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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump has announced he wants the Justice Department to investigate high-profile Democrats — including former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

Newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein include correspondence with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington.

The United States says four ‘narco-terrorists’ have been killed in another strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US federal government began reopening Wednesday night after President Trump signed into law a spending package that narrowly passed the House, ending the longest shutdown in history.

LATIKA M BOURKE: It is only a matter of time as to when and how the UK Prime Minister leaves Number 10.

US President Donald Trump has again asked Israeli President Isaac Herzog to drop corruption charges against his close ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Donald Trump has never shied away from threats to sue or a court stoush but, in the case of the BBC, the US President claims the broadcaster left him no choice but to take action.

The USS Gerald R Ford joins a sprawling build-up that has fuelled speculation the Trump Administration intends to dramatically escalate its anti-drug campaign.

There were heated scenes at the UN climate talks as protesters, some dressed in the garb of Brazilian indigenous groups, attempted to storm the summit being held in Brazil.

An attack on a courthouse in Islamabad was the first major assault to hit Islamabad in more than a decade.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Two titans of the Australian community in London have declared Stephen Smith the most disappointing High Commissioner to ever represent the country in the UK.

Her sudden death is now under investigation by the FBI.

A critical splinter group of Democrats has joined with Republicans to back a spending package that omitted the concession their party had spent weeks demanding.

A lawyer for the US President said the BBC’s editing of a speech he gave on January 6 was ‘defamatory’. The broadcaster has apologised for an ‘error in judgment’.

A defiant Turkey has openly challenged Australia’s bid to jointly host next year’s climate summit with the Pacific, saying Ankara is poised to act as a bridge between richer and poorer countries.