Middle East

Major travel warning update for Aussies after peace deal.
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Politics
Katina Curtis

Travel warning update for Aussies heading to Europe

The Government has scaled back its travel warnings across parts of the Middle East, but cautioned the security situation remains unpredictable.

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Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra.
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Politics
Madeline Cove

Hanson speaks on immigration, housing as protest stunt fails

‘Trashy journalist’: Pauline Hanson slams The Guardian reporter

Hanson says One Nation ‘scrutinised a hell of a lot more’ than other parties

Pauline Hanson warns ‘we cannot disregard China’

Hanson says she can’t recall date of Tim Fischer’s ‘witch’ comments

Hanson welcomes media scrutiny but warns not to ‘pile on’

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Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is expected to attend a signing ceremony in Switzerland.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Picturesque location for peace-deal signing revealed

The signing of a deal between the United States and Iran will take place on Friday.

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The government's move to temporarily cut the fuel excise helped reduce the annual inflation rate. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)
Opinion

Case for fuel excise cut has weakened

Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy meetings have attained must-watch status.

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Reserve Bank chief Michele Bullock has hit out at Labor’s planned changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing, saying they are a risk to financial stability.
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Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove

Labor tax changes a ‘risk to financial stability’: RBA

That’s a wrap 

Reserve Bank chief warns Labor tax plans a financial stability risk

Bullock warns inflation still too high as RBA keeps rates on hold

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Relief for Aussies as RBA leaves interest rates on hold

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Donald Trump declares peace deal signed.
US Politics
Madeline Cove

Deal done? Trump hails peace agreement signed

As Donald Trump hails a historic US-Iran agreement and falling oil prices, Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a stark reminder that ‘the struggle is not over’.

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People in Tehran gather in support of Iran’s new leader, Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, while holding the Iranian flag and images of both the new and former leaders of Iran.
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World
The Economist

A deal is only the beginning of the end of the US-Iran war

The ceasefire agreement will bring needed relief to a scarred region, and to global energy markets. But it will not resolve the issues that brought America and Iran to war in the first place.

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Zeinab Ahmad rejects Islamic State, her lawyer told a court as she applies for bail.
Australia
Tara Cosoleto

‘Years of hell’: Accused ISIS bride’s shift on jihadi group

An accused ISIS bride charged with slavery offences has given a grim account of her previous life in Syria with the terror group.

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Ordinary Iranians have expressed relief at the ceasefire announcement after months of chaos.
World
The New York Times

‘Is this REAL?’ Iranians’ shock and relief at ceasefire deal

After enduring months of conflict, ordinary people in Iran were relieved to hear about the deal. Opposition groups were disappointed.

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A ceasefire in the Iran conflict could offer fresh hope to Australians already battling rising fuel prices and inflation.
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Opinion
Editorial

Iran peace signal is promising but hurdles still remain

For now we can hope a moment to catch our breath has arrived.

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Anthony Albanese has warned global shipping disruptions could keep fuel markets unstable for months, and comes as Donald Trump declares a US-Iran peace deal is complete.
Politics
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove

PM keeps fuel excise on table as Strait of Hormuz reopens

That’s a wrap

Iran deal no ‘unconditional surrender!’ of Trump’s dreams

Prime Minister defends government’s decision to reform the NDIS

Albanese says he’ll make decision on fuel excise ‘in coming days’

Albanese: Australia will continue to monitor Middle East war and role of E7

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Israel-Hezbollah violence erupts in Beirut as Donald Trump claims Iran deal is within reach.
US Politics
Madeline Cove

‘Let’s not blow it’: Peace deal hangs by a thread

US President Donald Trump has urged restraint after fresh Israeli strikes on Beirut threatened to derail a long-awaited peace deal with Iran.

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A initial plan for peace is due to be signed within a day, says US President Donald Trump.
Middle East
Phil Stewart and Eman Abouhassira and Saad Sayeed

Trump says peace deal signed within hours ... Iran disagrees

A initial plan for peace is due to be signed within a day, says US President Donald Trump and mediators from Pakistan - although Iran seems less certain.

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Much about the emerging deal remains murky, with both sides keen to frame it as a victory.
Middle East
The New York Times

What we know about details of Iran peace deal

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Much about the emerging deal remains murky, with both sides keen to frame it as a victory.

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Negotiators for the United States and Iran are close to the finish line of a deal aimed at ending their three-month war.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Iran says peace deal with US has ‘never been closer’

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says a memorandum of understanding with the US has ‘never been closer’ but warns against speculation over its contents.

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