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  • Donald Trump

    Afternoon Update: Trump speaks after rally shooting; widespread computer outages linked to Windows PCs; and Greg Lynn to appeal

    The Republican candidate promised to run the ‘largest deportation operation’ in US history
  • US president Joe Biden

    Afternoon Update: Biden tests positive for Covid; Labor distances itself from CFMEU; and is there life on Venus?

    US president, who has mild symptoms, to self-isolate but will ‘continue to carry out full duties’
  • CFMEU sign

    Afternoon Update: AFP asked to investigate CFMEU; arrest made over resort deaths; and grocery swaps to help the planet

    Tony Burke asks federal police to investigate corruption allegations against union
  • Donald Trump wore a bandage over his ear at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee.

    Afternoon Update: Trump’s first appearance since shooting; wild weather hits east coast; and a North Korean diplomat defects

    Former US president makes dramatic entrance to large cheers at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee
  • Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office

    Afternoon Update: Biden condemns political violence; CFMEU in hot water over alleged criminal links; and King Charles to visit Australia in October

    US president warns against ‘extremism and fury’ after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
  • US president Joe Biden at a press conference at the Nato summit in Washington

    Afternoon Update: Biden urged to step down after Nato gaffes; Brisbane couple charged with spying for Russia; and Australia’s $250m pledge to Ukraine

    The US president calls Kamala Harris ‘vice-president Trump’ and introduces Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Vladimir Putin
  • Lalor park

    Afternoon Update: father charged over Sydney house fire; Alice Springs curfew lifted; and New York City discovers the wheelie bin

    Three children died and four more were injured alongside their mother in a house fire in Sydney’s west
  • The Australian Taxation Office in Sydney

    Afternoon Update: robotax ‘bugs’ revealed; toxic smoke warning after Melbourne fire; and 16 insects approved for human consumption

    Internal tax office reports and correspondence show more than 600 accounts affected by failings in ATO systems
  • Jillian Segal

    Afternoon Update: PM appoints antisemitism envoy; leading Democrat tells Biden to drop out; and China-backed hacker group unmasked

    Albanese says it is ‘not acceptable’ for Jewish Australians to be made to feel unsafe, reveals plans to appoint similar envoy to combat Islamophobia
  • Supporters of the leftwing New Popular Front gather at the Place de la Republique in Paris

    Afternoon Update: three-night curfew in Alice Springs; leftwing victory in France; and a successful four-day work week trial

    The rise of the far right in France has been stalled in elections that saw a left-green alliance come out on top
  • Keir Starmer at the podium

    Afternoon Update: Labour wins UK election in landslide; Usman Khawaja accuses Dutton of ‘fuelling Islamophobia’; and bird flu in Canberra

    Labour win UK vote in electoral landslide, but plenty of ins and outs to watch
  • Fatima Payman speaks to media

    Afternoon Update: ‘Deeply torn’ Payman quits Labor; Lehrmann to stand trial on rape charge; and dugongs disappear in Vanuatu

    WA senator will remain in the upper house as an independent in a major rupture with the Albanese government over Palestine
  • US president Joe Biden

    Afternoon Update: Biden says he ‘nearly fell asleep’ at debate; suspected NT crocodile attack; and Australians’ life expectancy declines

    The US president is due to meet Democratic governors amid concerning polls and calls to withdraw his candidacy
  • President Biden

    Afternoon Update: Biden denounces supreme court ruling; boy arrested over alleged Sydney stabbing; and how Xena: Warrior Princess was made

    US president calls 6-3 ruling a ‘dangerous precedent’ that overturns basic principle of equality before law
  • Labor senator Fatima Payman

    Afternoon Update: PM defends Payman suspension; humpback whale rescued; and US offers Boeing ‘sweetheart’ plea deal

    Anthony Albanese accused Labor’s youngest senator of disrupting the government’s message as stage-three tax cuts rolled out
  • Donald Trump and Joe Biden

    Afternoon Update: Democrats worried after poor Biden performance; Nine to cut 200 jobs; and sharp increase in Victorian motorcyclist fatalities

    Donald Trump and Joe Biden sparred over abortion and tax policy in the first presidential debate
  • An advertisement for gummy products which have allegedly caused illness

    Afternoon Update: mushroom gummies recalled after ‘disturbing’ hallucinations; Lehrmann told to pay $2m in costs; and chicken soup to restore the soul

    Byron Bay manufacturer says consuming whole bag could ‘make people feel weird’
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the United States Courthouse in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

    Afternoon Update: Julian Assange on his way to Australia; inflation rises; and financial therapists on money and feelings

    Anthony Albanese says he believes Australians ‘overwhelmingly’ wanted to see the WikiLeaks founder freed
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

    Afternoon Update: Julian Assange released from prison; the Greg Lynn trial verdict; and AI song generators sued

    WikiLeaks founder’s mother says Assange’s ordeal ‘finally coming to an end’ – but freedom of the press still at stake
  • The PM, Anthony Albanese (right) with former NSW Liberal treasurer Matt Kean.

    Afternoon Update: Matt Kean to head federal climate body; fresh unrest in New Caledonia; and governor general gets pay rise

    Albanese government announces former NSW Liberal will head the Climate Change Authority
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