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Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in the city of Gaza.

‘Catastrophe must end now’: European leaders unite on Gaza, divide on statehood

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British PM Sir Keir Starmer have chosen not to back French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to recognise a Palestinian state.

  • David Crowe

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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
People demonstrate near the Bell Hotel on Sunday in Epping, England.

It’s a perfect English town. Now a battle over asylum seekers is ripping it apart

The quiet community – similar to leafy suburbs on the edges of Sydney and Melbourne – has become a flashpoint over asylum seekers as right-wing outsiders escalate the situation with violence.

  • David Crowe
UK politician Robert Jenrick confronts a man who failed to pay on the London Underground.

Why isn’t there a single social media-savvy MP in Parliament?

Most Australian politicians don’t make social media a priority. That carries long-term risks.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Effigies of migrants in a boat burn atop the bonfire at Moygashel, Northern Ireland.

‘Fifty people a week’: Fury on both sides of English Channel over migration deal

A deal to stem the flow of asylum seekers from Europe to Britain has been dismissed as too weak, amid forecasts that up to 40,000 people could arrive in the UK this year.

  • David Crowe
A Virginia-class fast attack submarine off the coast of Western Australia this year.

Britain’s AUKUS envoy dismisses fears over Trump review of submarine deal

Sir Stephen Lovegrove has countered the idea that US President Donald Trump can expect pledges from Australia on how to deploy the submarines in times of war.

  • David Crowe
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Lynton Crosby speaks with John Howard at a luncheon in Washington in 2002.

‘Gotcha moments’ and ‘digital lynch mobs’: Political mastermind issues warning for democracy

He steered David Cameron and John Howard to victory, but Lynton Crosby wonders if even Winston Churchill would survive the age of online pile-ons.

  • Rob Harris
An aerial view of Diego Garcia.
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Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that is critical to the Five Eyes alliance.

  • Rob Harris
Keir Starmer

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

  • Rob Harris
Nigel Farage and Sarah Pochin of the Reform Party celebrate as the latter is declared the winner of the Runcorn and Helsby byelection.

‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.

  • Rob Harris

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