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Biden vows US will cut off weapons to Israel if it goes into Rafah
The comments represent the most direct threat the president has made to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the war began on October 7.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Australian brothers’ accused kidnapper confessed to killing them, girlfriend says
Jesus Gerardo faces kidnapping charges in Mexico over the disappearance of Callum and Jake Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad.
- by Alex Crowe
World of photos, April 13, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Stormy Daniels tells a story of sex with Trump as he listens in disgust
After about half an hour of giving evidence, the 45-year-old started disclosing intimate details about the former president, so much so that the judge baulked at some of the testimony.
- by Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman, Michael Rothfeld and Jonathan Swan
The president, the porn star and the payment: Stormy Daniels testifies in Trump’s hush money trial
In another astonishing moment ahead of this year’s election, the porn star told a jury in explicit detail about her alleged sexual encounter with the former US president.
- by Farrah Tomazin
World of photos, May 8, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors
Surfers murdered in Mexico among more than 430,000 killed since 2006
The deaths of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson have shocked the local community and sparked tributes from across the globe.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Australian gets Beethoven’s hair tested – and may have solved mystery of his deafness
An Australian businessman with a passion for Beethoven wanted to honour the composer’s request in 1802 that doctors one day try to figure out why he had been so ill.
- by Gina Kolata
‘I have to watch every word I tell you people,’ says Trump after judge flags jail
The NY judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial has had enough of the ex-president’s gag order violations.
- by Shayna Jacobs, Tom Jackman, Devlin Barrett and Marianne LeVine
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trumpeting a terrible vision: What awaits if Biden loses … or even wins?
Donald Trump has outlined his manifesto for a second term, and it’s a disquieting smorgasbord of retribution and paranoia.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Australians abroad
Girlfriend leads tributes to Australian brothers slain on Mexican surfing trip
The girlfriend of one of the Australians killed in Mexico has posted of her heartbreak after police confirmed the identities of three bodies found in a well last week.
- by Alex Crowe