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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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• Kennedy Centre adds Trump’s name to building one day after board vote

  20-12-2025 00:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The new lettering on the “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
  
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• ‘Intolerable’: UK police crack down on hate after Bondi massacre

  20-12-2025 00:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Manchester’s top police officer says there are reports some people celebrated the Bondi killings. Meanwhile, a video with false claims highlights the challenge of separating threats from misinformation.
  
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• Hegseth announces effort to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans

  20-12-2025 00:11 via smh.com.au
  
  US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an effort to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure and weapons sites” in Syria after the deaths of three US citizens.
  
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• Epstein files released LIVE updates: Celebrities, politicians feature in photos, Congress told of 1200 victims as US Justice Department makes public Jeffrey Epstein files

  19-12-2025 23:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
  
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• Epstein files released LIVE updates: US Justice Department makes records on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein public

  19-12-2025 20:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
  
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• Democrats rage as Trump admin says it won’t release all Epstein files today

  19-12-2025 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of documents related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are poised to be made public today, but the full cache will take weeks.
  
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• Knife-wielding attacker kills three in Taipei, dies during police chase

  19-12-2025 16:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The man had let off smoke bombs at Taipei’s main train station, and then ran to a nearby shopping district while attacking people on the way, authorities said.
  
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• French anaesthetist ‘Dr Death’ killed 12 patients to ‘feed his thirst for power’

  19-12-2025 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Frederic Pechier worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017.
  
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• How an anonymous tipster cracked the US university shooting case

  19-12-2025 07:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Known only as “John”, the source is being hailed by investigators as the key figure who gave law enforcement the details needed to track down the suspected killer.
  
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• Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead, officials say

  19-12-2025 05:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The suspect’s body was discovered in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit.
  
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• ‘We had to go to Plan B’: EU to loan $160 billion to Ukraine for war effort

  19-12-2025 05:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The move sidestepped divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign cash.
  
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• Suspected Brown University gunman found dead, officials say, as police probe link with MIT killing

  19-12-2025 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  It is believed the suspect’s body was discovered in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.
  
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• EU to loan $160 billion to cover Ukraine’s military needs for two years

  19-12-2025 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukraine will only have to repay the loan if Russia pays reparations for its war, while the EU reserved the right to use frozen Russian assets for repayment if Moscow fails to pay.
  
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• Seven dead after jet erupts into giant fireball shortly after takeoff

  19-12-2025 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  A sporting champion and his wife were among those killed when the jet dramatically crashed.
  
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• Seven dead after jet erupts into giant fireball shortly after take-off

  19-12-2025 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  A sporting champion and his wife were among those killed when the jet crashed.
  
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• Police ID suspect in Brown University shooting, probe link with MIT killing

  19-12-2025 02:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Officers in SWAT gear and law enforcement vehicles were seen surrounding a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire on Friday.
  
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• Retired NASCAR champion and family members among seven killed in fiery plane crash

  19-12-2025 00:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The business jet erupted into a large fireball when it hit the ground at an airport in North Carolina.
  
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• NASCAR legend, wife and children among seven killed in fiery plane crash

  19-12-2025 00:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The business jet erupted into a large fireball when it hit the ground at an airport in North Carolina.
  
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• Lolita quotes, women’s IDs: Democrats release dozens of new Epstein images

  18-12-2025 21:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, professor and political activist Noam Chomsky and former Trump aide Steve Bannon are also pictured in the latest images.
  
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• ‘Junk science’: RFK Jr moves to eradicate gender-affirming care for trans youth

  18-12-2025 19:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The sweeping new restrictions would cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgical interventions.
  
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• Sajid Akram’s family in India had no knowledge of his ‘radical mindset’

  18-12-2025 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Family members in India have gone to ground, neighbours are lying low and a misinformation campaign is raging online.
  
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• Nick Reiner faces court charged with murder of parents

  18-12-2025 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The son of Hollywood power couple Rob and Michele Reiner has faced court in Los Angeles for the first time after being charged with their murder.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell seeks release from jail, citing ‘new evidence’

  18-12-2025 07:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Maxwell maintained in a habeas petition that information that would have resulted in her exoneration at her 2021 trial was withheld and false testimony was presented to the jury.
  
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• Trump’s shouty prime-time address suggests he may not have another gear

  18-12-2025 05:59 via smh.com.au
  
  One of Trump’s great assets last year was that he appeared more in touch with people’s real problems and worries. Now, he risks being the one seen as divorced from reality.
  
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• Injection marks and wrinkles: Trump’s team unfiltered in Vanity Fair

  18-12-2025 04:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, as the saying goes. Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson has caused a stir with extreme close-up images of the Trump team, injection marks and all.
  
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• Injection marks and wrinkles: The unfiltered Vanity Fair shoot of Trump’s team

  18-12-2025 04:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, as the saying goes. Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson has caused a stir with extreme close-up images of the Trump team, injection marks and all.
  
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• Australia is right to support a two-state solution: former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert

  18-12-2025 01:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu had no right to claim Australia “poured fuel on the antisemitic fire” that caused the Bondi massacre, writes Israel’s former prime minister.
  
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• Penguins become prey for the pumas of Patagonia

  18-12-2025 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The return of top predators to one of South America’s most remote regions has led to unexpected interactions between species.
  
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• Bondi massacre a reminder of Islamic State’s power to inspire bloodshed

  18-12-2025 01:25 via smh.com.au
  
  While the terrorist group is weakened compared with a decade ago, it now wields propaganda as its most potent tool to inspire deadly attacks.
  
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