7 h. ago Trump announces Iran and Israel agree to total ceasefire for next 12 hours

US President Donald Trump has announced that Iran and Israel have agreed to a total ceasefire over the next 12 hours.

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7 h. ago Trump announces ‘complete and total’ ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Trump’s announcement came after Iran attacked America’s Al Udeid air base in Qatar in retaliation for America’s weekend strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities.

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9 h. ago ASX jumps on ceasefire news; CBA hits fresh record, oil stocks tumble

The Australian sharemarket jumped at the open after Donald Trump announced a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran, raising hopes the worst has passed.

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9 h. ago ASX jumps as optimism returns; CBA hits fresh record, oil stocks tumble

The Australian sharemarket has jumped after Donald Trump announced a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran, raising hopes the worst has passed.

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33 h. ago Inside Trump’s final decision to attack Iran – and how he kept it top secret

When Donald Trump announced he might take as long as two weeks to decide on Iran, the ruse was already well underway. Within two days, under the cover of darkness, he struck.

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47 h. ago Cook heads for UK to bolster AUKUS deal and build more nuclear submarines in WA

AUKUS has been on thin ice since Donald Trump announced the US will review its stance on it. Premier Roger Cook is travelling to the UK in a bid to get the deal back on track and lobby for more nuclear submarines to be built in WA.

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47 h. ago Cook heads for UK in bid to save AUKUS and build more nuclear submarines in WA

AUKUS has been on thin ice since Donald Trump announced the US will review its stance on it. Premier Roger Cook is travelling to the UK in a bid to get the deal back on track and lobby for more nuclear submarines to be built in WA.

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3 w. ago Top Hamas leader killed, Israel says, as White House rejects ‘totally unacceptable’ ceasefire response

As more aid trucks were raided in Gaza, Hamas said it wanted some changes to a US proposal that has been accepted by Israel, whose military said overnight it had killed Hamas’ top leader in Gaza.

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3 w. ago Israel accepts Gaza ceasefire plan, US says, as Hamas reviews draft

It would include a 60-day ceasefire and aid flowing through UN operations, an Israeli official said, but Hamas officials want to study it more closely.

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