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• US resumes Iran blockade

  15-07-2026 00:26 via smh.com.au
  
  American forces have launched further strikes on Iran and resumed the blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• ‘Grasping at straws’: Trump’s Hormuz toll thought bubble didn’t last long – but the ramifications will

  15-07-2026 04:08 via smh.com.au
  
  If the US president’s war enabled Iran to weaponise the strait in the first place, the preposterous 20 per cent toll proposal only gives them more ammunition.
  
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• New strikes on Iran as US restarts blockade

  15-07-2026 03:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has reimposed its naval blockade on Iran as both sides exchange fire.
  
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• Iran launches drone, missile strikes

  15-07-2026 00:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Iranian state media has released footage of its armed forces launching drone and missile strikes at US bases.
  
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• Trump scraps Strait of Hormuz shipping toll

  14-07-2026 22:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump backflips on plans to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Murder investigation into UK politician's death

  14-07-2026 22:21 via smh.com.au
  
  UK police say the killing of a prominent politician was a targeted attack.
  
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• Trump abandons plan to toll the Strait of Hormuz after ‘calls from emirs’

  14-07-2026 21:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president had proposed a 20 per cent fee on cargo passing through the waterway, but said he would instead seek additional investment deals with Gulf states.
  
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• US-Iran war live updates: Trump reinstates blockade on Strait of Hormuz, backs away from 20 per cent fee as US launches wave of new attacks on Iran

  14-07-2026 21:12 via smh.com.au
  
  US forces have carried out additional strikes on military targets in Iran to eliminate “emerging threats” ahead of a naval blockade on Iranian ports resuming. Follow live.
  
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• US-Iran war as it happened: Trump reinstates blockade on Strait of Hormuz, backs away from 20 per cent fee as US launches wave of new attacks on Iran

  14-07-2026 21:12 via smh.com.au
  
  US forces have carried out another round of strikes on military targets in Iran as the US naval blockade on Iranian ports resumes.
  
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• Trump backs away from fee plan on Strait of Hormuz

  14-07-2026 17:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump had proposed a 20 per cent fee on cargo passing through the waterway, but said he would instead seek investment deals with Gulf states.
  
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• UK police investigating terrorism-ties to murder of former politician

  14-07-2026 13:32 via smh.com.au
  
  UK police are investigating whether the murder of an outspoken former Conservative politician was an act of terrorism.
  
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• ‘If we die, we die together’: Wife details ordeal after man partially sucked out of plane window

  14-07-2026 13:32 via smh.com.au
  
  A terrified woman has revealed how she saved her husband as he was nearly sucked through a shattered window on a Ryanair flight.
  
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• ‘Most Roman thing ever’: City repaints parking bays around cars … then fines drivers

  14-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Council crews descended on streets in the Italian capital and, with a few daubs of paint, transformed free, legal parking spaces into paid spots overnight.
  
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• How flammable decor and lax rules turned Bangkok pub into a death trap

  14-07-2026 11:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Highly combustible materials used to decorate the stage and likely for better acoustics instantly ignited to produce extreme heat, smoke and deadly toxins, experts say.
  
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• Trump’s ridiculous Hormuz proposal is the last thing the world needs

  14-07-2026 08:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president’s proposed extortionate 20 per cent toll destroys what little credibility he had left.
  
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• Sunrise after 9am: US to vote on year-round daylight saving time

  14-07-2026 03:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The Sunshine Protection Act, recently endorsed by a bipartisan committee 48 to one, is backed by Donald Trump and goes to a vote in US Congress this week.
  
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• Sunrise after 9am: The US is on the cusp of an eye-opening change

  14-07-2026 03:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The Sunshine Protection Act, recently endorsed by a bipartisan committee 48 to one, is backed by Donald Trump and goes to a vote in US Congress this week.
  
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• Whether Trump or the Democrats, we are being dragged in a never-ending race to the bottom

  14-07-2026 03:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Extremism has become a virtue. I saw it when MAGA men actually seemed to admire Trump for allegedly having sex with Stormy Daniels. To quote an elder of my old church, “He’s an alley cat.”
  
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• ‘We are going to get paid’: Trump’s toll talk adds fuel to fire as US, Iran rush back towards full-scale war

  14-07-2026 03:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s plan to charge ships to use the strait would be a marked departure from the US’ previous insistence that passage through the crucial waterway should be free and open for all.
  
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• A church elder admiringly called Trump ‘an alley cat’. We are being dragged in a race to the bottom

  14-07-2026 03:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Extremism has become a virtue. I saw it when MAGA men actually seemed to admire Trump for allegedly having sex with Stormy Daniels. Then the Democrats stood by their candidate despite his many apparent sins.
  
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• US launches more Iran strikes after Trump orders new blockade of Strait of Hormuz, vows to charge fee

  13-07-2026 23:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s plan to charge ships to use the strait would be a marked departure from the US’ previous insistence that passage through the crucial waterway should be free and open for all.
  
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• ‘Heard the popping’: Man shot dead by US immigration agents in Maine

  13-07-2026 22:56 via smh.com.au
  
  It is the second such fatality in seven days since an ICE officer shot and killed a 52-year-old man during a pursuit in Houston last week.
  
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• Counter terrorism police probe death of British MP

  13-07-2026 22:51 via smh.com.au
  
  UK counter terrorism police believe an MP was attacked before her death
  
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• Investigation over deadly Thai fire

  13-07-2026 22:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Thai police are investigating whether negligence caused a pub fire that killed at least 28 people.
  
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• US reinstates Iranian naval blockade

  13-07-2026 22:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump says the US will reinstate the blockade of Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Australia’s relationship with India grows ever closer despite one key divergence

  13-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The affection between Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi mirrors the ever-strengthening ties between the countries even as India heads in an illiberal direction.
  
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• US to resume Iran blockade, ‘guard’ Strait of Hormuz and charge 20 per cent toll

  13-07-2026 17:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s plan to charge ships to use the strait would be a marked departure from the US’ previous insistence that passage through the crucial waterway should be free and open for all.
  
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• US to resume Iran blockade, ‘guard’ Strait of Hormuz and charge 20 per cent fee

  13-07-2026 17:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s plan to charge ships to use the strait would be a marked departure from the US’ previous insistence that passage through the crucial waterway should be free and open for all.
  
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• Counter-terrorism police lead Widdecombe murder investigation after ‘new evidence’

  13-07-2026 15:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Home Affairs Minister Shabana Mahmood confirmed on Monday that there were reasons to believe there was a terrorist motive to the alleged crime.
  
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• Rampaging bison flips camper more than two metres in the air

  13-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The visibly agitated bull bison was roaming the campground in Yellowstone National Park and charging at other groups of people before the incident.
  
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