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How Houthi rebels are embarrassing the world's biggest navy
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The Red Sea is the most trafficked trade route in the world, and now the US Navy and a group of militant Houthi rebels are going to war over it. The Houthis are attacking ships it .. show full overview
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How the Shah's cancer led to Iran's rift with the US
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In 1974, the Shah of Iran was diagnosed with cancer. It led to a Shakespearean tragedy that brought about the end of the Iranian monarchy and shaped the Middle East conflict we're .. show full overview
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The Ayatollah who dreamed of an Iranian caliphate
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was a revolutionary leader with a revolutionary idea. In just 10 years as Supreme Leader, Iran became a global pariah; virtually friendless in the .. show full overview
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Is Donald Trump running out of money?
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Donald Trump was ordered to pay a $463.9 million fine for lying to banks about how rich he is. He's also facing at least five other cases that could cost him millions more in legal .. show full overview
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How China hires hackers
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The police arrested and interrogated Andrew after he was set up by hackers. Now we know how Chinese spies pull it off. An unprecedented leak of data from Chinese company i-Soon has .. show full overview
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Why does Putin bother holding elections?
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Russia is in the midst of an election, but we already know Vladimir Putin will win. He always wins. So why does Russia bother holding elections? What’s the point? Putin learned a .. show full overview
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Kate Middleton and the 100-year history of fake photos
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The Princess of Wales has barely been seen since Christmas and everyone is asking, where is Kate? The Royal Family released a photo meant to squash the rumours, but when it became .. show full overview
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How Japan opted out of a global housing crisis
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Australia’s housing market is, like many places in the Western world, in the midst of a crisis that feels like it will never be solved. Owning a property in an Australian city has only .. show full overview
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Duterte vs Marcos: The feud that might tear the Philippines apart
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The Duterte and Marcos families are the Montagues and Capulets of the Philippines. They are, depending on who you ask, the country's most famous statesmen, thieves, murderers or .. show full overview
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Why do people hate wind farms?
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People don't like wind farms. They say they're bad for wildlife, they affect property values and they create pollution. But are any of these claims true? Today, the wind farm .. show full overview
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Iran, Israel and the calculus of revenge
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Iran and Israel are caught in a cycle of revenge. On April Fools' Day, there was a huge escalation in the conflict when an Israeli air strike killed 16 people, including two Iranian .. show full overview
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Could Benjamin Netanyahu go to jail?
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. He is doing everything he can to stay in office, because if he holds office, he .. show full overview
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Is Brisbane repeating the Olympic mistakes of the past
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Plans for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics are not going well. It's a political quagmire, with plans for billion-dollar stadium upgrades or massive new venues being thrown around like .. show full overview
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The man who destroyed his life to try to put Trump in jail
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Michael Cohen is the star witness in the Trump 'hush-money' trial. He was once Trump's personal attorney and said he would "take a bullet" for his boss, but then everything .. show full overview
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Should we treat domestic violence like we treat terrorism?
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Australia's first domestic violence shelter Elsie opened in the 1970s, and researchers have been analysing the problem ever since. In the last three decades more than 1,500 women have .. show full overview
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The brutal and bloody career of Iranian President Raisi
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Earlier this week the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in bad weather. Raisi was a phenomenally important figure in Middle Eastern politics — not just Iran's .. show full overview
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Why is China so obsessed with Taiwan?
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The island of Taiwan, just off the coast of China, is shaping up as the most likely spark for the next global conflict. China's president Xi Jinping wants to claim all the territory .. show full overview
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Who Broke Britain 1 A promise to cut everything
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When the UK Conservative Party won the election in 2010, they took a butcher's knife to the budget. David Cameron's money-man George Osborne — the young heir to a wallpaper fortune — .. show full overview
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Who Broke Britain 2: The Brexit gamble
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British Prime Minister David Cameron took a colossal gamble when he called for a referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union. Instead, he brought about Brexit and .. show full overview
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Who Broke Britain 3: The NHS in crisis
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Britain's National Health Service was in crisis when COVID arrived in the UK. After years of increasing demand and flatlining funding, the NHS was deeply broken. One Chancellor .. show full overview
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Who Broke Britain 4: Stop the boats
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The UK election is being held today and polls indicate the Conservative Party will lose in a landslide. One of the key policies the government is running on is a version of .. show full overview
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Who Broke Britain: What took Labour so long?
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Last week, the UK Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory. In the past four episodes we've detailed the chaos, ineptitude and hubris of the Conservative Party .. show full overview
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How America was primed for Trump shooting conspiracies
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When 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at former-President Donald Trump on July 13, the American public was ready with conspiracy theories explaining how and why he did it. And .. show full overview
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Will Biden leaving send the Democrats into chaos?
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After weeks of speculation and acrimony, President Joe Biden has abandoned his bid for re-election, and endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris to be his successor. This scenario .. show full overview
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How Kamala went from unelectable to unopposed
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Kamala Harris is the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States. But four years ago, she didn’t even make it to the first primary vote. They needed to pick .. show full overview
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The truth about Kamala Harris’s time as ‘border czar’
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Since Kamala Harris became his opponent in the race for US president, Donald Trump has argued that she is responsible for a migrant crisis. He says President Joe Biden named her the .. show full overview
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How Israel changed the way it assassinates enemies
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In the early hours of July 31 this year, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran. It's presumed Israel was behind the killing, with reports detailing a .. show full overview
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Could calling Trump 'weird' lead the Democrats to victory?
