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• Massive Ukrainian drone strike

  20-09-2026 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukraine has fired more than 1000 drones at Russia, targeting a major oil refinery.
  
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• In Washington, temples to Trump’s ego lie ruined. And another is on the way

  21-09-2026 03:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The Kennedy Centre was once America’s cultural heart. Now it is barricaded, empty and being held hostage as the US president insists his name be added to its facade.
  
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• Diana’s brother is right to be furious with Charles over Harry and William

  21-09-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A war of words has erupted over conversations between Diana’s brother and her ex-husband over her sons’ role at the funeral almost 30 years ago
  
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• Harry and Meghan need protection to avoid Diana’s ordeal, Earl Spencer says

  21-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Prince Diana’s brother compares the “really unpleasant” behaviour of the media towards the Sussexes to how his late sister was treated.
  
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• Trump arch to double as military complex

  20-09-2026 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has revealed his planned Washington arch will double as a military complex.
  
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• Merz stumbles on after another big election defeat. But for how long?

  20-09-2026 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Pressure is growing on the German chancellor, with the hard-right AfD party projected to win key state elections, delivering the worst result for his conservative CDU party since 1949.
  
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• Germany’s Merz stumbles on after another big election defeat. But for how long?

  20-09-2026 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Pressure is growing on the German chancellor, with the hard-right AfD party projected to win key state elections, delivering the worst result for his conservative CDU party since 1949.
  
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• ‘We are made of iron’: the workers who keep trains running under fire

  20-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In Kyiv, David Crowe speaks to the workers who stay and keep the railways going at a time of rising danger.
  
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• Putin will win Russia’s sham election. What happens next terrifies Europe

  20-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Western officials fear Russia’s leader will escalate not just the war in Ukraine but also attacks on NATO.
  
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• Australia’s tech fight making waves in the US

  20-09-2026 10:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia's fight to protect children online is making waves in Silicon Valley.
  
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• Harry and Meghan’s battle to be accepted into Cotswolds high society

  20-09-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Whether it’s the old-money gentry or the glossy weekenders that the Sussexes woo, they’ll need more than homemade jam to make an impression.
  
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• The UN is an abject failure at stopping war. Could Australia help it escape Trump’s America?

  20-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The United Nations is powerless to protect democracy, and its most powerful members use their veto to prevent action against atrocities.
  
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• Elizabeth left for an afternoon run. She never made it home

  20-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  She is one of nine women whose bodies have been found in a South African province over the past two months, sparking fears a serial killer could be responsible.
  
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• First, there was Space Force. Now, Trump’s planning an ‘AI Force’

  20-09-2026 04:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Even as he promised to appoint an “AI tsar”, Donald Trump continued to dismiss worries about AI’s pace or potential for harm.
  
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• Trump to create an ‘AI force’ and appoint ‘AI tsar’ but vows not to stifle industry growth

  20-09-2026 01:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed concerns about AI and argued that additional regulation is unnecessary.
  
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• Trump to create ‘AI force’ and appoint ‘AI tsar’ but vows not to stifle industry growth

  20-09-2026 01:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed concerns about AI, arguing that additional regulation is unnecessary.
  
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• Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport; Houthis claim attacks on Saudi capital

  20-09-2026 01:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi capital Riyadh with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of smoke were seen near the city’s main airport.
  
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• Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport

  19-09-2026 23:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Houthi rebels claim they have attacked the Saudi Arabian capital with drones and missiles.
  
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• This is the data centre capital of the world. They’re starting to regret it

  19-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  About 70 per cent of the world’s internet traffic flows through this county in Virginia. Whether it is a road map for Australia, or a cautionary tale, depends on who you ask.
  
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• Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect

  19-09-2026 20:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Journalists from CNN, MS-NOW and Politico had their passes confiscated when they tried to enter the White House on Saturday, in what CNN called an “illegal assault” on press freedom.
  
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• Trump’s love of AI is more complicated than it looks

  19-09-2026 06:19 via smh.com.au
  
  While the US President is seemingly unwilling to take a step back on the development of the technology, there are many inside the administration who are urging caution.
  
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• ‘Those are exactly the words he said’: Earl Spencer says he is telling the truth about the King

  19-09-2026 05:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Diana’s younger brother has stuck to his guns, suggesting to the BBC that King Charles is embarrassed about his alleged disparaging remark about the princess.
  
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• Trump, Denmark strike deal to shut Russia and China out of Greenland

  19-09-2026 02:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The agreement, to be signed at the United Nations next week, will explicitly ban US and NATO adversaries from building bases or maintaining troops in Greenland, and from making sensitive investments there.
  
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• Trump, Denmark strike deal to expand US military presence in Greenland

  19-09-2026 02:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The agreement, to be signed at the United Nations next week, will explicitly ban Russia and China from building bases or maintaining troops in Greenland, and from making sensitive investments there.
  
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• ‘Total war’: The human face of the assault on Ukraine

  19-09-2026 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  In Kyiv, every decision is a gamble when Russia is intensifying its drone and missile strikes. Ukrainians continue their lives, but the pressure is exhausting after more than four years of war.
  
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• Trump bans CNN from the White House

  18-09-2026 23:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has banned CNN from the White House, citing their bias against him.
  
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• Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House

  18-09-2026 21:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The announcement is an extraordinary escalation of Trump’s long-standing animosity towards the media and outlets that report factual stories he does not like.
  
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• Two students killed in Philippine school shooting

  18-09-2026 12:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The incident follows two fatal gun incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where school shootings were previously rare.
  
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• ‘Very kindly, very cute’: Bali locals mourn the two children murdered by their Australian father

  18-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  People are struggling to understand the shocking murder-suicide of Australian Damien John Shaw and his son and daughter in Kuta’s popular Legian neighbourhood.
  
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• Iranians rally by the hundreds of thousands in biggest show of defiance since war began

  18-09-2026 10:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The crowds were pledging their readiness to take up arms in a government-organised rally stressing national unity.
  
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