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Trump claims Democrats ‘probably won’t win an election for 50 years’ if strict voter ID bill passes – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president issues an ultimatum to Congress to get voter ID bill passedSign up for Breaking US News email alertsDonald Trump has urged the Australian government to grant asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s football team, amid reports that they refused to return home following the team’s elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup and were taken into the protection of Australian police.As my colleague Martin Farrer reports, speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week. Continue reading…

Kia Carnival escape one of 12 since US firm took control of Australian immigration detention, damning report finds

Staffing levels at centres ‘critical’ under Management and Training Corporation, prisons watchdog says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least 12 escapes have occurred since a US private prison operator began running Australia’s immigration detention network, including by a high-risk detainee who was mistakenly placed in an unsecured Kia Carnival with a makeshift weapon, a scathing report has found.The prisons watchdog, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), on Tuesday released a damning report about the running of the onshore immigration detention centres during their transition to Management and Training Corporation (MTC). Continue reading…

Australia politics live: Taylor welcomes visas for Iranian women’s football players as Coalition backs ADF deployment to UAE

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBurke confirms Trump has called AlbaneseBurke has confirmed the US president, Donald Trump, has spoken with Anthony Albanese (who will be up to speak in Canberra shortly).I do know that the president called the prime minister and the views of the president put on this, I think, reflected what all good people have been thinking. Everybody’s been looking at this situation and saying, surely, is there something we can do?We’ve been making sure that we had the options, that the women had the opportunity to come forward, and there’s been a good police presence at different points … But can I say the first conversation didn’t have an immediate case of the women saying that they decided. This was a difficult decision for them, and I think we all understand exactly why.I don’t want to begin to imagine how difficult that decision is for each of the individual women, but certainly last night, it was joy, it was relief, and people were very excited about embarking on your life in Australia.They were moved from the hotel to a safe location by the Australian Federal Police … I made final confirmation with the director general of Asio Mike Burgess to make sure that he was completely comfortable in terms of security clearances for the people who I was about to make the offer to. Continue reading…

Atlassian's AI Fear Trade May Be Exhausted—3 Signs Point to a Reversal

Atlassian's AI Fear Trade May Be Exhausted—3 Signs Point to a Reversal

Oil slides and stocks rebound

Crude back below $90 after surging to nearly $120 on Monday

Teens in Texas mariachi band released from ICE detention after bipartisan backlash

Brothers who visited White House reunited with family after outcry from Texas lawmakers, including Republican congresswomanTwo teenage mariachi musicians were released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after their detention sparked widespread backlash, including from a Republican congresswoman.The Democratic representative Joaquin Castro of Texas announced the release of the brothers, Antonio Yesayahu Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, and Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, on Monday afternoon, sharing photos on social media of the family reuniting. Continue reading…

The Papers: 'Drive less to save on fuel' and 'War is near end'

Experts warning fuel could hit £2 a litre and Trump saying the Iran war is near its end lead Tuesday's papers.

Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties

Archer's countersuit comes four months after Joby sued its rival for alleged 'corporate espionage.'

Trump claims Iran or ‘somebody else’ could have carried out deadly school strike

President makes evidence-free claim despite video showing US Tomahawk missile hit naval base next to schoolAs oil prices surged amid the widening war with Iran, Donald Trump suggested, without evidence, on Monday that the strike on an Iranian elementary school could have been carried out by Iran or “somebody else”.During back-to-back appearances in Florida, Trump was asked whether the US would accept responsibility for a strike that hit the school and killed scores of people, many of them children, after video evidence showed a US Tomahawk struck the naval base next to it. Continue reading…

Israel 9 March 2026 #1

Israel 9 March 2026 #1

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Mon, 03/09/2026 – 23:28

Israel

Mon, 03/09/2026 – 12:00

9 March 2026
The IDF reported initiating what it described as “a targeted and limited raid in an area in southern Lebanon to located and eliminate terrorists and dismantle Hizbollah infrastructure”, adding that “numerous terror targets were struck from the air and ground” beforehand. Meanwhile, Hizbollah missiles injured sixteen in Israel.