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On sunny days, there’s some hopscotch or soccer outside. But everyone remains on alert.

On the edge of danger, children laugh in quiet defiance of Putin and his missiles

This city is under near-constant bombardment. Every night, sirens wail and explosions shake buildings. Yet life persists. And nowhere is that tenacity more visible than in a group of children gathered in a bunker classroom.

  • Rob Harris

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Tatyna cares for her elderly mother in the urban fringes of Kyiv. She grows fruit, vegetables and flowers in the family plot and hopes to commercialise an edible flowers business.

As missiles and drones fly overhead, Tatyana refuses to stop planting

In a town about 30 minutes’ drive south-west of Kyiv, a garden blooms defiantly. Nailed to a wooden gate are three signs – and one of them is specially for Putin’s army.

  • Rob Harris
US President Donald Trump during an address following the US bombing of three sites in Iran.

Iran puts Trump ‘the gambler’ on notice as US warns against choking crucial oil shipping route

Iran’s parliament has endorsed the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the bombing of its nuclear facilities, as US leaders say the strikes are an opportunity for Tehran to return to the negotiating table.

  • Michael Koziol
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Sunday (local time).

How the US pulled off ‘Midnight Hammer’, the secret attack Iran didn’t see coming

The US strikes that targeted Iran’s nuclear sites involved a decoy mission and the largest-ever deployment of B-2 stealth bombers, the Pentagon says.

  • Tony Capaccio
Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building that were hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israel-Iran conflict as it happened: Australia deploys ADF to Middle East to evacuate citizens after embassy in Tehran closes; Trump to decide on US involvement ‘within two weeks’

The world is waiting to find out if US President Donald Trump will authorise American strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Look back at the day’s events.

  • Cassandra Morgan, Lachlan Abbott, Anthony Segaert and Lynette Eyb
Israel’s air defence system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv on Wednesday, June 18.

As it happened Israel-Iran conflict: Trump goes to ground after National Security Council meeting, weighs US involvement; Iranian nuclear, weapons facilities attacked in Israeli strikes

The world waits to see what – if anything – US President Donald Trump will do to intervene in the conflict between Iran and Israel. Follow along for all the latest developments.

  • Cassandra Morgan, Hannah Hammoud, Lachlan Abbott, Olivia Ireland and Lynette Eyb
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Leon Zwier in Tel Aviv last year.

‘We had to beat the drones’: The race for Australians caught in Israel-Iran conflict

More than 1200 Australians are trying to get out of Israel and Iran as the conflict between the two nations escalates.

  • Sherryn Groch and Patrick Begley
Resistance soldiers from Myanmar recover from wounds inflicted whilst fighting against the Myanmar military Junta.

The teenage chef, the rice farmer – and the day that changed their lives forever

Ko Khant and Min Aung once lived in vastly different worlds, hundreds of kilometres apart. Then came February 1, 2021.

  • Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty
Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept projectiles over Tel Aviv on Saturday. Iran struck back after Israel launched its surprise attack a day earlier.

Israel’s attacks on Iran hint at a bigger goal: toppling the regime

Israel’s surprise assault had an obvious aim of disrupting Tehran’s nuclear program, but the scale and the choice of targets suggest a longer-term objective.

  • Crispian Balmer, Michael Martina and Matt Spetalnick
Adam Najjar (left), who survived the strike, with sisters Sidra and Eve, two of the children killed.

Gaza doctor begged to hold daughter’s body after strike killed nine of her children

Alaa Najjar’s husband was severely wounded and their only surviving child, an 11-year-old son, is in a “moderate” condition.

  • Sally Abou Aljoud and Samy Magdy

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