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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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• Pentagon confirms US has deployed weapons in space

  16-09-2026 00:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The chief of space operations said the US would build its combat advantage to “outfight any adversary”.
  
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• US delegation pressed Australia to end Port of Darwin lease, ramp up defence spending

  16-09-2026 00:33 via smh.com.au
  
  “It’s an issue,” said Republican congressman Michael McCaul – co-chair of the US-Australia relations group in Congress – following his recent visit to Canberra.
  
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• US confirms it deployed space weapons

  15-09-2026 22:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The American government has publicly confirmed it has space weapons in the Earth's orbit.
  
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• Plane's ceiling caves in during Iranian flight

  15-09-2026 22:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The ceiling of an Iranian civilian plane carrying 175 passengers collapsed mid flight shortly after take-off.
  
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• FBI chief under fire over Epstein files

  15-09-2026 22:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The head of the FBI has been accused by Democrats of weakening the crime-fighting agency and covering up the Epstein files.
  
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• I’ll get death threats for saying it – but this prince is no messiah

  15-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal Party has invited to Australia a figure one described as like Desmond Tutu and Winnie Mandela. He’s far from the answer they believe he is.
  
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• As Trump’s popularity slides, his merchandise stores are closing down

  15-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The lack of customers snapping up “Trump 2028” caps, anti-Biden T-shirts and Donald and Melania bobble-head dolls could be a sign the president’s star is waning.
  
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• ‘Not the people I interviewed’: Trump lashes Supreme Court after election ruling

  15-09-2026 18:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The court’s decision to block changes to mail-in voting ahead of the midterms leaves the president’s plans in tatters, as he fumes over what he sees as disloyalty by his appointees to the bench.
  
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• Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland meet to discuss independence

  15-09-2026 13:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The first ministers of three of the four nations making up the UK have met in Wales to discuss plans to move for independence from the Kingdom.
  
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• I moved to Berlin. Turns out Germany is not all it’s cracked up to be

  15-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  There’s the world-class nightclubs, the beer gardens, and the huge expanse of forests. What’s not to love about the world’s hippest city? Quite a bit, it turns out.
  
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• ‘I am the Hoax Buster’: Trump takes on America with seven-post rant promoting AI, data centres

  15-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president has previously tried to sniff the breeze on what mainstream Americans think. In doubling down on claims of a “SICK conspiracy” against AI and data centres, he is doing the opposite.
  
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• Detainees at Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ were held in small metal cages, federal report says

  15-09-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of detainees were confined in “calming areas”, according to a report confirming that conditions at the notorious immigration detention camp fell well below acceptable standards.
  
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• ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas’

  15-09-2026 03:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Detainees at the notorious Alligator Alcatraz were put in cages the size of phone booths.
  
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• Prince Harry’s children move school after two days over security concerns

  14-09-2026 23:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are changing schools again amid concerns over the security of the school run.
  
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• Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding weekend bankrolled by Russian oligarch, Putin ally

  14-09-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Bettina Trump, who married the US president’s son in May, said the lavish celebration was a gift from a dear friend. “Friendship doesn’t require a political motive,” she said.
  
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• Russian oligarch, Putin ally bankrolled Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding weekend

  14-09-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Bettina Trump, who married the US president’s son in May, said the lavish celebration was a gift from a dear friend. “Friendship doesn’t require a political motive,” she said.
  
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• Stars assemble in Hollywood for the 78th annual Emmy Awards

  14-09-2026 22:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The biggest Hollywood stars are assembling for today's 78th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
  
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• Key Saudi oil pipeline out of action

  14-09-2026 22:10 via smh.com.au
  
  A crucial Saudi oil pipeline hit by an attack from Iran-backed rebels could be out of action for weeks.
  
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• Donald Trump dismisses AI concerns

  14-09-2026 22:10 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has dismissed calls to slow AI development as a 'sick conspiracy'.
  
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• Trump doubles down on united Ireland call

  14-09-2026 10:30 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has turned a trophy presentation into a trade announcement to wrap up his whirlwind trip to Ireland.
  
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• Oil shock fears back on radar as pipeline attack chokes supply

  14-09-2026 07:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The latest attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline could knock four per cent of global supply out of play, and with the Strait of Hormuz a mess, crude is getting more expensive.
  
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• Why the US-Iran peace deal falling apart wasn’t all Trump’s fault

  14-09-2026 07:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president has so far failed to find a way to get Iran to agree to a permanent agreement, and a fringe group inside the Iranian regime may be the reason for that.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s train had just passed a Ukrainian station. Moments later, a Russian drone struck

  14-09-2026 03:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The former British prime minister was on a train heading from Ukraineto Poland when the line was attacked by a Russian jet-powered drone.
  
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• Australian man and two children found dead in Bali

  14-09-2026 02:19 via smh.com.au
  
  An Australian man and two children have been found dead in Kuta in Bali, Indonesia.
  
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• Russia hits train shortly after Boris Johnson leaves station

  14-09-2026 02:10 via smh.com.au
  
  A Russian drone struck a train in Ukraine shortly after senior visiting officials passed through.
  
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• Australia exposed to growing risk from deepening China-Russia-North Korea alliance

  14-09-2026 00:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Experts, including a former CIA chief, warn that security in Asia is under threat as the three powers work ever more closely on missiles, drones and other tech in the war on Ukraine.
  
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• Search continues as some survivors brought ashore after Indonesia ferry overturning

  13-09-2026 23:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Search continues as some survivors brought ashore after Indonesia ferry overturning
  
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• Dozens of rescued survivors from overturned ferry brought to Indonesian port

  13-09-2026 23:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of rescued survivors from overturned ferry brought to Indonesian port
  
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• Search for Indonesian ferry passengers

  13-09-2026 22:44 via smh.com.au
  
  A search is underway for at least 129 people after a ferry capsized off the coast of Indonesia.
  
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