7 h. ago NATO scrambles jets as Russian drones strike near Romanian border

NATO has scrambled fighter jets to the border of Romania and Ukraine after a Russian drone attack hit close to Romanian territory.

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8 h. ago Albanese’s response to blistering personal attack struck the right tone

Israel’s leader tried to engage the Australian prime minister in a war of words, but he wouldn’t take part.

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23 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Butler says NDIS ‘not the right fit’ for children with autism; Labor responds after Netanyahu blasts ‘weak’ Albanese

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25 h. ago This yarn about the links between wool and war might surprise you

Australia’s large-scale sheep pastoralism and the northern hemisphere’s industrialisation of woollen textiles allowed the huge armies of the 20th century to exist, a new history argues.

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28 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Labor responds after Netanyahu blasts ‘weak’ Albanese; Trump rules out US troops in Ukraine

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31 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Netanyahu blasts ‘weak’ Albanese; Trump rules out US troops in Ukraine

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31 h. ago Trump rules out US troops on the ground in any Ukraine peace deal

The US president offered US Air Force support but assured American voters he would not put “boots on the ground” in Ukraine, as European leaders met for urgent talks.

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31 h. ago Trump pushes for trilateral meeting between Russia and Ukraine leaders

Donald Trump sets out a plan for a meeting between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia.

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42 h. ago From bullied to the bullies: Stat that shows how Wallabies turned tables on Boks

In just over a year, Joe Schmidt has turned the Wallabies from a side beaten up by South Africa into one capable of bullying them back. Cape Town will show if it sticks.

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45 h. ago The sticking points when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine

Major questions remain on what security guarantees Kyiv could be given, possibly in return for giving up a chunk of its territory to Russia.

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46 h. ago Mark whinged about the war, so Putin gave him a new motorbike

The bespectacled Anchorage local had complained that he struggled to get spare parts for his old Ural bike, blaming the Ukraine conflict.

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49 h. ago Europeans hail Ukraine talks with Trump but divisions remain over ceasefire

The US president and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, held a much more conciliatory encounter in the Oval Office than their infamous February meeting.

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54 h. ago ‘You look fabulous in that suit’: The funny moment Zelensky won over Trump

English may not be his first language, but the Ukrainian president was a comedian before going into politics. In take two with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, he used those skills to his advantage.

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67 h. ago Zelensky can end war ‘almost immediately’ if he wants to: Trump

The US president has hardened his position on peace terms ahead of a pivotal meeting with Zelensky and other key European leaders in the White House.

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67 h. ago Trump hardens position on NATO, Crimea ahead of Zelensky meeting

Volodymyr Zelensky will be joined by at least seven other European leaders in the hope of persuading Donald Trump to wield sanctions and other penalties against Russia to enforce a peace deal on better terms for Ukraine.

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67 h. ago Australia news as it happened: Qantas fined $90 million for illegally sacking 1800 workers; European leaders to join Zelensky in Trump meeting

Look back on the news that made headlines from around Australia on August 18.

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2 d. ago Ahead of crucial meeting, Trump and Rubio pull in opposite directions

Trump’s secretary of state spent all day telling TV interviewers that high-stakes negotiations to end a war are best done behind closed doors. Then his boss opened Truth Social.

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3 d. ago Hundreds of thousands of Israelis, desperate to end Gaza war, flood streets and block highways

Organisers said hundreds of thousands of people took part, demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza, in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war.

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3 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Qantas fined $90 million for illegally sacking 1800 workers; European leaders to join Zelensky in Trump meeting

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3 d. ago Europe sends big hitters to back up Zelensky in Trump meeting

Amid fears of another Oval Office clash, at least seven other European leaders will join Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky when he meets the US president, a show of unity in the troubled effort to end the war with Russia.

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