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• British PM hits back at Vance over comments on teen’s stabbing death

  06-06-2026 07:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Keir Starmer’s office has condemned social media comments by the US vice president in which Vance blamed immigration for the death of 21-year-old student Henry Nowak.
  
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• Attack on Israel is an astonishing demonstration of Iranian bravado in this ‘fiasco’ of a war

  08-06-2026 02:52 via smh.com.au
  
  By firing salvos of missiles at Israel, Iran’s leaders are rolling the dice on punitive retaliation – but it could soon turn to folly.
  
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• ‘Knicks in four,’ hear them roar: $100,000 tickets as New York goes NBA crazy

  08-06-2026 02:07 via smh.com.au
  
  The team in the biggest market in the NBA is playing finals for the first time since 1999 and has the chance to sweep the series, infecting New York with a joie de vivre beyond even its usual energy.
  
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• ‘I call the shots’: Trump urges Netanyahu not to strike back after Iran missile barrage

  08-06-2026 00:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war.
  
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• Angry Trump storms out of TV interview

  08-06-2026 00:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president dropped his microphone and walked out of a combative appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press.
  
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• ‘Had their fun’: Trump urges Israel not to strike back after Iran missile barrage

  07-06-2026 23:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war.
  
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• ‘Grave mistake’: Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such attack in months

  07-06-2026 22:56 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump reportedly said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate to the Iranian bombardment, which was prompted by earlier Israeli strikes on Beirut.
  
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• Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such attack since April ceasefire

  07-06-2026 22:32 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump reportedly said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate to the Iranian bombardment, which was prompted by earlier Israeli strikes on Beirut.
  
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• Iran launched missiles at Israel in first such attack since April ceasefire

  07-06-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel on Sunday struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning, in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down.
  
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• Russia strikes Chernobyl nuclear plant as Zelensky meets European leaders

  07-06-2026 22:02 via smh.com.au
  
  A drone blasted a fuel storage facility at the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine on the eve of talks in London about the need for stronger air defence.
  
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• ‘Extremely vile’: Russia strikes Chernobyl nuclear plant as Zelensky meets European leaders

  07-06-2026 22:02 via smh.com.au
  
  A drone blasted a fuel storage facility at the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine on the eve of talks in London about the need for stronger air defence.
  
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• Israel says Iran launched missiles at it in first such attack since April ceasefire

  07-06-2026 21:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel on Sunday struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down
  
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• ‘It’s all showbusiness’: Meet the publicist behind America’s political influencers

  07-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  He was the PR guru to looksmaxxer Clavicular and markets far-right conspiracy theorist Candace Owens. For once-cancelled reporter Mitchell Jackson, there are no rules – only a good show.
  
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• ‘Unhinged’: Trump storms out of TV interview when pressed on false election claims

  07-06-2026 20:53 via smh.com.au
  
  A visibly enraged US president took off his microphone, dropped it to the ground and stepped on it after unleashing a tirade against the American media and elections.
  
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• US concerned over growing spying threat from Israel

  07-06-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Intelligence agencies warn that intensified Israeli efforts to learn about American positions in talks with Iran have crossed a line, complicating efforts to end the war.
  
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• Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Why one smart dumb blonde is the world’s most shimmery sex symbol

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen she remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Why one smart dumb blonde has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Why one ‘smart dumb blonde’ has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Royals turn out for wedding of King’s nephew, Peter Phillips

  07-06-2026 02:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Senior royals led the well-wishers as Princess Anne’s son married nurse Harriet Sperling at a small country church.
  
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• Hegseth uses D-Day memorial to rail against ‘invasion’ of Europe by migrants

  06-06-2026 21:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The issue of European immigration has been a preoccupation of the Trump administration, with Vice President JD Vance also weighing in on the topic.
  
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• The David v Goliath battle playing out in Australia’s backyard

  06-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A diplomatic stoush between Vanuatu and France over two uninhabitable islands could have global implications.
  
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• A David v Goliath battle to decide the fate of islands of the ‘resting God’

  06-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A diplomatic stoush between Vanuatu and France over two uninhabitable islands could have global implications.
  
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• Iran, US exchange missile and drone fire, testing fragile ceasefire

  06-06-2026 10:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The fragile truce between the US and Iran has come under further stress in the Gulf, with American forces striking Iranian drones and radar sites, and Iran firing missiles at US bases in the Gulf.
  
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• The prestigious arts school where Jeffrey Epstein’s shadow still lingers

  06-06-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Years before his conviction as a sex offender, Epstein directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Michigan campus, and stayed there many times in the 1990s and 2000.
  
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• Putin sees ‘no point’ in Zelensky meeting, tells army to ‘keep working’

  06-06-2026 03:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Ruling out an offer from the Ukrainian leader to meet face to face, Putin said Russia was “calmly and resolutely” reaching its military goals in Ukraine.
  
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• Andrew made money subletting cottages on his rent-free estate, report shows

  06-06-2026 01:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The audit office review was requested by MPs after Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles and evicted from Royal Lodge by the King.
  
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• The mysterious database that provides clues to China’s foreign surveillance

  05-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The discovery of an unsecured Chinese policing dashboard has painted a picture of how authorities track foreign journalists and other people of interest.
  
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• Australian lawyer cops fine, suspended sentence for Hong Kong dine-and-dash spree

  05-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Samuel Monkivitch gained a reputation for running away from bills at Hong Kong’s five-star hotels as well as smaller restaurants.
  
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• Astronauts shelter for air leak repairs on International Space Station

  05-06-2026 18:00 via smh.com.au
  
  NASA ordered five astronauts to safety in their SpaceX-built spacecraft docked to the ISS as a Russian crew attempted to fix a worsening air leak on the Zvezda service module.
  
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