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• ‘She’s the future’: Hanson reveals daughter’s leadership potential

  16-07-2026 21:45 via smh.com.au
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson tells controversial podcaster Tommy Robinson her daughter, Lee, would have to prove herself because there would be no nepotism in decisions on the party’s future.
  
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• US launches new strikes after Iran-backed Houthis declare blockade of another key oil route

  20-07-2026 22:40 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran would “pay” for killing three US soldiers despite signs Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy, even as a potential new front in the war opened.
  
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• ‘This feels political’: Tate brothers to fight extradition to UK on rape, sex trafficking charges

  20-07-2026 22:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are being held in federal detention, wore tan jail uniforms and handcuffs during the first court hearing since their arrest on the weekend.
  
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• US names soldiers killed in Jordan

  20-07-2026 22:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has named two soldiers killed in Jordan as the war with Iran intensifies.
  
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• Andy Burnham becomes UK PM

  20-07-2026 22:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Andy Burnham has become the new prime minister of the UK after Keir Starmer stepped down.
  
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• Iran-backed Houthis declare blockade of Red Sea oil route, threatening new front war

  20-07-2026 21:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran would “pay” for killing three US soldiers, despite signs that Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy.
  
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• Iran-backed Houthis declare blockade of Red Sea oil route, threatening new front in war

  20-07-2026 21:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran would “pay” for killing three US soldiers, despite signs that Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy.
  
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• Trump’s three-pronged threat to American democracy

  20-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has reshaped the US presidency in his own image. But we may not have yet seen the full reach of his vainglorious ambitions.
  
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• Tate brothers to fight extradition to UK on rape and sex trafficking charges

  20-07-2026 20:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are being held in federal detention, wore tan jail uniforms and handcuffs during the brief hearing in a Miami court since their arrest on the weekend.
  
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• ‘We need to be better’: Arise, Andy Burnham, Britain’s seventh PM in a decade

  20-07-2026 14:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Burnham has vowed to “bring back hope” to the country after being elevated to the leadership in a meeting with King Charles.
  
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• Arise, Andy Burnham, Britain’s seventh PM in a decade

  20-07-2026 13:33 via smh.com.au
  
  A formal transfer of power has concluded in Britain after Keir Starmer visited King Charles for a private meeting in which he officially resigned as prime minister.
  
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• ‘My work is done’: King Charles accepts Starmer’s resignation as Britain’s PM

  20-07-2026 12:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The meeting cleared the way for the next prime minister, Andy Burnham, to visit the King so he can be invited to form government.
  
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• ‘My work is done’: Starmer prepares to pass baton to Burnham, Britain’s seventh PM in a decade

  20-07-2026 12:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The talks in London will formally conclude a long fight within the Labour Party to replace Keir Starmer after growing discontent over his leadership.
  
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• Starmer prepares to pass baton to Burnham, Britain’s seventh PM in a decade

  20-07-2026 11:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The talks in London will formally conclude a long fight within the Labour Party to replace Keir Starmer after growing discontent over his leadership.
  
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• The reflecting pool saga is a metaphor for the Trump presidency itself

  20-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The president often has good intentions, only to be brought down by ego and an inability to accept fault – or even doubt. But he deserves points for trying.
  
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• Third US soldier killed in Middle East in as many days

  20-07-2026 10:27 via smh.com.au
  
  A third American soldier has been killed in as many days, as both the United States and Iran ramp up their attacks across the Middle East.
  
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• No justice for heartbroken families of Lao poisoning victims

  20-07-2026 09:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The deaths of two Australian backpackers at a Laos tourist resort exposes a nation made chaotic by its own insensitivity.
  
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• US launches new strikes as Iran continues to target oil tankers on the Strait of Hormuz

  20-07-2026 08:03 via smh.com.au
  
  US and Iran have traded strikes for a ninth day, deepening a struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz that has disrupted energy supplies and stoked fears of global inflation.
  
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• Musk’s DOGE was supposed to be dead. Its remnants are everywhere

  20-07-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The department has evolved from its radical cost-cutting mission as some of its agenda and members remain embedded in the US government, continuing to reshape the bureaucracy behind the scenes.
  
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• Oops, he did it again: Trump hogs the stage, crashes World Cup trophy lift

  20-07-2026 02:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The president predicted an Argentina victory but had to hand the silverware to Spain – a country he has repeatedly condemned as “terrible”– after being heartily booed by the crowd.
  
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• What to know about the Tates, the misogynist influencers facing rape, sex trafficking and child porn charges

  20-07-2026 02:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in the US after UK prosecutors brought new charges against them. Thier lawyer called it “filth and slander” and said he was confident an extradition request would be denied.
  
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• Andrew Tate hands off phone during arrest

  20-07-2026 01:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage shows the manosphere influencer appearing to try to hand his phone to one member of his entourage, who drops it before it is recovered by another. (source: X/@sentdefender)
  
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• Why the World Cup trophy ceremony might be about to get very awkward

  19-07-2026 20:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president - a sports fan, but not a soccer aficionado - has long been close with Argentina’s right-wing libertarian leader, Javier Milei. Not so much with Spain.
  
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• Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in US over UK rape, sex trafficking charges

  19-07-2026 10:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Controversial social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in the US as UK prosecutors accuse them of multiple rape and sex trafficking offences.
  
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• Russia hits Ukraine with most ballistic missiles of any attack since start of war, Kyiv says

  19-07-2026 09:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Russian forces have stepped up ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent weeks, as Ukraine runs low on critical US-designed air defences to shoot them down.
  
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• Russia hits Ukraine with most ballistic missiles in any attack since start of war, Kyiv says

  19-07-2026 09:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Russian forces have stepped up ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent weeks as Ukraine runs low on critical US-designed air defences to shoot them down.
  
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• Trump serves a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

  19-07-2026 07:34 via smh.com.au
  
  There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please, Donald, move on!
  
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• Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

  19-07-2026 07:34 via smh.com.au
  
  There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please, Donald, move on!
  
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• Trump reduces the grandeur of obsession into complaints – about the time he was president

  19-07-2026 07:34 via smh.com.au
  
  There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about his batty stew of a speech. You could almost hear their fervent wish: Please, Donald, move on!
  
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• Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke as US forests also burn

  19-07-2026 07:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The smog blanketing the north-eastern United States is expected to clear before the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina in New Jersey.
  
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