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• Strikes between Iran and Israel halted

  08-06-2026 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Strikes between Israel and Iran appear on hold after calls by Donald Trump.
  
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• ‘Blood-curdling scream’: How a horrific knife attack brought terror to Belfast streets

  10-06-2026 02:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Moments after the blade glinted in the street lights, three brave residents rushed the attacker as horrified residents and passers-by looked on.
  
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• Black bear caught in Japan after sightings, school closures

  10-06-2026 01:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Japanese authorities have sedated and captured a black bear, days after it was spotted roaming around a city near Tokyo.
  
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• US launches strikes against Iran

  10-06-2026 01:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The US military says it has launched self-defence strikes against Iran after an American helicopter was downed.
  
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• Trump says pilots are 'fine' after US helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz

  10-06-2026 00:40 via smh.com.au
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump says the pilots of a helicopter that crashed around the Strait of Hormuz are “fine." Trump spoke to journalists late Monday after watching the NBA Finals in New York while at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
  
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• Pope marks 100 years of Sagrada Familia

  09-06-2026 23:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Pope Leo will inaugurate the tallest tower of the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona.
  
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• US launches new Iran strikes after Trump blames Tehran for downing US helicopter

  09-06-2026 23:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Central Command said its forces began launching “self-defence” strikes against Iran on Wednesday morning (AEST).
  
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• Bus set alight in Belfast during riots after a stabbing attack

  09-06-2026 23:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Bus set on fire during Belfast protests the night after an asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder in a brutal stabbing attack.
  
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• Belfast erupts after police charge man over ‘brutal attempted beheading’

  09-06-2026 22:54 via smh.com.au
  
  An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder, sparking violent protests against migration with masked activists setting fire to a bus.
  
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• Trump says Iran shot down US Apache helicopter, vows to retaliate

  09-06-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The incident further strained a two-month ceasefire a day after Iran and Israel exchanged fire for the first time since the fragile truce took effect in April.
  
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• How a three-day invasion has surpassed World War One and threatens global catastrophe

  09-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 100 years later, the technology has changed, but there remain remarkable similarities between the First World War and the war in Ukraine. Once again hundreds of thousands of lives have wasted to move battle lines meagre distances and the world is at a tipping point.
  
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• Belfast police charge man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’

  09-06-2026 20:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration.
  
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• Trump says Iran shot down a US Apache helicopter, vows to retaliate

  09-06-2026 19:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s remarks threw into deeper uncertainty the prospects for a truce announced on April 8 in the war in the Gulf.
  
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• Belfast police arrest man after ‘brutal attempted beheading’

  09-06-2026 16:36 via smh.com.au
  
  A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration.
  
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• This woman ran Epstein’s diary for 18 years. How much did she know?

  09-06-2026 11:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Those gripped by the saga will hope the appearance of his long-time executive assistant before a US House committee can illuminate a case that still refuses to yield all its secrets.
  
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• Kim wants to know if his mum is alive. It’s not easy for the son of Suu Kyi

  09-06-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The pro-democracy icon has been detained by a secretive, brutal junta that has waged war against its own citizens since February 2021. Her younger son is demanding answers.
  
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• How the drive to find a conspiracy against Trump rocked the Justice Department

  09-06-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s FBI director wanted to pull together a series of actions by the president’s opponents into a single “grand conspiracy”. The first the public heard of it was through Joe Rogan’s podcast.
  
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• First underwater video of an adult Great White shark in the Mediterranean

  09-06-2026 10:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Divers captured underwater footage of a Great White Shark in the Mediterranean for the first time off the coast of Sicily, Italy.
  
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• US president booed at NBA Finals game

  09-06-2026 08:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has been relentlessly booed while attending an NBA Finals game in New York City.
  
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• Xi Jinping is feted in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un swivels to Moscow

  09-06-2026 07:29 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rare visit to Pyongyang, Xi and Kim talked up China-North Korean ties, even as Kim draws closer to Vladimir Putin.
  
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• There’s a new front in the global trade war, and Trump’s not part of it

  09-06-2026 04:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Europe is considering steps to stem the flow of imports from China ravaging its manufacturing industries. Beijing has warned it will retaliate.
  
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• Trump claims he calls ‘all the shots’. Netanyahu and Iran have other ideas

  09-06-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  As soon as the US president declared an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the two countries undercut his latest boast about dictating the terms of a truce.
  
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• Murder suspect Jason Dalamangas yells at cameras in Greece

  09-06-2026 02:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Jason Dalamangas, who's been wanted over an alleged 1999 murder at a Sydney nightclub, erupted at the cameras after his arrest in Greece.
  
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• Underwater video shows a Great White Shark swimming in the Mediterranean

  09-06-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Divers captured underwater footage of the shark in the Mediterranean for the first time recently off the coast of Sicily, Italy.
  
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• Divers capture ‘insane’ rare footage of great white shark in Mediterranean

  09-06-2026 00:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The surprise encounter – believed to be the first-ever adult great white filmed underwater in the region – occurred as a team removed abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck near Sicily.
  
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• ‘Fire is on hold’: Iran, Israel halt strikes, but threaten to respond to any new attacks

  08-06-2026 22:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led US President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation.
  
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• Philippines' earthquake death toll rises

  08-06-2026 22:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The death toll from a major earthquake in the Philippines has risen to at least 35 people.
  
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• Netanyahu vows to respond ‘with force’ if Iran breaks halt in fighting

  08-06-2026 17:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Tehran launched a salvo of missiles against Israel after it struck military targets in western and central Iran.
  
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• Earthquake hits Philippines

  08-06-2026 10:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has hit the Philippines, killing multiple people.
  
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• Iran announces it will halt hostilities after trading blows with Israel

  08-06-2026 09:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Tehran launched a salvo of missiles against Israel after it struck military targets in western and central Iran.
  
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