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• US, Iran exchange strikes after Apache crash, putting peace effort in peril

  10-06-2026 08:38 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Central Command said its forces began launching “self-defence” strikes against Iran on Wednesday morning (AEST) at President Donald Trump’s direction.
  
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• US officer shot by fellow cop during ‘horseplay’

  12-06-2026 04:10 via smh.com.au
  
  US Police have released dashcam footage of a cop being shot by another officer during “out-of-policy horseplay” inside a police car park.
  
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• Watch: US police officer accidentally shoots colleague

  12-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Newly released dashcam footage shows the moment an officer is hit in the shoulder in “horseplay” accident.
  
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• Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point

  12-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across Britain.
  
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• 8647 etched on National Mall grass

  12-06-2026 03:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The US government is treating a message etched on the National Mall as a death threat against Donald Trump.
  
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• Moment California police officer accidentally shoots colleague

  12-06-2026 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Employee suffered serious injuries as result of ‘unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay’
  
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• ‘Great settlement’: Trump calls off Iran strikes, claims peace deal could be signed this weekend

  11-06-2026 21:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported that Tehran was likely to approve the agreement, which came just hours after the US president threatened to escalate the war.
  
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• Trump calls off Iran strikes, citing progress on peace deal

  11-06-2026 21:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president said the naval blockade would remain “until this transaction is finalised”, with the time and place of the signing to be announced.
  
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• Trump calls off strikes on Iran, hints at ‘approved’ Middle East deal

  11-06-2026 19:43 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump said the naval blockade would remain “until this transaction is finalised”, with the time and place of the signing to be announced.
  
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• Trump says US will strike Iran ‘very hard tonight’ after second day of trading attacks

  11-06-2026 14:42 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has vowed further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.
  
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• UK defence minister quits hours before meeting with Marles

  11-06-2026 14:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The extraordinary move stunned the government, heightening the instability of Keir Starmer’s leadership
  
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• UK defence minister quits hours before AUKUS meeting with Marles

  11-06-2026 14:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The extraordinary move stunned the government, heightening the instability of Keir Starmer’s leadership.
  
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• Trump orders further strikes on Iran

  11-06-2026 10:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has spent the evening in the White House situation room, ordering another series of what he's calling self-defence strikes on Iran.
  
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• US-Iran war as it happened: Strait of Hormuz closed; US ends latest round of strikes on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’; Oil prices rise

  11-06-2026 09:04 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• US and Iran trade attacks for a second day, undermining shaky ceasefire

  11-06-2026 09:00 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has vowed further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.
  
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• Belfast police blast anti-immigration protesters with water cannons

  11-06-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Unrest has flared again in Belfast as police have blasted anti-immigration protesters with water cannons.
  
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• Analysis suggests precision US strikes on Iranian water facility

  11-06-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  It is unclear if the US intentionally struck the water facilities or knew what was in the buildings.
  
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• US Navy carries out Iran strikes

  11-06-2026 05:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage released by US Central Command showed the destroyer Michael Murphy firing a series of tomahawk cruise missiles at targets in Iran on Thursday.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Strait of Hormuz closed; US ends latest round of strikes on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’; Oil prices rise

  11-06-2026 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed-up public

  11-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.
  
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• Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed up public

  11-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Strait of Hormuz closed as Trump confirms US military strikes have resumed on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’

  11-06-2026 03:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• My home town of Belfast is again in flames, but this time it’s different

  11-06-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  On Saturday, I return to a city I still call my home, to a depressingly familiar sight.
  
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• I grew up in Belfast. To see such hate on its streets again is heartbreaking

  11-06-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  On Saturday, I return to a city I still call my home, to a depressingly familiar sight.
  
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• UN chief wants escalation risks 'full war' in region

  11-06-2026 02:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the ceasefire in the region was "more like a lesser fire" as the US and Iran exchange strikes.
  
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• Trump: 'I love the inflation'

  11-06-2026 01:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has told reporters that he loves the inflation after dire numbers were released today.
  
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• US launches new attacks on Iran

  11-06-2026 01:07 via smh.com.au
  
  US forces in the Middle East have launched a new wave of attacks against Iran.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Trump says Tehran is ‘playing us for suckers’ as US military resumes strikes on Iran

  11-06-2026 00:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran on Tuesday after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Strait of Hormuz closed as Trump confirms US military strikes have resumed on Iran

  11-06-2026 00:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Second night of disorder rocks Belfast as stabbing victim’s family calls for calm

  11-06-2026 00:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Police have been forced to use water cannons to keep rioters at bay as new details emerged in court about the accused attacker, Hadi Alodid.
  
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