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• US House votes to end Iran war

  23-07-2026 22:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The US House has voted to end the conflict in Iran, as President Donald Trump maintains the war is proceeding smoothly.
  
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• Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France, Spain battle blazes

  26-07-2026 18:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The fires are the latest disasters linked to prolonged drought and successive heatwaves that scientists say have been intensified by climate change.
  
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• Trump is back announcing a 2028 presidential bid. It’s not a joke

  26-07-2026 08:42 via smh.com.au
  
  We know from Joe Biden’s late withdrawal in 2024 just how damaging it can be when a figurehead of the party won’t let go of power. 
  
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• Trump is back announcing a 2028 presidential bid. It’s dangerous to assume he’s joking

  26-07-2026 08:42 via smh.com.au
  
  We know from Joe Biden’s late withdrawal in 2024 just how damaging it can be when a figurehead of the party won’t let go of power. 
  
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• Pleased as Punch: Orphaned monkey receives 2500 birthday cards

  26-07-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The little macaque who was abandoned by its mother and left only with a stuffed toy orangutan for comfort turns one, surrounded by new friends.
  
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• No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

  26-07-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.
  
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• India’s ‘cockroach’ protesters claim surprise victory as government accepts their demands

  26-07-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party said it would drop its protests over education reforms after Narendra Modi’s education minister quit and other demands were met.
  
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• Katy Perry ‘appalled’ that White House used Firework song in Iran war video

  26-07-2026 03:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The pop star said she was angry to see that her 2010 hit song being “weaponised” as a backing track for a video about destruction and violence in Iran.
  
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• Iran war spreads to Red Sea and Caspian, Gulf quiet as US forgoes strikes

  26-07-2026 01:29 via smh.com.au
  
  The US military said its naval blockade against Iran “remains in full effect” but did not explain why it halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes.
  
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• Van ploughs into crowd at Berlin pride parade

  26-07-2026 01:22 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is dead and others are fighting for life after a van drove through a crowd at Berlin’s Pride parade in Germany.
  
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• ‘Our freedom has been attacked’: Manhunt after van rams crowd at Berlin Pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:48 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is feared dead and several others badly injured after a motorist drove a vehicle into a crowd of revellers.
  
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• ‘Our freedom has been attacked’: Manhunt after car rams crowd at Berlin Pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:48 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is feared dead and several others badly injured after a motorist drove a vehicle into a crowd of revellers.
  
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• One dead, others fighting for life after van drives into pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:41 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is dead and others are fighting for life after a van drove into a crowd of people at a pride parade in Berlin.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated as wildfires rage across Europe

  25-07-2026 23:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been evacuated as deadly wildfires spread across southern Europe.
  
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• He’s been called Steve Irwin reincarnated as an economist, and he wants to change the world

  25-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Justin Wolfers is a mainstay on American cable news networks. Now he is leveraging his brand – and Australian style – into a modern media company of his own.
  
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• Rescue team finds 11 European tourists, one crew member alive after speedboat sank in Indonesia

  25-07-2026 12:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The group went missing after their speedboat apparently broke apart and sank in rough weather off a bay on Sulawesi island on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Trump warns US 'locked and loaded' for massive strikes on Iran

  25-07-2026 10:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has warned the US is "locked and loaded" and considering massive strikes on Iran following fresh attacks on US military bases across the Middle East.
  
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• Indonesian rescuers search for missing speedboat with 11 European tourists, two local crew

  25-07-2026 10:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of search and rescue teams have been deployed in a search operation covering approximately 300 square nautical miles of waters along and around Tomini Bay, a renowned marine tourism destination.
  
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• 200,000 people forced to evacuate as wildfires rip through Spain and France

  25-07-2026 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  About 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, as wildfires take hold across France and Spain.
  
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• Trump jokes about 2028 presidential bid

  25-07-2026 09:06 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rambling speech, the US President trolled reporters about defying the constitution and running for a third term.
  
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• ‘Who the hell wrote that?’ Trump bombs at correspondents dinner with unfunny, tasteless speech

  25-07-2026 06:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The evening started with promise, but descended into failed jokes, recycled material and a truly awful attack by the US president on CNN host Kaitlan Collins.
  
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• ‘Who the hell wrote that?’: Trump bombs at correspondents dinner with unfunny, tasteless speech

  25-07-2026 06:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The evening started with promise, but descended into failed jokes, recycled material and a truly awful attack by the US president on CNN host Kaitlan Collins.
  
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• Iranian threat forced Trump to switch planes after NATO summit

  25-07-2026 05:29 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president had flown to the summit in Ankara, Turkey, on the new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 but had to use the older Air Force One to leave after the Secret Service’s warning.
  
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• Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

  25-07-2026 05:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has announced he will run for president again, in a move that would breach the constitution.
  
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• Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as more than 200,000 people flee flames in France, Spain

  25-07-2026 04:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The violence of fires, fuelled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change, has caught authorities off guard, with firefighters in Spain admitting the fires were so fast that they could not be tackled head-on.
  
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• Donald Trump prepares to redo White House Correspondents' Dinner

  24-07-2026 23:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Three months after a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Donald Trump is preparing for a redo of the event this morning under heavy security.
  
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• Trump will declare a ‘national emergency’ before midterms: Bannon

  24-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Steve Bannon still has the ear of the US president. But he has his eyes on Australian politics, and has praise for the PM and advice for Pauline Hanson.
  
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• Could this grieving political novice defeat Netanyahu? The polls say yes

  24-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Gadi Eisenkot is not a slick operator and doesn’t ooze charisma, but he has emerged as the candidate most likely to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu this year.
  
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• Netanyahu, Zelensky to meet Trump at White House, attend senator’s funeral

  24-07-2026 18:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Israeli and Ukrainian leaders are each scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington and attend Republican senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral.
  
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• Trump warns of ‘massive attack’ on Iran, Australians urged to rethink travel plans

  24-07-2026 10:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian government on Friday night raised the travel advice for Bahrain and Kuwait to Level 4 “do not travel” due to the deteriorating security situation across the Middle East.
  
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