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• Terror plot foiled at UK air base

  27-09-2026 22:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Five men in Britain have been arrested over plotting an alleged terrorist attack on an air base used by the US Air Force.
  
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• Canadian MP gets caught out with AI speech

  29-09-2026 05:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Canadian politician Bill Oliver went viral after reading out an AI editing prompt in a speech to parliament
  
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• Australian activist ‘abducted’ in Cambodia by Vietnamese government, rights group claims

  29-09-2026 03:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Democracy campaigner Tran Hiep was due to meet his wife in Thailand after travelling to Phnom Penh, but did not board his flight and has not been heard from since.
  
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• Trump airs promotional ad using taxpayer money

  29-09-2026 03:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to re-air a promotional video he made ahead of the 2024 elections.
  
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• ‘Heinous’: Frat house gang-rape lawsuit triggers reopening of criminal investigation

  29-09-2026 02:33 via smh.com.au
  
  A woman says she was sexually assaulted by seven Cornell University students after being plied with alcohol and drugs on the Ivy League campus, sparking outrage about why there had been no criminal prosecutions.
  
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• ‘Exclude her’: British Jews urge UK to bar entry of Australian author over October 7 remarks

  29-09-2026 00:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Britain’s peak Jewish group wants Randa Abdel-Fattah blocked from visiting to promote her new novel over her past comments in which described the Hamas attack on Israel as “exhilarating”.
  
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• ‘Exclude her’: British Jews urge UK to bar entry for Australian author over October 7 remarks

  29-09-2026 00:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Britain’s peak Jewish group wants Randa Abdel-Fattah blocked from visiting to promote her new novel over her past comments in which described the Hamas attack on Israel as “exhilarating”.
  
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• SpaceX rocket reaches orbit despite engine trouble

  28-09-2026 22:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched a Starship rocket into orbit for the first time.
  
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• This city is banning drones and owners aren’t happy

  28-09-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Drone owners have vented their frustration at new rules banning the devices in China’s capital, which has forced many to sell at low-ball prices.
  
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• ‘I’m surprised’: Trump at odds with UK police after five terror suspects released

  28-09-2026 21:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Police imposed tight bail conditions on the men – all British nationals – as the Iranian embassy denounced claims that its government was involved in the incident.
  
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• How Trump’s grovelling emboldens China and imperils the Asia Pacific

  28-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump rolled out the blood-red carpet for China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit. In return, he got precisely nothing.
  
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• Fiery splashdown for SpaceX’s Starship as orbital flight cut short

  28-09-2026 18:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Elon Musk’s showpiece spacecraft splashed down north of Hawaii. The company had been aiming for a 10-hour flight spanning six laps around Earth.
  
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• Terror suspects released on bail after UK air base arrests, as Iran denies role

  28-09-2026 18:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Police said the release of the five British nationals “does not mean that the investigation is over” after they were arrested near the base used by American aircraft to strike Iran.
  
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• Terror suspects released after UK air base arrests, as Iran denies role

  28-09-2026 18:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Police said the release of the five British nationals on bail “does not mean that the investigation is over” after they were arrested near the base used by American aircraft to strike Iran.
  
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• SpaceX’s Starship flight cut short after launching into orbit for first time

  28-09-2026 17:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The company had been aiming for a 10-hour flight, spanning six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA’s Artemis moon program.
  
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• SpaceX’s Starship launches into orbit for first time

  28-09-2026 15:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Founder Elon Musk’s showpiece rocket is aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA’s Artemis moon program.
  
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• Terror police probe UK plot

  28-09-2026 10:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Terror police are probing links to the Iranian regime, after five men were arrested near an RAF base in the UK.
  
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• Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador says

  28-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  China has the world’s fastest-growing military and for decades US officials have warned of a potential military clash between the two nuclear-armed powers in the Asia-Pacific region.
  
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• Australia hosts tennis make-up sesh between Trump administration and CNN

  28-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The annual tennis tournament between the Trump administration and the media takes place at the ambassador’s residence, which boasts the only grass court in Washington, DC.
  
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• ‘Madness’: Standoff in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades

  28-09-2026 02:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.
  
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• ‘Madness’: Stand-off in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades

  28-09-2026 02:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.
  
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• Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland

  28-09-2026 02:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Around 2,000 protesters blocked the way into a Catholic area in a Northern Irish town that a Protestant parade was due to walk down on Sunday morning (September 27) after the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on a route that was a flashpoint of sectarian disputes.
  
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• Trump says Iran war will 'end soon'

  27-09-2026 22:06 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says the Iran conflict will end 'soon; after he rejected Tehran's latest peace offer.
  
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• Bangkok declared disaster zone

  27-09-2026 22:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Bangkok has been declared a disaster zone after devastating floods swept through Thailand's capital.
  
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• ‘Masked men’ arrested over suspected bomb plot at UK air base used by US to strike Iran

  27-09-2026 21:20 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base in south-west England.
  
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• ‘Masked men’ arrested over suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US to strike Iran

  27-09-2026 21:20 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base in south-west England.
  
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• ‘All we could see was red’: The wildfires choking Indonesian Borneo

  27-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fuelled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Nino weather pattern.
  
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• Five men arrested near British air base used by the US on suspicion of terror plot

  27-09-2026 20:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base.
  
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• Arrests made in suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US to strike Iran

  27-09-2026 20:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the suspects had been under surveillance for a “long time” and were attempting to do “big damage” to the base.
  
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• Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US

  27-09-2026 11:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Police said nearby residents had been evacuated from their homes.
  
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