World
‘We are bringing hell on you’: Panic in Beirut suburbs as Israel launches airstrikes
In another escalation of the wider war against Iran, thousands of Lebanese families fled their homes after Israeli forces warned them of a wave of bombing to target Hezbollah groups.
- by David Crowe
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Trump's White House
Trump sacks Kristi Noem, the face of his immigration crackdown
- by Michael Koziol
Australians on sub that sank Iranian warship in Indian Ocean
- by Michael Koziol and Andrew Probyn
Analysis
Middle East at war
A seven-page proposal was on the table. Then Trump learnt a tantalising fact
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion & Perspectives
How the royal ‘Trump whisperers’ will be key to winning back Washington
With British PM Keir Starmer’s reputation state-side at a low, the King and Queen will have to work their magic on their latest visit.
Hannah Furness, Connor Stringer and Tony Diver
I covered the Middle East when Saddam was America’s friend. The bloodletting hasn’t stopped
Iranians deserve better than the ayatollahs – and they deserve better than an illegal war waged by a felonious, feckless president with no plan for what follows.
Geraldine Brooks
Author and journalist
An oppressed people are, once again, lured onto the street only to have their hopes dashed
Celebrating is the natural response of those living under authoritarianism to news their tyrant is gone. So much is loaded into the moment. Like releasing a breath that has been held for decades.
Waleed Aly
Columnist, author and academic
North America
‘MAGA warrior’, ex-MMA fighter: This is Trump’s pick to run homeland security
Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin has been a staunch defender of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
- by Madeleine Ngo
Kristi Noem grilled over how she handled the deadly Minneapolis shootings
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Trump's White House
Trump sacks Kristi Noem, the face of his immigration crackdown
- by Michael Koziol
Australians on sub that sank Iranian warship in Indian Ocean
- by Michael Koziol and Andrew Probyn
Europe
Analysis
World politics
How the royal ‘Trump whisperers’ will be key to winning back Washington
- by Hannah Furness, Connor Stringer and Tony Diver
Analysis
UK politics
How a firebrand plumber triumphed for the Greens and infuriated the UK right
- by David Crowe
Asia
Opinion
Afghanistan
‘Gender apartheid’: Why we can’t forget the women of Afghanistan
Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.
- by Liz Gooch
China’s latest blueprint aims to close US technology gap and break old habits
President Xi Jinping has put his country on track for its lowest growth target in three decades as he gets ready to welcome Donald Trump later this month.
- by Lisa Visentin
‘What a joke’: Family of Australian shot dead in Bali told to come back next week
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
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US-Iran war live updates: US temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil; Three Australians on US submarine that sank Iranian ship, PM confirms; People ordered to evacuate southern Beirut
The conflict in the Middle East is intensifying, as reports of drone strikes spread across the region, and Iran vows revenge after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship. Follow our rolling coverage.
- by Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Josefine Ganko, Nick Newling and Alexander Darling
US-Iran war news updates: Iranian warship sunk by torpedo off Sri Lanka; Hegseth says US ‘just getting started’; First repatriation flight lands in Sydney
- by Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Josefine Ganko and Alexander Darling
Dubai influencers warned they face jail over war posts
- by Patrick Sawer and Alice Lilley
