59 h. ago Trump has approved Iran attack plan but is yet to hit go, US media reports

A senior intelligence source told US media the president has approved the plan but wants to give Iran more time to agree to a deal.

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4 d. ago Australia news as it happened: Trump complains about Putin’s G7 summit exclusion; airstrike hits Iran’s TV network

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4 d. ago Australia news LIVE: G7 meeting begins with Trump Russian complaint; Airstrike hits Iran’s TV network; Liberals set to dump Victorian elders

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5 d. ago Iranian state TV hit as Iran urges Trump to make Israel halt war

Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel early on Monday in the fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes that shows no sign of slowing.

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5 d. ago Australia news as it happened: Wong planning repatriation flights from the Middle East; Police officer shot dead in rural Tasmania

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5 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Wong planning repatriation flights from the Middle East; Police officer shot dead in rural Tasmania

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5 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Israel hits out at Penny Wong’s Iran call; Albanese prepares for Trump meeting

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8 d. ago Danger signs are building as the ‘grumpy rally’ gathers steam

The investment environment has been compared to the lead-up to the dot com bust in 2000, as share prices hit records despite ongoing Trump chaos and rising risks.

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1 week ago Nine reporter caught up in LA protests as governor hits out at Trump

US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi was reporting on a situation she said was rapidly deteriorating when she was shot in the leg by a rubber bullet.

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1 week ago ‘Acts of a dictator’: Governor hits out at Trump as officers clash with protesters in Los Angeles

Law enforcement officers have fired tear gas and rubber bullets after hundreds of people gathered downtown in response to the US president’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard.

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2 w. ago ‘Takes two to Tango’: Trump mulls punishing Ukraine, as well as Russia

Meanwhile, the Kremlin has accused Britain of being involved in the surprise drone attack that destroyed Russian bombers at the weekend.

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2 w. ago Ukraine destroys $11b worth of Russian bombers in surprise drone attack

The operation – codenamed “Spider’s Web” – was personally overseen by Volodymyr Zelensky and was carried out by hiding drones in wooden sheds and trucking them into Russia.

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3 w. ago Trump says Putin ‘playing with fire’, prompting ‘WWIII’ warning from Moscow

Trump lashed out at the Russian president as Moscow has hit Ukraine with some of the war’s deadliest drone and missile attacks while not moving forward on ceasefire efforts.

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3 w. ago Trump hits out at ‘crazy’ Putin, criticises Zelensky, after Russian attack

The US president has hit back after the Ukrainian leader called out “American silence” and said inaction was encouraging Russia.

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