ELLEN RANSLEY: The US President has long called for Europe to lift its defence spending. So it was little wonder Donald Trump claimed credit in doing ‘something that no one really thought possible’.
A group of Australians have landed in Sydney, and more are on the way, after being repatriated from Tel Aviv as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran holds.
LATIKA M BOURKE: US President Donald Trump says he no longer believes NATO is a rip-off now that European leaders have pledged major increases to their defence spending.
LATIKA M BOURKE: The NATO chief’s embarrassing text incident may make Albanese grateful that he can’t score Trump’s mobile phone number, but there is a lesson to be learnt.
A four-day search on Indonesia’s Mount Rinjani has ended in tragedy after rescue teams recovered the body of Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins, who slipped from a cliff during a hike.
Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said Iran had ‘completely violated’ the ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning, AEST, and Israel in response would ‘respond forcefully’.
The Prime Minister has confirmed a significant increase in Britain’s defence budget — its biggest shift since the Cold War — as pressure mounts from NATO allies.
More than 3000 Australians have sought repatriation from Iran and 1200 in Israel, as Anthony Albanese has expressed fears of ‘reprisal attacks’ on allies after the US strikes.