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• Bill Gates: Epstein used affairs as leverage against me

  11-06-2026 00:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The tech billionaire’s evidence supported claims that Jeffrey Epstein routinely blackmailed powerful figures in his orbit to his advantage.
  
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• Peace deal has ‘never been closer’, says Iranian minister in post shared by Trump

  12-06-2026 19:07 via smh.com.au
  
  A senior US official said the tentative deal includes terms for removing and destroying nuclear material from Iran.
  
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• Trump, subs and the Iran war: Australia’s replacement for Rudd has arrived in DC

  12-06-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s new ambassador to the United States, Greg Moriarty, says the US is fully committed to AUKUS and believes there is a way around the latest round of tariffs imposed on Australia by the Trump administration.
  
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• Dressed as a cop, he arrived at a politician’s home and rang the doorbell. Then the killing began

  12-06-2026 11:37 via smh.com.au
  
  A Minnesota man spent months stalking Democrats before killing a top Minnesota politician and her husband has been spared the death penalty.
  
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• ‘Difficult questions’ need answering: Adoptees hope for closure with probe into South Korean program

  12-06-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  A former magistrate will the lead the country’s first-ever probe into alleged failures in the Australian-South Korean adoption program.
  
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• Thai princess dies, plunging kingdom into mourning and sparking succession drama

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the eldest child of Thailand’s controversial king, had been on life support since collapsing in December 2022.
  
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• One possible World Cup match would Trump all others, and not for the football

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  If results fall a certain way, the United States and Iran could meet in the knockout rounds – compressing decades of geopolitical tension into 90 minutes of football.
  
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• One possible World Cup match-up would Trump all others, and not for the football

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  If results fall a certain way, the United States and Iran could meet in the knockout rounds – compressing decades of geopolitical tension into 90 minutes of football.
  
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• Left on read: Peace talks via couriers has not worked well for Trump

  12-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Painfully slow progress towards a deal is apparently down to a cumbersome process in which messages take days to move back and forth.
  
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• US officer shot by fellow cop during ‘horseplay’

  12-06-2026 04:10 via smh.com.au
  
  US Police have released dashcam footage of a cop being shot by another officer during “out-of-policy horseplay” inside a police car park.
  
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• Watch: US police officer accidentally shoots colleague

  12-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Newly released dashcam footage shows the moment an officer is hit in the shoulder in “horseplay” accident.
  
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• Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point

  12-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across Britain.
  
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• 8647 etched on National Mall grass

  12-06-2026 03:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The US government is treating a message etched on the National Mall as a death threat against Donald Trump.
  
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• Moment California police officer accidentally shoots colleague

  12-06-2026 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Employee suffered serious injuries as result of ‘unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay’
  
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• ‘Great settlement’: Trump calls off Iran strikes, claims peace deal could be signed this weekend

  11-06-2026 21:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported that Tehran was likely to approve the agreement, which came just hours after the US president threatened to escalate the war.
  
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• Trump calls off Iran strikes, citing progress on peace deal

  11-06-2026 21:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president said the naval blockade would remain “until this transaction is finalised”, with the time and place of the signing to be announced.
  
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• Trump calls off strikes on Iran, hints at ‘approved’ Middle East deal

  11-06-2026 19:43 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the naval blockade would remain “until this transaction is finalised”, with the time and place of the signing to be announced.
  
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• Trump says US will strike Iran ‘very hard tonight’ after second day of trading attacks

  11-06-2026 14:42 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has vowed further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.
  
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• UK defence minister quits hours before meeting with Marles

  11-06-2026 14:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The extraordinary move stunned the government, heightening the instability of Keir Starmer’s leadership
  
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• UK defence minister quits hours before AUKUS meeting with Marles

  11-06-2026 14:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The extraordinary move stunned the government, heightening the instability of Keir Starmer’s leadership.
  
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• Trump orders further strikes on Iran

  11-06-2026 10:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has spent the evening in the White House situation room, ordering another series of what he's calling self-defence strikes on Iran.
  
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• US-Iran war as it happened: Strait of Hormuz closed; US ends latest round of strikes on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’; Oil prices rise

  11-06-2026 09:04 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• US and Iran trade attacks for a second day, undermining shaky ceasefire

  11-06-2026 09:00 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has vowed further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.
  
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• Belfast police blast anti-immigration protesters with water cannons

  11-06-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Unrest has flared again in Belfast as police have blasted anti-immigration protesters with water cannons.
  
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• Analysis suggests precision US strikes on Iranian water facility

  11-06-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  It is unclear if the US intentionally struck the water facilities or knew what was in the buildings.
  
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• US Navy carries out Iran strikes

  11-06-2026 05:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage released by US Central Command showed the destroyer Michael Murphy firing a series of tomahawk cruise missiles at targets in Iran on Thursday.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Strait of Hormuz closed; US ends latest round of strikes on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’; Oil prices rise

  11-06-2026 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed-up public

  11-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.
  
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• Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed up public

  11-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Strait of Hormuz closed as Trump confirms US military strikes have resumed on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’

  11-06-2026 03:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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