That’s the end of our live coverage of breaking news for Sunday, March 23.

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Here’s how the day unfolded:

Coalition puts ‘COVID cap’ on public service | The Coalition will seek to cut the public service to the same size it was at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Jane Hume says. It will have a better idea on how much to cut after the budget, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor says.

Coalition ‘will not stand in the way’ of energy bill relief: Hume | The Coalition will not oppose the $1.8 billion in energy relief announced yesterday by the Albanese government,

Trump advisers backpedal on tariffs before ‘Liberation Day’ | President Donald Trump’s coming wave of tariffs is poised to be more targeted than the barrage he has occasionally threatened, aides and allies say, a potential relief for markets gripped by anxiety about an all-out tariff war.

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas’ political leader | An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel, Hamas and Palestinian media reported in the early hours of Sunday.

Why Russia’s Engels airbase became Ukraine’s No. 1 target | First they felt the shock wave as it tore through their homes, then they saw the mushroom cloud. In the attack, Ukraine’s drones hit a huge stockpile of munitions, aviation fuel and – according to analysts – recently delivered cruise missiles, igniting a series of violent secondary explosions that turned the sky a menacing red.

Trump’s golfing buddy turned envoy stumbles over Ukraine | One of Donald Trump’s top foreign policy envoys has been criticised for being unable to remember the names of the Ukrainian territories that he is negotiating with Russia over. He also

Trump was ‘touched’ by Putin’s ‘beautiful portrait’ of him | When Vladimir Putin heard Donald Trump had been shot in the ear at a rally in Pennsylvania last year, the Russian president said he went to his local church, met with his priest and prayed, US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Friday in an interview with Tucker Carlson.