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Defence Minister Richard Marles, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and UK Defence Secretary John Healey at Admiralty House in Kirribilli, Sydney on Friday.

Britain pledges 50-year AUKUS support in message to Trump

The UK government will sign a 50-year treaty with Australia to cement the AUKUS defence pact in a massive strategic and financial deal.

  • David Crowe and Matthew Knott

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A man holds an English flag during the Epping protest.

Protests spread across UK as police admit drawing rival groups together

Anti-migrant demonstrators and refugee-advocate rivals are coming together outside asylum hotels as an explosive dispute about where to house thousands of people crossing the English Channel gathers pace.

  • David Crowe
Former US president Donald Trump plays golf at his Trump Turnberry course, during his visit to the UK, in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, Scotland, Wednesday May 3, 2023. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)

Police warn against violence as Trump prepares to tour his Scottish golf courses

Authorities fear protests against the US president could exceed those held when Trump visited his golf courses in 2018.

  • David Crowe
Migrants board a small boat bound for the United Kingdom off the shoreline of Gravelines beach in Calais, France, on July 17.

‘The migrants are everywhere’: People smugglers are winning the battle of the beach

Smugglers post sentries in the dunes along France’s coast and launch Channel crossings from up to 10 beaches at a time. Authorities’ tear gas, drones and patrols are no match.

  • Max Stephens
A dog sits outside a polling station in London during the last UK election. Just over 48 million people were eligible to cast a ballot, while there are about 1.6 million 16 and 17-year-olds.

Could Australia follow UK’s ‘shock’ move to lower voting age to 16?

The UK’s proposed changes are designed to boost participation and trust in the electoral system, but opinion is split over whether under 18s should – or would – cast ballots.

  • Brittany Busch
AUKUS critic Elbridge Colby and Anthony Albanese.

He’s a sceptic. So what might Colby recommend to Trump on AUKUS?

Donald Trump’s defence undersecretary Elbridge Colby is reviewing the AUKUS pact and could suggest big changes, but defence experts say some of those ideas are non-starters.

  • Brittany Busch
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Afghan citizens pack inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021.

‘Bone-chilling’: The most expensive – and potentially deadly – email in history

The UK government tried to cover up an Afghan data breach that put thousands of lives at risk and could cost more than $14 billion.

  • Gareth Corfield and Robert Mendick
British troops in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2020.

Thousands of Afghans secretly resettled in Britain after data leak

Britain set up a secret scheme to bring 4500 Afghans and their families to the UK after their personal details were disclosed, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban.

  • Sam Tobin and Andrew MacAskill
US President Donald Trump, left, and King Charles.

King in the castle: Charles to host Trump during ‘unprecedented’ UK trip

The King will greet the US president at Windsor Castle as part of a visit designed to calm Britain’s diplomatic tensions with America, sparking intense speculation about the treatment he will receive.

  • David Crowe

Britain’s strategic priorities have changed. Australia must take note

Keir Starmer’s Labour government sees Britain’s interests largely confined to its own region. That has profound implications for the UK-Australia relationship and AUKUS.

  • George Brandis

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