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Labor elder Paul Keating has launched a scathing tirade at Defence Minister Richard Marles.

Paul Keating accuses Marles of ‘careless betrayal’ over China

The Labor elder accused the defence minister and the government of “intellectually ceding Australia to the United States” as a platform for conflict with China.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while flying aboard Air Force One en route from Calgary, Canada to Joint Base Andrews, Md., late Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

As Trump mulls next steps, rifts in his MAGA universe explode into public view

Many of Trump’s MAGA supporters oppose another US mission in the Middle East, but hawkish Republicans are putting pressure on Trump to step in.

  • Michael Koziol
Anthony Albanese could make another attempt to meet Donald Trump.

Australia races to lock in new meeting with Trump to avoid second snub

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may now change his plans and attend next week’s NATO summit – if a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump can be locked in.

  • James Massola
US President Donald Trump may need to contend with MAGA Republicans if he wants to joiun Israel in its war against Iran.

If Trump goes to war with Iran, he could become a POTUS without potency

MAGA Republicans will erect a dividing line in their party if Donald Trump seeks to enter the war against Iran.

  • Bruce Wolpe
G7 eyeroll.

The G7 was a great idea – until it became one against six

One official said hosting a G7 in present circumstances was “like preparing the red carpet for Godzilla”.

  • Andreas Kluth
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Calgary International Airport.

Phone in hand, weapons at the ready, Trump must act on his instinct for drama

Donald Trump faces a real-world crisis with real-world, high-stakes consequences, one in which he must be closely involved.

  • Michael Koziol
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Smoke rises from the building of Iran’s state-run television after an Israeli strike in Tehran.

There’s a smart way for Trump to end this war

Donald Trump has a chance to create the best opportunity for stabilising the Middle East in decades — if he is up to it.

  • Thomas L. Friedman
Damaged buildings following a missile strike in Tel Aviv.

Khamenei won’t be hunted ‘for now’: Trump issues veiled threat, calls for Iran’s surrender

President Donald Trump said the US knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “hiding”, but he would not be killed – for now.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Wrecked cars after a Russian airstrike on a residential building in Kyiv on Tuesday.

An Oval Office blow-up, a Vatican sign of peace … and a Canadian cold shoulder

The Ukrainian president travelled to the G7 hoping to once more win over Donald Trump. It was not to be.

  • Samya Kullab and Vasilisa Stepanenko
US President Donald Trump is leaving the G7 Summit one day early as tensions in the Middle East intensify.

Trump must decide whether to join the kind of war he’s always sworn he’d avoid

Donald Trump is weighing a critical decision in the five-day-old war in the Middle East – and whether this is Israel’s fight or America’s.

  • David E. Sanger and Jonathan Swan