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The government says the nation’s defence environment has “significantly changed” since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“It’s been five years of constant upheaval. It was the judicial reform [plans by the government to limit the powers of the Constitutional court which led to huge protests], then 7 October, then Iran a year ago. Now we have this, and we’ve had Lebanon in the middle,” Tom Dan said after leaving a bomb […]

The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world’s most critical chokepoints for oil and gas shipments. Iran does not need to close the narrow Gulf waterway entirely – even credible threats and limited disruptions have already pushed prices up and, if continued, may increase international pressure for de-escalation.

Huge traffic jams form after the unprecedented warning for people to leave the Hezbollah stronghold, as Israel steps up its strikes across Lebanon.

Zelensky made clear Ukraine would help only on the condition that its own defence was not weakened and that there were diplomatic gains for Kyiv – suggesting, in particular, that Ukraine would be willing to swap its interceptor drones for more US Patriot air defences to protect against Russian ballistic missiles.

The Canadian prime minister said Australia and Canada should work together as ‘strategic cousins’.

Brian Belgrave, who is leading the class of individual investors suing Musk, told the court on Monday that he sold thousands of Twitter shares in July 2022, believing that Musk was no longer going to buy the platform because of his public posts and comments.