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David Crowe

David Crowe

David Crowe is Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

US President Donald Trump has confirmed a peace deal with Iran has been achieved.

The key dangers that threaten Trump’s peace terms with Iran

The US president said he went to war because Iran would not negotiate. Now he claims peace based on a negotiation with a regime he cannot defeat or control.

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‘Let the oil flow’: Trump says Iran, US have reached peace deal

The details remain the subject of conjecture as Iran said the final agreement would be negotiated over the next 60 days, amid debate in Israel about whether Trump had given too much away.

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Raid on Russian ship.

British commandos seize control of Russian tanker in English channel

Dramatic footage showed the Royal Marines commandos storming the private quarters of the ship, the Smyrtos, in the pre-dawn hours.

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The city of Belfast exploded in anger this week, fuelled by growing public anxiety over unchecked migration.

Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point

In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across the UK.

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Yvette Cooper, UK foreign secretary, Penny Wong, Australia's foreign affairs minister, John Healey, UK defence secretary, and Richard Marles, Australia's defense minister,

UK defence minister quits hours before AUKUS meeting with Marles

The extraordinary move stunned the government, heightening the instability of Keir Starmer’s leadership.

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Police attempt to disperse protesters near Newtownabbey, in Belfast.

Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed-up public

While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.

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Police water canons spray water as fire burns during protests taking place near the Chimney Corner Hotel, which allegedly may be a hotel housing migrants, following a night of anti-immigrant riots.

Second night of disorder rocks Belfast as stabbing victim’s family calls for calm

Police have been forced to use water cannons to keep rioters at bay as new details emerged in court about the accused attacker, Hadi Alodid.

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Vehicles set on fire by protesters burn on Lendrick Street in east Belfast, on Tuesday.

Belfast knife attack victim lost eye, court hears, as suspect named

An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder over a stabbing which sparked violent protests against migration, with masked activists setting fire to a bus.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) talks to US President Donald Trump at the White House in April.

Trump claims he calls ‘all the shots’. Netanyahu and Iran have other ideas

As soon as the US president declared an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the two countries undercut his latest boast about dictating the terms of a truce.

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From left, German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron after their meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Sunday.

Russia strikes Chernobyl nuclear plant as Zelensky meets European leaders

A drone blasted a fuel storage facility at the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine on the eve of talks in London about the need for stronger air defence.

  • David Crowe