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Australia has pledged to give the Ukraine 49 Abrams tanks at a value of $245 million.

Australian tanks join battle against Russia in Ukraine

The majority of 49 Abrams tanks committed by Australia have joined Ukraine's defence against Russia's invasion as Moscow continues its deadly attacks.

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Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out from the capsule during the final manned flight for the Red Bull Stratos mission in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on October 14, 2012 Red Bull Stratos

Space daredevil dies after paragliding stunt goes wrong

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who jumped from the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in a 2012 stunt, is being remembered after his death during a horror fall.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to keep fighting in Ukraine until the West engages on his terms for peace. (AP PHOTO)

‘Blackmail’: Putin unfazed by Trump’s 100pc tariff threat

The Kremlin has issued a stark warning that by promising Ukraine more weapons, the US has signalled its decision to ‘abandon the peace process’.

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James Lee Nowland crashed on Wednesday after jumping from prominent rocky peak Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites.

Perth dad dies after BASE jumping accident in Dolomites

A mountain rescue team and a helicopter were deployed to the scene and attempted resuscitation but he could not be revived.

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An Australian man has died in a BASE jumping accident in the Italian alps. (AP PHOTO)

Aussie BASE jumper dies after parachute fails to open

An Australian man has died while BASE jumping with friends in the Italian alps, with investigators suspecting an equipment failure is to blame.

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister has said his country his ready for peace talks with Russia.

‘We are ready’: Ukraine prepared for peace talks with Russia

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister says his country is ready for peace talks with Russia ‘in any format, in any geography’.

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Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will help Ukraine obtain advanced weaponry and his threats of tariffs against Moscow mark his strongest comments yet in the latest twist in his shifting position towards Russia and Ukraine.

A timeline of Trump’s shifts and u-turns on Russia, Ukraine

THE WASHINGTON POST: Donald Trump’s threats of 100 per cent tariffs against Moscow are the latest twist in his shifting position toward Russia and Ukraine.

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The plastic containers holding tarantulas that had been hidden in sponge cake boxes.

More than 1000 tarantulas found in sponge cake boxes

Customs officials have released images from a seizure of more than 1000 tarantulas smuggled inside plastic containers shipped to an airport in Germany from Vietnam.

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Handout photo issued by The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention of a worker at the site of the former Mother and Baby institution in Tuam near Galway,

Mass baby burial fears at former Catholic institution site

Excavations have begun at the site of a former mother and baby home in western Ireland, suspected of containing the remains of hundreds of infants and young children.

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Donald Trump has incited the ire of EU leaders with his aggressive tariffs.

Trump’s tariff threat provokes anger, frustration in Europe

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s threat to place a 30 per cent tariff on goods from the European Union caused outrage among European leaders, with some urging retaliatory tariffs.

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Police  collect remains of a Russian explosive device on the road after a Russian drones and missiles attack on Thursday in Kyiv.

New peace solution flagged after Ukrainian spy shot in Kyiv

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US top diplomat Marco Rubio held ‘frank’ talks on the Ukraine war, both sides said.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron backed a migrant return deal. (AP PHOTO)

UK and France strike deal over migration boat crossing

The United Kingdom and France have agreed to a pilot plan that will send some migrants who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France.

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President Donald Trump says the US will send Ukraine weapons because the nation must defend itself. (AP PHOTO)

US resumes sending weapons to Ukraine after pause

The United States is delivering artillery shells and mobile rocket artillery missiles to Ukraine, days after President Donald Trump’s Administration had halted shipments of some critical weapons to Kyiv.

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According to new leaked audio, US President Donald Trump told a group of wealthy donors that he threatened to bomb Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine.

Trump said he’d ‘bomb the s*** out of Moscow’ in new audio

According to new leaked audio, US President Donald Trump told a group of wealthy donors that he threatened to bomb Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine.

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An airport in Milan was shut down after the horrific incident.

Horror as man runs onto tarmac and is sucked into jet engine

Tourists at one of Italy’s busiest airports have witnessed a horrific incident after a man ran toward a passenger jet, before being sucked into one of the engines. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT.

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