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Australia and US must defend freedom and security, says Biden
US President Joe Biden has toasted the close relationship between the US and Australia at a state dinner in Washington; Another mass shooting in US, at least 16 dead. Follow updates here.
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- Trudy Harris and Mark Ludlow
PM backs Biden’s call for Gaza civilian protection
US President Joe Biden also stressed a “path toward peace” in the Israel-Gaza conflict, as Anthony Albanese pledged an extra $15 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- 36 mins ago
- Matthew Cranston
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Taiwan warns Albanese: Don’t be blindsided by China
Australia should use economic sanctions to punish Beijing if Taiwan is invaded, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu says.
- 1 hr ago
- Michael Smith
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut engines mid-flight ‘took mushrooms’
State prosecutors in Oregon have filed 83 counts of attempted murder against Alaska Airlines employee Joseph David Emerson.
- Claire Rush
Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick to succeed CEO James Gorman
The head of investment banking and trading was one of three internal candidates, as James Gorman steps down in January after 14 years at the helm.
- Sridhar Natarajan
Hopes for AUKUS as US Congress elects new Speaker
After weeks of political chaos, the election of Mike Johnson reduces the risks of a government shutdown and of key legislation around the military pact being left hanging.
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- Matthew Cranston
Opinion & Analysis
Biden’s quiet re-engagement with China could stop Middle East war
While it is hard to put a value on a dialogue that is unlikely to yield big breakthroughs, it’s easy to imagine the alternative.
Columnist
All of Israeli society has mobilised in the face of terror
Israel’s social and economic resilience is critical once more as the country faces an unpredictable new crisis
Fears grow that Israel has ‘no plan’ agreed for postwar Gaza
Washington has raised concerns about Tel Aviv’s lack of post-invasion exit strategy, say people familiar with discussions.
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West’s enemies may be evil, but there’s no ‘axis’
Democracies should tease out the contradictions between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, instead of dangerously lumping them together as a bloc.
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Biden’s quiet re-engagement with China could stop Middle East war
While it is hard to put a value on a dialogue that is unlikely to yield big breakthroughs, it’s easy to imagine the alternative.
- 1 hr ago
- Edward Luce
Fears grow that Israel has ‘no plan’ agreed for postwar Gaza
Washington has raised concerns about Tel Aviv’s lack of post-invasion exit strategy, say people familiar with discussions.
- Neri Zilber and Felicia Schwartz
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
West’s enemies may be evil, but there’s no ‘axis’
Democracies should tease out the contradictions between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, instead of dangerously lumping them together as a bloc.
- Janan Ganesh
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Biden’s quiet re-engagement with China could stop Middle East war
While it is hard to put a value on a dialogue that is unlikely to yield big breakthroughs, it’s easy to imagine the alternative.
- 1 hr ago
- Edward Luce
Israel agrees to US request to pause Gaza invasion: report
Washington is reportedly scrambling air defence systems to protect its troops from any regional fallout that might follow Israel’s ground assault on Gaza.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Microsoft jumps to three-month high after strong sales, cloud growth
Microsoft shares rose to a three-month high, topping analyst expectations, in contrast to a third-quarter earnings report from rival Alphabet.
- Dina Bass
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
All of Israeli society has mobilised in the face of terror
Israel’s social and economic resilience is critical once more as the country faces an unpredictable new crisis
- Jillian Segal and Michelle Blum
Yesterday
World leaders urge pause to deadly Gaza strikes
The US and Russia are leading international calls for a pause in fighting, while a UN agency said it was halting operations in Gaza after running out of fuel.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose
Watch: Hamas release hostage who was held in a ‘spiderweb’ tunnel
Yocheved Lifshitz, speaking from Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital, described the “unimaginable hell” of her kidnapping ordeal.
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- Kevin Sieff, Noga Tarnopolsky and Karla Adam
Fears grow that Israel has ‘no plan’ agreed for postwar Gaza
Washington has raised concerns about Tel Aviv’s lack of post-invasion exit strategy, say people familiar with discussions.
- Neri Zilber and Felicia Schwartz
‘Hopelessly divided’ Republicans keep US Congress paralysed
Republicans selected Mike Johnson as the next candidate in their struggle to break the gridlock and select a speaker, after Donald Trump torpedoed the last one.
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- David Morgan, Richard Cowan and Makini Brice
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
West’s enemies may be evil, but there’s no ‘axis’
Democracies should tease out the contradictions between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, instead of dangerously lumping them together as a bloc.
- Janan Ganesh
Microsoft sales jump in AI arms race against Google
The technology company has invested in ChatGPT developer OpenAI and launched a series of AI-powered tools for its Office and Word products recently.
- Matthew Field
Inside Albanese’s stay at world’s ‘most exclusive hotel’
Blair House, the official Washington residence of visiting heads of state, is steeped in history and appointed in high style.
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- Matthew Cranston
Xi steps up economic aid with new debt issuance, PBOC visit
China’s legislature approved a plan to raise the fiscal deficit ratio for 2023 to about 3.8pc of GDP— well above the 3pc set in March.
- Bloomberg News
Israel warns Hezbollah against ‘unimaginable devastation’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Lebanon-based Hezbollah against launching its own war, as the two adversaries ratchet higher their rhetoric.
- Hans van Leeuwen
China sacks defence minister who disappeared two months ago
General Li Shangfu has not been seen in public since August, and is the second minister to have mysteriously disappeared.
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- Michael Smith
Moscow denies reports of Putin heart attack and body double
A spokesman denied the Russian president was in poor health and dismissed persistent rumours he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances.
- Michael Murphy
This Month
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- The AFR View
Breaking Hamas must also broker peace
The huge risks of an Israeli invasion of Gaza can only be justified if there is a plan for a durable settlement for the whole region at the end of it.
- The AFR View
Pentagon rushes military advisers to Middle East
One of the officers leading the assistance is a Marine Corps general who helped lead special operations forces against Islamic State.
- Tara Copp and Aamer Madhani
US readies plans for mass Middle East evacuations
Officials said more than 600,000 Americans living in Israel and Lebanon were of concern, but that removing them was a worst-case scenario.
- Yasmeen Abutaleb, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Michael Birnbaum
Paralysis, chaos as Israel delays invasion
So pervasive is the infighting in the government that top officials have tried to assure a traumatised public they are “working in close and full co-operation”.
- Isabel Kershner
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Iran’s ayatollahs play the Middle East’s most dangerous game
Iran’s autocratic rulers hold one of the matches that could set the region alight: an “axis of resistance”, or network of violent proxies across the region.
- The Economist
