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• Plane's ceiling caves in during Iranian flight

  15-09-2026 22:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The ceiling of an Iranian civilian plane carrying 175 passengers collapsed mid flight shortly after take-off.
  
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• ‘I love you, Daddy’: terrified daughter’s final plea before Bali double murder-suicide

  16-09-2026 10:31 via smh.com.au
  
  A security camera inside the family’s Bali home streamed harrowing final images and sounds live to a distraught mother as the horror unfolded.
  
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• News helicopter crashes in LA as TV host confirms details live on-air

  16-09-2026 09:26 via smh.com.au
  
  A tearful NBC presenter confirmed that the station’s helicopter had gone down, killing two people onboard and another person on the ground.
  
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• News helicopter crashes near scene of fatal LA bus accident

  16-09-2026 08:58 via smh.com.au
  
  A tearful NBC presenter confirmed that the station’s helicopter had gone down, killing two people onboard and another person on the ground.
  
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• News helicopter crashes in LA

  16-09-2026 08:52 via smh.com.au
  
  A local NBC host has confirmed that TV station staff were onboard the helicopter when it came down.
  
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• Deadly chopper crash in LA

  16-09-2026 08:39 via smh.com.au
  
  A helicopter that crashed while filming the scene of a fatal bus accident has left at least three people dead.
  
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• A global race to put weapons in space is under way. How concerned should we be?

  16-09-2026 07:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The US admission that the Pentagon has weapons in orbit is a milestone in the militarisation of space. What comes next could tip the global strategic balance and set off a dangerous new arms race.
  
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• KNBC news anchor tearfully confirms news station's chopper crash

  16-09-2026 07:10 via smh.com.au
  
  KNBC news anchor Colleen Williams tearfully confirmed on-air it was her news station's helicopter involved in the deadly crash in Los Angeles.
  
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• Three killed after news chopper crashes in Los Angeles

  16-09-2026 06:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Three people have been killed after a news helicopter crashed while it was leaving the scene of a deadly bus accident in Los Angeles. California.
  
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• US subs in Australia could be armed with nukes, says key Republican after visit

  16-09-2026 05:35 via smh.com.au
  
  “It’s kind of an unveiled threat to have a nuclear sub going around without any weapons,” said Michael McCaul, who chairs the Friends of Australia caucus in the US Congress.
  
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• Viral video shows car smashing into motorbike

  16-09-2026 03:34 via smh.com.au
  
  A viral video has captured the moment a car smashed into a woman riding a motorbike in India.
  
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• Kash Patel loosened rules to allow 'bestiality victims' into FBI

  16-09-2026 03:19 via smh.com.au
  
  FBI Director Kash Patel has been quizzed by Senator John Kennedy over a decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants.
  
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• Massie files articles of impeachment against Hegseth

  16-09-2026 02:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
  
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• Pentagon confirms US has deployed weapons in space

  16-09-2026 00:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The chief of space operations said the US would build its combat advantage to “outfight any adversary”.
  
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• US delegation pressed Australia to end Port of Darwin lease, ramp up defence spending

  16-09-2026 00:33 via smh.com.au
  
  “It’s an issue,” said Republican congressman Michael McCaul – co-chair of the US-Australia relations group in Congress – following his recent visit to Canberra.
  
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• US confirms it deployed space weapons

  15-09-2026 22:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The American government has publicly confirmed it has space weapons in the Earth's orbit.
  
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• FBI chief under fire over Epstein files

  15-09-2026 22:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The head of the FBI has been accused by Democrats of weakening the crime-fighting agency and covering up the Epstein files.
  
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• I’ll get death threats for saying it – but this prince is no messiah

  15-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Liberal Party has invited to Australia a figure one described as like Desmond Tutu and Winnie Mandela. He’s far from the answer they believe he is.
  
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• As Trump’s popularity slides, his merchandise stores are closing down

  15-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The lack of customers snapping up “Trump 2028” caps, anti-Biden T-shirts and Donald and Melania bobble-head dolls could be a sign the president’s star is waning.
  
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• ‘Not the people I interviewed’: Trump lashes Supreme Court after election ruling

  15-09-2026 18:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The court’s decision to block changes to mail-in voting ahead of the midterms leaves the president’s plans in tatters, as he fumes over what he sees as disloyalty by his appointees to the bench.
  
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• Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland meet to discuss independence

  15-09-2026 13:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The first ministers of three of the four nations making up the UK have met in Wales to discuss plans to move for independence from the Kingdom.
  
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• I moved to Berlin. Turns out Germany is not all it’s cracked up to be

  15-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  There’s the world-class nightclubs, the beer gardens, and the huge expanse of forests. What’s not to love about the world’s hippest city? Quite a bit, it turns out.
  
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• ‘I am the Hoax Buster’: Trump takes on America with seven-post rant promoting AI, data centres

  15-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president has previously tried to sniff the breeze on what mainstream Americans think. In doubling down on claims of a “SICK conspiracy” against AI and data centres, he is doing the opposite.
  
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• Detainees at Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ were held in small metal cages, federal report says

  15-09-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of detainees were confined in “calming areas”, according to a report confirming that conditions at the notorious immigration detention camp fell well below acceptable standards.
  
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• ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas’

  15-09-2026 03:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Detainees at the notorious Alligator Alcatraz were put in cages the size of phone booths.
  
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• Prince Harry’s children move school after two days over security concerns

  14-09-2026 23:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are changing schools again amid concerns over the security of the school run.
  
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• Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding weekend bankrolled by Russian oligarch, Putin ally

  14-09-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Bettina Trump, who married the US president’s son in May, said the lavish celebration was a gift from a dear friend. “Friendship doesn’t require a political motive,” she said.
  
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• Russian oligarch, Putin ally bankrolled Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding weekend

  14-09-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Bettina Trump, who married the US president’s son in May, said the lavish celebration was a gift from a dear friend. “Friendship doesn’t require a political motive,” she said.
  
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• Stars assemble in Hollywood for the 78th annual Emmy Awards

  14-09-2026 22:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The biggest Hollywood stars are assembling for today's 78th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
  
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• Key Saudi oil pipeline out of action

  14-09-2026 22:10 via smh.com.au
  
  A crucial Saudi oil pipeline hit by an attack from Iran-backed rebels could be out of action for weeks.
  
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