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• ‘Doing their best to survive’: Inside Bordeaux’s wildfire refugee centre

  29-07-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  As fires burn out of control and temperatures threaten to hit 39 degrees, thousands have sought shelter as part of the biggest evacuation of its kind in France since World War II.
  
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• Hiker impales himself on a pole – then climbs for more than six hours off the mountain

  31-07-2026 06:28 via smh.com.au
  
  “Tis but a flesh wound,” said the man, a nurse who works in wound care, after making a self-assessment of the gruesome injury.
  
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• Nirmal Purja among 10 climbers missing on one of world’s highest peaks

  31-07-2026 06:12 via smh.com.au
  
  A renowned mountaineer and Netflix star, who scaled the world’s 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019, is believed to be caught up in an avalanche at Broad Peak in Pakistan.
  
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• How Australian pilots are flying to fight French wildfires

  31-07-2026 04:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian pilots deployed by Adelaide company Aerotech Group are fighting wildfires near Bordeaux in France.
  
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• Sydney’s Indian-Australian community joins a global protest

  31-07-2026 03:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of protesters gathered in Parramatta, becoming part of India’s most significant protest movement in a generation.
  
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• David slipped and impaled himself on a metre-long hiking pole – then climbed 16km off the mountain

  31-07-2026 03:04 via smh.com.au
  
  “Tis but a flesh wound,” said the man, a nurse who works in wound care, after making a self-assessment of the gruesome injury.
  
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• French firefighters continue to battles blazes in dry forests west of Bordeaux

  31-07-2026 02:19 via smh.com.au
  
  French firefighters continue to battles blazes in dry forests west of Bordeaux
  
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• Trump says Hamas will disarm under deal for Gaza to get new government

  31-07-2026 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president described it as a critical step towards the territory being run by a new Palestinian government. Israel and Hamas have not confirmed the agreement publicly.
  
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• Incredible footage as migrants swim from Morocco amid border crisis

  31-07-2026 01:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
  
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• Trump says Gaza Board of Peace has reached Hamas disarmament deal

  31-07-2026 01:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president described it as a critical step towards Gaza being governed by a new Palestinian government. Israel and Hamas have not confirmed the agreement publicly.
  
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• Chaotic scenes as thousands rush across border into Spanish enclave

  30-07-2026 23:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
  
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• FIFA's World Cup privatisation bid

  30-07-2026 22:30 via smh.com.au
  
  FIFA is considering privatising the World Cup, but the plan has met fierce resistance.
  
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• Thousands breach Morocco’s border into Spain

  30-07-2026 22:22 via smh.com.au
  
  A crowd breaks through a borderfrom Morocco to Spanish territory of Ceuta. Source: AP
  
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• ‘Terrible moment’: George and Amal Clooney flee luxury French home as wildfires rage

  30-07-2026 21:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The Clooneys bought their home on a vineyard in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in 2021, when it had an estimated value of about $15 million.
  
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• George and Amal Clooney flee luxury French home as wildfires rage

  30-07-2026 21:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The Clooneys bought their home on a vineyard in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in 2021, when it had an estimated value of about $15 million.
  
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• ‘Absolute chaos’: Thousands of people rush across Moroccan border, hoping to get to Europe

  30-07-2026 21:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Some migrants swam while others walked around a breakwater and crossed rocks after instructions spread on social media on how to enter the Spanish enclave of Cueta.
  
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• Obama lawyer slammed for claiming Epstein victim’s allegations ‘lacked credibility’

  30-07-2026 11:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Kathryn Ruemmler, who served as White House counsel to former US president Barack Obama, testified to Congress that she thought Virginia Giuffre’s sex-trafficking allegations lacked sufficient detail.
  
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• European wildfires worsen as flames reach Greece

  30-07-2026 08:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Europe's wildfire emergency is worsening, with flames now sweeping across parts of Greece.
  
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• American anger: The real takeaway from Fauci’s show trial is enduring rage

  30-07-2026 07:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic did not give us government at its best. We ought to learn the lessons. But there has to be a point at which you let it go.
  
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• As south-west France burns, it’s not just the flames that have residents worried

  30-07-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The human toll is already severe, and economic damage will be measured in the billions. But the reality of this fire is more complex than the headlines suggest.
  
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• Norwegian teenager recruited to shoot target in England for Iran-affiliated drug gang

  30-07-2026 05:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Johannes Natland, 19, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder following a retrial at the Old Bailey.
  
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• US strikes ‘dozens’ of targets in Iran, hours after Trump’s expletive-laden threat

  30-07-2026 04:32 via smh.com.au
  
  US Central Command said the new strikes on Thursday morning were “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attack”.
  
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• Five takeaways from the torrid COVID showdown where Fauci refused to say anything

  30-07-2026 04:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The man who led the US pandemic response endured a hostile hearing with senators over his handling of the crisis and the origin of the deadly virus. Here’s what went down.
  
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• A teenager was hired by a 16-year-old hitman to kill in Britain. His target remains a mystery

  30-07-2026 03:43 via smh.com.au
  
  A Norwegian teenager was recruited by a 16-year-old hitman acting for an Iran-based gang linked to antisemitic attacks – a method police refer to as “violence as a service”.
  
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• US launches strikes against Iran, hours after Trump’s expletive-laden threat

  30-07-2026 02:41 via smh.com.au
  
  US Central Command said the new strikes on Thursday morning were “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attack”.
  
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• ‘Eye-watering’: Prince Harry, celebrities face $35m legal bill after Daily Mail court loss

  30-07-2026 00:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The battle over costs comes after a judge comprehensively ruled against the prince and six other high-profile figures and rejected phone-hacking allegations they made against the newspapers.
  
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• Dr. Fauci repeatedly invokes Fifth Amendment in COVID-19 Senate hearing

  29-07-2026 23:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The physician and immunologist repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing.
  
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• Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth in US hearing

  29-07-2026 22:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Former US top doctor Anthony Fauci has faced a Republican-led Senate hearing over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• ‘It’s our turn to hit ’em’: Trump signals retaliation after Iran fires missiles at US forces in Jordan

  29-07-2026 22:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Flare-ups on multiple fronts across the Middle East, after several days of relative calm, raise the risk of a return to all-out war.
  
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• Fauci faces contempt finding after pleading Fifth Amendment on COVID-19 origins

  29-07-2026 21:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The former chief medical adviser’s long-term nemesis, Republican senator Rand Paul, kicked Fauci’s lawyer out of the room amid a tense hearing that could lead to criminal charges.
  
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