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Donald Trump says the US wants to fight more than Iran.
Middle East
Max Corstorphan

‘Within four minutes’: Trump’s brutal Iran ultimatum

President Donald Trump has given a blunt update on the war with Iran, saying Iranians now have just two choices.

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Spent drones and missiles at a ‘missile cemetary’ in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Middle East
Latika M Bourke

Zelensky holds the cards and answers Trump call on Iran

Iran’s barrage of retaliatory strikes is a wake-up call for countries that have pretended the Russian-Ukraine conflict was a faraway concept.

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Iranian warship IRIS Dena in Indian waters in February and medical staff move bodies and the injured into a hospital in Sri Lanka after the ship was sunk.
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The New York Times

Torpedoed Iranian warship a political mess for India

The US strike on Iranian frigate, the IRIS Dena, which killed at least 84 of those on board has become a political nightmare for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Two people have been injured and an airport damaged by drone strikes in Azerbaijan with the country’s leader blaming Iran for the attack.
Middle East
Staff Writers

‘Act of terror’: Azerbaijan fury after suspected Iran drone hit

The Azerbaijan army is on alert as they accuse Iran of a drone attack on its territory while Iranian officials deny its forces were responsible.

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Britney Spears was arrested this week and booked early the following morning, records show.
USA
Maddie Cove

Britney Spears’ night ends in shock arrest

An evening out for Britney Spears took a dramatic turn when the pop superstar was arrested in California.

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"We want to be involved in the process of choosing" Iran's leader, US President Donald Trump says.
Middle East
Staff Writers

‘Somebody great’: Trump wants say over new Iran leader

US President Donald Trump says the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba is an unlikely choice to take over as Iran's leader.

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Ousted Kristi Noem had always been one of US President Donald Trump's most ardent supporters. (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Ted Hesson, Nolan D. McCaskill, Richard Cowan and Jasper Ward

Trump fires Kristi Noem as US homeland security chief

US President Donald Trump has sensationally fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, two days after she faced a parliamentary inquiry.

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US and Israeli backed Kurdish fighters are being armed by the CIA.
Middle East
Matt Shrivell

Iran at a glance: CIA arming Kurds, Tehran blanket bombed

The CIA is providing arms to Kurdish forces as President Donald Trump says the US military will shadow their ground forces to facilitate an uprising in Iran.

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Convicted sex offender, who raped man with learning difficulties, has had egg thrown at him by angry protesters as police escorted him from his home.
UK
Ava Martin

Rapist has egg hurled at his head by angry protesters

Convicted sex offender, who raped man with learning difficulties, has had egg thrown at him by angry protesters as police escorted him from his home.

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Shocking dogfight footage of an Iranian Yak-130 fighter jet getting shot down by an Israeli F-35I fighter jet.
Middle East
Katherine Kraayvanger, Eloise Budimlich, Max Corstorphan and Matt Shrivell

Tehran attacked as Iran death toll rises to 1,230

IDF tells residents in Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate immediately

IDF says new wave of Iranian missiles targeting country

More Aussies on way home from Dubai

Lebanon death toll rises to 77, health ministry says

Tehran sports hall hit by Israeli strike

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Penny Wong is refusing to say whether Australian personnel were on board a US submarine which sank an Iranian warship overnight.
Politics
Andrew Greene

Wong refuses to say if Aus sailors were on killer US sub

Penny Wong is refusing to say whether Australian personnel were on board a US submarine which sank an Iranian warship overnight, insisting the Government does not discuss deployments.

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Punch the baby orphan macaque is so popular a zoo near Tokyo has had to set rules to make visitors be quiet and limit viewing times to 10 minutes.
World
Mari Yamaguchi

Punch the orphan monkey is outgrowing his plushie

Punch the baby orphan macaque is so popular a zoo near Tokyo has had to set rules to make visitors be quiet and limit viewing times to 10 minutes.

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A former Royal Australian Navy officer says the destruction of the Iranian frigate may have been intended to warn China about the costs of launching a broader war.
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World
Aaron Patrick

‘Sitting duck’: Iranian warship sunk ‘to warn China’

A former Royal Australian Navy officer says the destruction of the Iranian frigate may have been intended to warn China about the costs of launching a broader war.

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Double child murderer Ian Huntley is fighting for life after a horrific prison attack
UK
Eloise Budimlich

Cops give update on child killer after head ‘split in two’

A week after inmates cheered while double child murderer Ian Huntley was brutally attacked, police have issued an update on his condition.

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Michael Harris was found after four hours beneath the snow after an avalanche.
USA
Matt Shrivell

The iPhone feature that saved a man after being buried alive

A concerned wife backed her gut feeling and the ‘Find My iPhone’ app when her husband disappeared after a massive avalanche in the US.

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