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A shift is on display at the Democratic National Convention—from fear of Donald Trump to mocking him. After years of arguing Trump is dangerous, the Democratic pick for Vice President .. show full overview
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Why Hezbollah is attacking Israel in the Golan Heights
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It’s a dangerous moment for the Middle East. Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire over the weekend, including attacks on a pretty unique pocket of farmland — an Israeli-annexed area .. show full overview
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How Ukraine called Putin’s nuclear bluff
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Russia defends its enormous borders with the threat of nuclear war. It’s this threat that has long stopped Ukraine and its allies from attacking Russia on its home turf—there are ‘red .. show full overview
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The sci-fi Saudi city that might be a scam
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The massive infrastructure project NEOM sits in the Saudi Arabian desert, and the jewel in its crown is The Line, a futuristic city which looks insane. It's the brainchild of the Crown .. show full overview
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How US YouTubers were paid to spread Putin’s propaganda
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This month, the US Justice Department unsealed an indictment of two Russian state media employees. It alleges that they were funnelling millions of dollars into the pockets of American .. show full overview
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Can India and China bury the hatchet?
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After years of tension, diplomatic cold shoulders, and mountain skirmishes, both India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping appear to be looking for ways their .. show full overview
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Is AI a threat to humans?
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The world's most famous artificial intelligence company, OpenAI — the creator of ChatGPT — was set up to create a superintelligent AI, while at the same time safeguarding humanity from .. show full overview
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America’s Last Election 1: The big lie
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Donald Trump did not win the 2020 presidential election. But if you watched his speech on election night, you wouldn’t come away with that understanding. ‘Frankly,’ he said ‘We did win .. show full overview
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America’s Last Election 2: The fake elector plot
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After the 2020 election, Donald Trump searched desperately for any theory that would allow him to retain control of the White House. On Christmas Eve, his team called a constitutional .. show full overview
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Hello America: Motorcade in Michigan
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Matt Bevan is on the ground in Michigan, Detroit, a key swing state in next week’s US presidential election. There are just some things you don’t get when you’re telling a story from .. show full overview
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Hello America: Lost in Lansing
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On the road in Michigan, Matt Bevan heads to the state's political capital of Lansing, where he meets a swing voter named David who is all in on Trump, navigates the labyrinth that is .. show full overview
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America’s Last Election 3: Trump's plan to reject results
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In the United States, presidential elections rely on thousands of actual people coming together to scrutinise and then certify the results. That’s what will happen next week, when polls .. show full overview
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Hello America: Trump or Treat
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It’s Halloween in America, and with the countdown on to election day, things are getting spooky. In downtown Detroit, Matt Bevan meets early voters, trick-or-treaters, and samples local .. show full overview
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Hello America: Watching Trump from the bleachers
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With only days until the election both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are zigzagging across the United States holding rallies to shore up support. At a Trump rally in the suburbs of .. show full overview
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America’s Last Election 4: Pardon the riot
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Eight months before January 6, a very similar mob stormed a different government building. Armed men, furious about an extension of COVID lockdowns, stormed the state Capitol building in .. show full overview
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Hello America: Two trains and seven swing states
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It's election eve in America, and Matt Bevan is in Washington DC. How did he get there? By train, from Detroit, where he took in the fall foliage from the comfort of his tiny bunk bed, .. show full overview
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Hello America: Queuing for Kamala Harris
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It's election day in America! But in the dying hours of Monday night (and the campaigns), Matt Bevan took a train to Pennsylvania to stand in queue for a massive Lady Gaga concert — .. show full overview
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Hello America: Trump’s path back to the presidency
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As the night goes on, and key states in the US presidential election are called for Donald Trump, it's becoming harder to see a way that Kamala Harris wins the White House. Matt Bevan .. show full overview
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Hello America: Chess at the White House
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It’s Matt Bevan’s last 24 hours in Washington DC, and he’s leaving a very different place to the one he arrived in. Donald Trump is going to be president again, and in the United States, .. show full overview
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America’s Last Election 5: Trump demands loyalty
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Over the last four episodes we’ve told the story of Donald Trump’s denial of the 2020 election result. It’s a period of time many thought would disqualify him from another run for US .. show full overview
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US Results: Coffee with extra Trump
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In this update from Washington DC, Matt Bevan is filling in as host for ABC News Daily to bring you an early morning update on all the events from overnight Australian time. In a .. show full overview
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America's Last Election 6: How Trump’s banishment led to his comeback
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After January 6, many who had stuck by Donald Trump through his presidency condemned his denial of the election, and his failure to stop the attack on the Capitol. Banished to .. show full overview
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Could Russia turn off the whole internet?
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A Chinese-owned cargo ship called the Yi Peng 3 is sitting idle in Danish waters, after undersea internet cables were cut in the Baltic Sea. European officials have cried sabotage. .. show full overview
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Will Netanyahu ever face court for alleged war crimes?
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The International Criminal Court in The Hague wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested for alleged war crimes in Gaza. But international justice works differently to .. show full overview
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The serious ramifications of Hunter Biden’s pardon
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Hunter Biden has been a main character in far-right conspiracy theories for years, and Donald Trump’s associates have spent significant effort searching for proof that could lead to his .. show full overview
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Putin or the EU? Georgia's big fight
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The people of Georgia are in the streets of Tbilisi, protesting the ruling party’s recent election win. At the heart of the fight is whether the country should appease Vladimir Putin, or .. show full overview