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• The Conservative Party has a bold agenda – but there’s a problem

  05-10-2026 02:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The leader of the Conservative Party is trying to sell voters an unpopular truth when cost of living concerns are high.
  
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• Tens of thousands protest housing crisis as Spain calls early election

  06-10-2026 12:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Masked demonstrators turned on police and set fire to cars and rubbish bins on the streets of central Barcelona.
  
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• Tens of thousands protest housing crisis, as Spain calls early election

  06-10-2026 12:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Masked demonstrators turned on police and set fire to cars and rubbish bins on the streets of central Barcelona.
  
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• Whistleblower who linked Lutnick to Epstein found dead

  06-10-2026 10:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Several deaths among whistleblowers, survivors and associates connected to Epstein have fuelled online speculation. Official records attribute the deaths to suicide, mental health struggles or accidental causes.
  
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• A Russian is dead from suspected plague after a lab accident. Should we be worried?

  06-10-2026 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The Kremlin is urging people to ignore speculation, yet concrete information is difficult to find. State-aligned Russian media and regional authorities are editing or deleting conflicting reports. What is going on?
  
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• Trump caves on taxpayer-funded ads, rages about coverage of rally crowds

  06-10-2026 03:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The president said he would pay for self-promotional political ads from his MAGA Inc campaign vehicle, after a widespread backlash to the use of public money.
  
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• Trump caves in on taxpayer-funded ads, rages about coverage of rally crowds

  06-10-2026 03:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The president said he would pay for self-promotional political ads from his MAGA Inc campaign vehicle, after a widespread backlash to the use of public money.
  
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• Natalie’s brother went missing within a year of signing up. She still doesn’t know where he is

  06-10-2026 02:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Andriy Kolodko is just one of about 275,000 people who have been registered as missing in connection with Russia’s war against Ukraine.
  
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• Gubernatorial candidate's ad panned as creepy

  06-10-2026 00:34 via smh.com.au
  
  California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton's ad likening voting Republican to a lesbian tryst has been criticised as creepy.
  
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• The long wait for missing family

  05-10-2026 23:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are missing or captured. Their families and friends gather every week to support each other and hope for their return.
  
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• US monitoring Russian 'plague' death

  05-10-2026 22:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The US government is monitoring the case of a laboratory worker who died at a plague research institute in Russia.
  
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• King refuses to foot Andrew's legal bill

  05-10-2026 21:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The King's private funds will not finance Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's legal action against the UK police force, reports say.
  
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• Details of accused hijack co-pilot’s Melbourne studies revealed

  05-10-2026 11:49 via smh.com.au
  
  It has also emerged that flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami last week told interrogators he planned last week’s attack before being hired, according to two Israeli officials.
  
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• Andrew is now a pariah. Here’s why he wants to turn the tables on police

  05-10-2026 10:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Whatever happens in the police investigation and the judicial review, the former prince will be judged by the public based on years of testimony and documents.
  
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• Co-pilot planned flydubai attack before joining airline, two Israeli officials say

  05-10-2026 09:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Another source said Hamam al-Hammami also operated a flight to Tel Aviv earlier this year and intended to hijack and crash the plane then, but opted not to.
  
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• Co-pilot planned flydubai attack before hired by airline, two Israeli officials say

  05-10-2026 09:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Another source said Hamam al-Hammami also operated a flight to Tel Aviv earlier this year and intended to hijack and crash the plane then, but opted not to.
  
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• Russian researcher feared to have died of plague after lab accident

  05-10-2026 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The 28-year-old lab worker was taken to hospital with symptoms of severe pneumonia and placed on a ventilator before dying two days later.
  
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• A visit to Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton, Washington, near Seattle

  05-10-2026 06:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The 737 begins life as the fuselage, shipped in by train from Kansas, where it’s made, and enters the factory.
  
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• Mayor expresses sadness after girl shot dead in fight over carpark

  05-10-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has expressed his grief at the death of a 12-year-old girl at a junior football game.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes police to court over Epstein files arrest

  05-10-2026 01:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Royal commentator Russell Myers explains what the former prince's legal action means for the British royal family.
  
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• Andrew takes police to court over Epstein files arrest

  05-10-2026 00:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The former Duke of York, who was detained in a blaze of publicity eight months ago, has asked a judge to determine whether the force’s action towards him was lawful.
  
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• US pulls bomber jets from UK air base after terror plot

  04-10-2026 23:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The Pentagon said all B-1 bombers deployed to the base, which US forces have used to strike Iran, have returned to the US.
  
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• US pulls bomber jets from UK air base after suspected terror plot

  04-10-2026 23:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The Pentagon said all B-1 bombers deployed to the base, which US forces have used to strike Iran, have returned to the US.
  
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• Russian drones attack Kyiv as Merz meets Zelensky

  04-10-2026 23:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Two people were injured when a bridge over the Dnipro River was targeted during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Ukraine on Sunday.
  
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• Debris found from missing US plane

  04-10-2026 21:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Debris has been found in waters off the US east coast in the search for a missing medical plane carrying seven people.
  
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• Russian drones strike major bridges in Ukraine

  04-10-2026 21:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Russia has ramped up its attacks on Ukraine, targeting major bridges in Kyiv.
  
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• Cornell president calls for stronger rape laws in New York

  04-10-2026 20:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The case has renewed scrutiny of a controversial state law that makes it difficult to prosecute sexual assault cases if accusers voluntarily drank or took drugs, even if they became too intoxicated to consent.
  
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• Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government Declares War Against Houthis, Widening Crisis

  04-10-2026 20:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The government and the Houthis have been engaged in fierce battles in recent weeks, after the Iran-allied militia took control of the country’s Red Sea coast, increasing pressure on shipping routes and energy markets unsettled by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
  
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• US-Russia talks on Ukraine now involve an oil deal tied to Trump allies

  04-10-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Vladimir Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with the US president’s envoys, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
  
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• Elon Musk is back in the White House as privatisation spreads to warfare

  04-10-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  A change in how America decides what future military power looks like transforms the assumptions around which Australian defence capability is built.
  
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