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Director Jafar Panahi.

From prison to the Palme d’Or: Jafar Panahi’s defiant message to the world

Iranian director Jafar Panahi said seeing his secretly made film with an audience after 15 years was the most exciting liberty.

  • Stephanie Bunbury

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US President Donald Trump at a Summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday.

‘We don’t want them’: Trump imposes travel bans on citizens from 12 countries

The US president has announced a total ban on citizens from a dozen countries entering the US and a partial ban on several more nations, a move that partly revives controversial travel restrictions from his first term.

  • Michael Koziol

Trump flags Russian retaliation, plays down peace talks after Putin call

The US president foreshadowed a Kremlin response to the weekend’s massive Ukrainian drone attacks on air bases that destroyed billions of dollars worth of equipment.

  • Michael Koziol
Mo Chara (left) with Kneecap bandmates DJ Próvaí and Móglaí Bap, in Melbourne in March.

Member of Irish rap band Kneecap charged with terrorism offence

Liam O’Hanna, whose stage name is Mo Chara, was charged for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, British police said.

  • Associated Press
Welcome to the era of the affordable cruise missile

Welcome to the era of the ‘affordable’ cruise missile

Long-range cruise missiles were once expensive and in the hands of the few. Now they are being reinvented at a fraction of the cost, disrupting defence in the process.

  • Chris Zappone
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Trump is MAGA-fying the Middle East, with or without Netanyahu’s support

Donald Trump has found the Israel prime minister too trigger-happy, and their relationship has taken a back-seat.

  • Amin Saikal
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Trump speaks at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh.

‘Oh what I do for the crown prince’: Trump to lift sanctions on Syria after rebel takeover

The US president also secured a $926 billion US investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and expressed a willingness to negotiate with Iran.

  • Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Nafisa Eltahir
A costly campaign: The US suffered two accidental losses of its $60m F/A-18 fighter jets.

Trump’s new war was costing $1b and going nowhere. Then two jets fell into the sea

The US president had wanted to see fast results when he launched strikes against the Houthis. But by day 31, he wasn’t happy - and looking for a way out. He found one.

  • Helene Cooper, Greg Jaffe, Jonathan Swan, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman
Explosion at port in Iran.

Claim chemical used for missiles was shipped to Iranian port before huge explosion

The large blast shattered windows within several kilometres, Iranian media said, with footage shared online showing a huge cloud forming after the explosion.

  • Jon Gambrell
Omani security personnel watch a convoy believed to be carrying US envoy Steve Witkoff in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday.

The brief moment that marked a win for Trump’s high-stakes talks with Iran

Trump’s man was in one room. Khamenei’s was in another. Then the two-hour mark ticked over.

  • Susannah George

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