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• Netanyahu knew the lethal risk of striking Iran. But he did it anyway

  13-06-2025 08:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Only months ago, Donald Trump’s advice was that Iran was not actively pursuing nuclear weapons. Evidently, Israel’s leaders were unconvinced.
  
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• Singapore hanged more people this year than it has in decades

  17-12-2025 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The tally is now 17. Three people were marched up the Changi prison gallows in one week in November alone.
  
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• As media moguls show Warner Bros the money, keep an eye on CNN – and US democracy

  17-12-2025 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Paramount and Netflix are (almost) knocking each other out to buy Warner Bros Discovery – but there are bigger things than cable TV and movie studios at stake.
  
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• When the Epstein files will be released – and what will be withheld

  17-12-2025 06:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The clock is ticking for the US government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein – and it has to be done before Christmas.
  
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• Australia urged to take ‘Al Capone approach’ to hate preachers, extremists

  17-12-2025 05:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Hate preachers and potential terrorists could be targeted and deported by officials pursuing their tax and immigration records under a new approach to tackling extremism.
  
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• ‘Beyond tragic’: Rob Reiner’s son charged with murder of his parents

  17-12-2025 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Nick Reiner, 32, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. Prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty.
  
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• Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela

  17-12-2025 02:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The move follows the US seizure of a tanker last week and appears designed to apply more pressure to President Nicolás Maduro.
  
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• The Epstein files will soon be made public. Here’s what to know

  17-12-2025 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The clock is ticking for the US government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein – and it has to be done before Christmas.
  
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• How Putin’s favourite pop star became ‘most hated woman in Russia’

  17-12-2025 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Vladimir Putin’s favourite singer has been stung by a public backlash after a court case left a young mother homeless and $3.3 million out of pocket.
  
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• Man who stabbed Australian girl in London sentenced

  17-12-2025 00:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The man who stabbed an 11-year-old Australian girl in London has been sentenced.
  
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• Rob Reiner’s son to be charged with murder of his parents

  16-12-2025 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
  
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• ‘Move, move, move’: Enraged driver who ploughed van into soccer parade jailed for decades

  16-12-2025 20:27 via smh.com.au
  
  “You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror,” a Liverpool judge told Paul Doyle.
  
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• ‘Conspiracy theorist’, ‘right-wing zealot’: Trump’s chief of staff lets fly in secret interviews

  16-12-2025 19:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Susie Wiles, the president’s trusted and respected chief of staff, revealed her true feelings in a series of candid chats with Vanity Fair magazine, describing her boss as having “an alcoholic’s personality”.
  
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• What we know about the Bondi terrorists’ trip to ‘Islamic State hotspot’ in the Philippines

  16-12-2025 09:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The country’s southern regions have long been a breeding group for Islamic militancy, attracting foreign fighters to a network of shadowy training camps.
  
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• Did the Bondi attackers find favour and fervour in the Philippines’ radical heartland?

  16-12-2025 09:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The country’s southern regions have long been a breeding group for Islamic militancy, attracting foreign fighters to a network of shadowy training camps.
  
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• Trump doubles down on criticism of Rob Reiner

  16-12-2025 07:22 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Rob Reiner, asserting Monday that the slain Hollywood director was “a deranged person".
  
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• Trump sues BBC in $15 billion lawsuit over edited footage

  16-12-2025 05:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The president has followed through on his threat to sue Britain’s public broadcaster in a row over edited speech footage that has already cost the jobs of two senior executives.
  
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• Trump sues BBC in $15 billion defamation suit over edited footage

  16-12-2025 05:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The president has followed through on his threat to sue Britain’s public broadcaster in a row over edited speech footage that has already cost the jobs of two senior executives.
  
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• Bondi terrorist attack lobs a grenade into an already febrile world

  16-12-2025 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  American gun lobbyists quickly hijacked the Sydney massacre for their own political purposes, as did anti-immigration activists – in a harbinger of what’s to come.
  
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• Andrew stripped of ‘last remaining title’

  15-12-2025 23:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The former Duke of York – a former naval helicopter pilot who flew in the Falklands conflict – had his honorary military rank removed over his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• Trump offers ‘platinum standard’ security guarantee for Ukraine in bid to end war

  15-12-2025 21:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The NATO-like security proposal would only be on the table for a limited time. Germany’s leader said, “For the first time, a ceasefire now seems possible”.
  
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• Inside the Clintons’ fight to avoid testifying in the US Congress over Epstein

  15-12-2025 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  A quiet, months-long battle between a Republican congressman and Bill and Hillary Clinton could come to a head this week.
  
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• Authorities to release person of interest detained in US university shooting

  15-12-2025 06:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Officials said the investigation had taken them in a “different direction”.
  
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• Hong Kong court finds former media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in national security trial

  15-12-2025 04:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The landmark trial drew widespread criticism from human rights advocates as an attack on the rule of law in the global financial hub.
  
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• HK media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted under Beijing-imposed national security law

  15-12-2025 04:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The 78-year-old, an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party and vocal democracy campaigner, faces potential life imprisonment.
  
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• Ukraine drops NATO goal as Trump envoy sees progress in peace talks

  15-12-2025 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  The move marks a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join NATO as a safeguard against Russian attacks.
  
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• Trump praises Bondi hero as massacre darkens Hanukkah ceremonies in US

  15-12-2025 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  As hundreds braved bitterly cold conditions in the US capital to light the National Menorah, the horrific news and images from Sydney were top of mind.
  
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• ‘We know their grief’: Bondi’s trauma feels painfully close to Manchester’s Jewish community

  15-12-2025 01:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Barely two months after the deadly Manchester synagogue attack, a senior Jewish figure in the UK says the Bondi massacre must be a line in the sand against religious hatred.
  
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• With an army of yes-men, how Putin’s world turned into an echo chamber

  14-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  It is little wonder that Vladimir Putin sees no reason for real concessions on Ukraine. From the vantage point of the Kremlin, the war is going according to plan.
  
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• The war crimes case against Trump and Hegseth

  14-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  America used to be the conscience of the world. Those days are long gone.
  
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