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Chaotic scenes have erupted in Los Angeles as protesters clash with authorities during immigration sweeps led by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Chaotic scenes in Los Angeles during immigration raids

Protesters have clashed with authorities during immigration sweeps led by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Anthony Albanese has vowed not to compromise on Australia’s biosecurity in lead-up to G7 face-to-face with Donald Trump.

Australia won’t be mooved in tariff beef ahead of G7 meat-up

Anthony Albanese has vowed not to compromise on Australia’s biosecurity in lead-up to G7 face-to-face with Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump, left, and Elon Musk in happier times.

Elon, Donald and the Oval Office bromance’s acrimonious end

AARON PATRICK The world’s richest man has just engaged in history’s most expensive troll-fest.

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Elon Musk’s tweets played a pivotal role in Donald Trump’s election win. Now they are being used against the President.

Musk used X to boost Trump. Now he’s wielding it against him

As the two men publicly fought in a flurry of furious online posts, the world’s richest man revealed X to be a double-edged sword.

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 Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with his legal team.

Judge threatens to remove Diddy from Manhattan courtroom

A model and social media influencer has told a jury she felt ‘exhilarated’ the first time she had sex with a male escort in front of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

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A new free-trade deal between Australia and the European Union is closer than ever, thanks to Donald Trump’s trade war.

What would a trade deal with the EU mean for Australia?

Australia is within striking distance of signing a free trade agreement with the European Union, a deal that would send a clear message to other trading nations - but there is a sticking point.

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President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘We don’t want them’: Trump signs new US travel ban

US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, banning travel to the United States for people from 12 countries in response to a recent terror attack.

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Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of President Trump’s sweeping spending bill, calling for a new draft that avoids adding trillions to the national debt.

‘Fast lane to debt slavery’: Musk intensifies Trump sledge

Elon Musk has intensified his criticism of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending bill, calling for a new draft that avoids adding trillions to the national debt.

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are yet to hold direct talks despite optimism from the White House. (AP PHOTO)

China's Xi 'hard to make a deal with', Trump concedes

With US courts split over the legality of key tariffs, Donald Trump has reignited tensions by calling Xi Jinping ‘very tough’ and accusing China of violating an agreement.

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The devastation of Kibbutz Be’eri after October 7 and, inset, the Holy Church of the Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

I thought anti-Semitism lived in the past. I was wrong

SARAH STINSON: I thought I understood anti-Semitism. I thought it lived in the past.  But in Israel, I felt its weight — not as theory, but inheritance. 

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Elon Musk went scorched earth on President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in a post on X.

The At-Odds Couple: How Musk turned on Trump

The White House made a restrained response to the social media posts from the world’s richest man condemning plans to extent tax cuts and increase the budget deficit.

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In a new post, Elon Musk has sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, calling it a ‘disgusting abomination’, urging immediate changes before it becomes law. (AP PHOTO)

‘Disgusting abomination’: Musk explodes over Trump spending

In a scathing new post, Elon Musk has sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, calling it a ‘disgusting abomination’, urging immediate changes before it becomes law.

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Restaurants in China are preferencing Australian beef over American during the Trump trade war.

Tariff meal deal: China use Aussie beef in American burgers

US beef has been a drawcard at a Beijing bbq joint for years, but amid the Trump tariff war, diners are now eating American burgers made from Australian meat.

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A Shrike drone during testing in Ukraine. MUST CREDIT: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

Sky’s the limit as drone v drone warfare reaches new level

The ingenuity of drone engineers opens up new opportunities and threats far behind the front lines.

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There’s many reasons for Anthony Albanese to change his tune on defence spending - but the main one is in our backyard.

Why PM should avoid MAGA’s maw and embrace national security

LATIKA M BOURKE: Anthony Albanese should not wait for the Coalition to rise from the ashes to make national security an electoral issue once again. It is in the national interest that he act now.

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