World politics
Amid coup probe, Bolsonaro calls on supporters to show strength
Thousands turned out to see the former Brazilian president, who is under investigation for a coup attempt.
- by Leonardo Benassatto, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito
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Do China and the US need a ‘red telephone’ to prevent a war?
Australian politicians are being urged to play a more active role in preventing conflict between the world’s two main superpowers.
- by Matthew Knott
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Political unrest
Dozens massacred in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea
Australia was ready to provide support to the Marape government to quell the violence in Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
- by Tess Ikonomou
Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in Tel Aviv
Netanyahu also pledged to push on with the military campaign and said troops would move into the southern border city of Rafah.
- by Ari Rabinovitch
Analysis
Putin's Russia
The world can’t simply look on as yet another critic of Vladimir Putin dies
Once again, in Putin’s Russia, a leading political opponent has paid with his life. Yet none of the news bulletins on local state TV led with the news.
- by Rob Harris
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North Korea
Fighting talk, more missiles: Is Kim preparing for war?
The North Korean leader has flipped on his dynasty’s policy of reunifying with the South, now calling it a “primary foe”. Does this spell trouble or is it business as usual in his hermit kingdom?
- by Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
David Cameron blasts Trump’s NATO stance as ‘not sensible’
The comments come after Trump bragged he once told a NATO member that he would “encourage” Russia to do as it wishes to “delinquent” allies.
- by Rob Harris
It takes a special politician to draw a crowd of 100,000. This one has a chequered past
People have fainted. Ambulances blare through the partying crowds locked-out outside. Mercifully, the star decides to bring the show forward.
- by Zach Hope
‘I would encourage them’: Trump says he would allow Russia to attack US allies
The White House described the former president’s latest incendiary campaign speech as “unhinged”, while critics viewed it as startling – even by Trump’s often inflammatory standards.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
China relations
An Australian sentenced to death. Penny Wong won’t face a bigger test than this
Wong was visibly shaken by the news that Yang Hengjun had been given a death sentence. But how can she condemn China while forging closer ties with Beijing?
- by Matthew Knott
Heckles and boos for NZ government to ‘protect Treaty of Waitangi’
After a summer of protest at the coalition government’s plans, which many see as rolling back Maori rights, expectations of a tense atmosphere were realised.
- by Ben McKay