foldable phones

  09-09-2026 22:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Apple has unveiled its latest suite of iPhones, including the brand's first ever foldable design.
  
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• Republicans hold midterm convention

  09-09-2026 22:13 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump will headline the Republican midterm convention in Texas.
  
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• FBI helped find bodies of Australian brothers

  09-09-2026 22:11 via smh.com.au
  
  A Mexican court has heard the bodies of two Australian brothers and their friend were found with the help of the FBI.
  
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