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• Arrests made in suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US to strike Iran

  27-09-2026 20:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base.
  
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• Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador says

  28-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  China has the world’s fastest-growing military and for decades US officials have warned of a potential military clash between the two nuclear-armed powers in the Asia-Pacific region.
  
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• Australia hosts tennis make-up sesh between Trump administration and CNN

  28-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The annual tennis tournament between the Trump administration and the media takes place at the ambassador’s residence, which boasts the only grass court in Washington, DC.
  
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• ‘Madness’: Standoff in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades

  28-09-2026 02:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.
  
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• ‘Madness’: Stand-off in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades

  28-09-2026 02:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.
  
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• Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland

  28-09-2026 02:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Around 2,000 protesters blocked the way into a Catholic area in a Northern Irish town that a Protestant parade was due to walk down on Sunday morning (September 27) after the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on a route that was a flashpoint of sectarian disputes.
  
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• Trump says Iran war will 'end soon'

  27-09-2026 22:06 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says the Iran conflict will end 'soon; after he rejected Tehran's latest peace offer.
  
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• Bangkok declared disaster zone

  27-09-2026 22:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone after devastating floods swept through Thailand's capital.
  
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• Terror plot foiled at UK air base

  27-09-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Five men in Britain have been arrested over plotting an alleged terrorist attack on an air base used by the US Air Force.
  
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• ‘Masked men’ arrested over suspected bomb plot at UK air base used by US to strike Iran

  27-09-2026 21:20 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base in south-west England.
  
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• ‘Masked men’ arrested over suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US to strike Iran

  27-09-2026 21:20 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base in south-west England.
  
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• ‘All we could see was red’: The wildfires choking Indonesian Borneo

  27-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fuelled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Nino weather pattern.
  
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• Five men arrested near British air base used by the US on suspicion of terror plot

  27-09-2026 20:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base.
  
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• Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US

  27-09-2026 11:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Police said nearby residents had been evacuated from their homes.
  
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• The surprising method dogs use to understand human language

  27-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  A new brain activity study suggests dogs use the same strategy to pick out words in streams of speech as human infants.
  
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• ‘Major incident’ declared after explosives arrests near UK air force base

  27-09-2026 11:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Locals have been evacuated after a “major incident” was declared near a Royal Air Force base used by US forces in south-west England.
  
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• Trump rejects Iran deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

  27-09-2026 10:38 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has declared Iran only came forward with a deal that would have quickly opened the Strait of Hormuz because it's "losing" badly.
  
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• Yes, the UN is terrible – but right now, we need it desperately

  27-09-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  As 130 armed conflicts rage around the world, United Nations agencies are saving millions of lives, even as UN workers risk their own.
  
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• The ‘monster’ behind Russia’s global effort to evade Western sanctions

  27-09-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  A Moscow firm is using an ever-expanding network of shell companies to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions, documents show.
  
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• From Bangkok to New York, floods, storms spark emergency declarations

  27-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Thailand’s capital declared all 50 of its districts disaster zones after nearly 300 millimetres of rain fell over 48 hours. Meanwhile in the US, emergency warnings sounded as powerful storms hit New York and New Jersey.
  
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• As three countries move to quit UK, a Brexit reversal might be its only hope

  27-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  New PM Andy Burnham may well promise a second referendum on EU membership to save Labour seats – and the Union itself.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands in Paris cheer Pope Leo in largest event of French tour

  27-09-2026 01:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Chants of “Leo, Leo” and “Long live the Pope” echoed down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things.
  
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• Trump rejects Iran’s Hormuz deal as Houthis target Riyadh

  27-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz because “they’re losing so badly”.
  
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• Iran insists on diplomatic solution after Trump rejects peace plan

  27-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump said he rejected the plan and argued that desperation drove the Iranians’ push for an agreement on the key waterway.
  
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• ‘Work is getting harder and harder to find’: On the street with China’s gig workers

  26-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Beijing’s largest temporary job market is one way to gauge the economic reality of ordinary people at the bottom of what analysts increasingly refer to as China’s K-shaped economy.
  
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• Australian senators summon OpenAI boss as hack expands beyond Medicare

  26-09-2026 16:02 via smh.com.au
  
  A Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence is demanding answers as OpenAI reveals it has breached dozens more organisations.
  
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• Australian senators invite OpenAI boss as hack expands beyond Medicare

  26-09-2026 16:02 via smh.com.au
  
  A Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence is demanding answers as OpenAI reveals it has breached dozens more organisations.
  
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• OpenAI says its bots broke into other governments’ websites

  26-09-2026 07:28 via smh.com.au
  
  The ChatGPT maker says its AI agents have meddled with websites of other government services and universities – and the list could include prominent US state departments.
  
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• Trump’s media feud takes another turn with CNN left off Air Force One trip

  26-09-2026 05:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The media outlet continues to bear the ire of the US president, with the White House signalling CNN would not join the media pack travelling with Trump on his latest trip.
  
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• OpenAI says its bots have broken into other governments’ websites

  26-09-2026 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The ChatGPT maker says its AI agents have meddled with websites of other government services and universities, and the list, according to a New York Times report, includes prominent US government departments.
  
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