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• Trump’s ‘take out’ LA, San Diego remark

  06-10-2026 23:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Speaking at a political rally in Nebraska, the US president suggested to a crowd that Iran could "take out" a major US city like Los Angeles or San Diego.
  
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• Hijacker planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, says Israel

  07-10-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Eytan Ben-David, the national security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu and a former aviation security chief, said the flydubai pilot had been planning last week’s attack for months.
  
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• Australian painter immortalises Jane Goodall on her last ever trip to Tanzania

  07-10-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Celebrated royal portrait artist Ralph Heimans captured a different type of royalty when he accompanied the late anthropologist on her final meeting with her beloved chimpanzees.
  
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• Australian painter immortalises Jane Goodall on her final trip to Tanzania

  07-10-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Celebrated royal portrait artist Ralph Heimans captured a different type of royalty when he accompanied the late anthropologist on her last meeting with her beloved chimpanzees.
  
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• Warner Bros. and Paramount merger complete

  07-10-2026 07:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The new company, Skydance, brings together the studios behind Mission Impossible, Harry Potter and DC Studios with television networks CBS and CNN.
  
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• Student protests in France turn violent

  07-10-2026 07:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in cities across France demanding better education funding.
  
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• Mega-rich couple accused of keeping 21 children in ‘house of horrors’ among LA’s elite

  07-10-2026 07:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
  
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• Ultra-rich couple accused of keeping 21 children in ‘house of horrors’ among LA’s elite

  07-10-2026 05:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
  
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• Californian couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe

  07-10-2026 05:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Fifteen children were removed from the opulent home last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
  
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• ‘Mr Security’ led Germany’s top spy agency for years. He’s now suspected of selling state secrets

  07-10-2026 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In what could amount to Europe’s gravest intelligence scandal in decades, former BND chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason.
  
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• Death row prisoner alive and speaking after botched execution

  06-10-2026 23:58 via smh.com.au
  
  US death row inmate Christa Pike is “conscious” and “speaking” following her failed execution, her lawyers say.
  
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• Flames, tear gas and stun grenades: How a stoush over classrooms and toilets exploded into violent mass protests

  06-10-2026 23:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The fury in France reached a new peak when at least 250,000 people joined rallies that confronted police and spread flames on the streets.
  
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• ‘Against all odds’: Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched Tennessee execution

  06-10-2026 23:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Pike’s recovery is “medically unprecedented” but her prognosis remains unclear, her attorneys said in a statement.
  
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• Riot police fire tear gas as thousands rally for school funding in France

  06-10-2026 23:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Demonstrations swept across the country as teachers and parents took to the streets with high school pupils.
  
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• Vigils mark anniversary of Hamas October 7 attack

  06-10-2026 22:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Vigils are being held across the country, including at Bondi, to mark the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel when 1200 people were killed.
  
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• De Minaur retires from China Open final

  06-10-2026 21:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Aussie tennis star Alex de Minaur retires from the China Open final to hand the title to Novak Djokovic.
  
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• Third anniversary of October 7 attacks

  06-10-2026 21:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The Jewish community in Australia is marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks
  
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• US to spend billions on new shipyard for AUKUS submarines

  06-10-2026 20:49 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump was travelling to Baltimore to make the announcement, which administration officials promised would bolster the lagging production rate of Virginia-class vessels.
  
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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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