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Wife claims government buried decision on extradition of ex-fighter pilot to US
Seven months after Daniel Duggan lost his two-year legal battle to stay, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has approved the request to send him to the US.
- by James Massola and William Davis
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Justin Trudeau was one of the world’s most popular leaders. Now he’s toast
His deputy PM has quit, his government faces a vote of no confidence and critics want him to take the same “walk in the snow” his father did four decades ago.
- by Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Macron accused in media of ‘racist, sexist and homophobic’ comments
Plus he let his anger show on a visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte by saying: “If it wasn’t for France, you would be in way deeper shit.”
- by Rob Harris
Trump and King Charles: A love story
The president-elect’s long-held fascination with the British royals could hold the key to better diplomatic relations between their two countries.
- by Rob Harris
Israel to close embassy in Ireland, citing ‘extreme anti-Israel policies’
The announcement comes after Israel’s ambassador to Dublin was recalled in May following Ireland’s decision to support a Palestinian state.
- by Wafaa Shurafa
Pro-Putin former soccer star set to become next president of Georgia
Georgia’s pro-Kremlin ruling party has picked the former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili who is known as an anti-Western political hardliner.
- by James Kilner
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will take over as acting president while the Constitutional Court decides whether to dismiss Yoon or to restore his powers.
Macron names veteran centrist ally as French prime minister
The far-right National Rally said it will not seek Francois Bayrou’s immediate removal, while reaction on the left was more mixed.
- by Dominique Vidalon and Sudip Kar-Gupta
Mausoleum of Assad’s father torched as new leader vows to punish those responsible for torture
The world is carefully watching to see if Syria’s new rulers can stabilise the country and avoid unleashing violent revenge.
- by Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari
Who is Assad dining with in Russia? It’s not Putin
Bashar al-Assad may still be quaffing champagne and slurping caviar in his new life of luxury in exile in Russia.
- by James Kilner
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South Korea
Police raid the offices of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol: reports
The search comes after the country’s two highest-ranking police officers were detained amid the fallout from Yoon’s short-lived martial law decree last week.
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