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US orders armed submarine to Middle East as tensions mount
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin also ordered the Abraham Lincoln strike group to hasten its deployment to the region, as Israel prepares for Iran’s attack.
- Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
Macquarie-owned water company must double payouts to angry customers
The UK government proposes forcing Southern Water and other utilities to pay more for poor service, after water shortages and polluted supplies.
- Jessica Shankleman
Tom Cruise dives into star-studded Paris closing ceremony
With golden fireworks, celebrities and thousands of athletes partying into the night, the closing ceremony put a final flourish to Paris’ first Games in a century.
- Updated
- John Leicester
Harris more trusted on US economy than Trump: poll
The Michigan Ross poll shows a Democratic candidate leading on the key issue for the first time in nearly a year.
- Lauren Fedor and Eva Xiao
The good, the bad and the ridiculous: We’ll always have Paris 2024
Sporting triumph and tragedy, a blockbuster Aussie medal haul, controversy, bad food, Gina Rinehart, Snoop Dogg. Here’s what you missed in the past fortnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Opals win bronze in emotional send-off for talisman Jackson
The women’s basketball team lifted Australia’s total medal tally to the highest since Sydney 2000, and made a fitting finale for the game’s five-time medallist.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Opinion & Analysis
Why Musk’s antics now appear to be hurting his bottom line
After a string of inflammatory remarks on social media, Elon Musk seems to be turning off the most obvious customers for his cars.
Columnist
Australia should focus on rules, not ‘rules-based order’, in Asia
Support for the transition from a US-led world to a multipolar world is gaining traction.
South East Asia expert
Khelif gets her fairytale ending. The controversy’s far from over
‘I am a strong woman,’ says the Algerian boxer. The trouble is, not everyone agrees, and the fracas has now turned into an Olympic-level culture war.
Europe correspondent
Ukraine punches through Putin’s lines in surprise war tactic
A government in Russia’s Kursk region declared a state of emergency as Ukrainian forces advanced several kilometres across the border.
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From the Financial Times
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
Why Musk’s antics now appear to be hurting his bottom line
After a string of inflammatory remarks on social media, Elon Musk seems to be turning off the most obvious customers for his cars.
- Updated
- Pilita Clark
Harris more trusted on US economy than Trump: poll
The Michigan Ross poll shows a Democratic candidate leading on the key issue for the first time in nearly a year.
- Lauren Fedor and Eva Xiao
Multinationals sound alarm over weak demand in China
Weak demand in China has been a feature of half-year earnings across much of the global consumer goods sector.
- Edward White and Thomas Hale
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- Electric vehicles
Why Musk’s antics now appear to be hurting his bottom line
After a string of inflammatory remarks on social media, Elon Musk seems to be turning off the most obvious customers for his cars.
- Pilita Clark
Yesterday
White supremacists turn UK riots into online recruiting pitch
Hard-line organisations previously designated by the UK as domestic terrorists are calling for an overthrow of the British government.
- Jeff Stone
Russia pushes back at Ukraine’s cross-border assault
One of the strikes on Ukrainian troops involved a thermobaric missile that causes a blast wave and suffocates those in its path, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
- Kim Barker
- Opinion
- East Asia Forum
Australia should focus on rules, not ‘rules-based order’, in Asia
Support for the transition from a US-led world to a multipolar world is gaining traction.
- Anthony Milner
Multinationals sound alarm over weak demand in China
Weak demand in China has been a feature of half-year earnings across much of the global consumer goods sector.
- Edward White and Thomas Hale
Harris courts Latino vote with tax pledge, leads Trump in key states
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- Darlene Superville and Josh Boak
Inside the worst three weeks of Donald Trump’s campaign
People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.
- Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked
The former president’s team accused Iran of stealing sensitive internal documents, a day after Microsoft warned of foreign interference in the US election.
- Bill Barrow
- Analysis
- Paris 2024
Khelif gets her fairytale ending. The controversy’s far from over
‘I am a strong woman,’ says the Algerian boxer. The trouble is, not everyone agrees, and the fracas has now turned into an Olympic-level culture war.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Australia’s athletes bag more Olympic medals than any Games since 1956
After Jess Hull won silver in the 1500m, the unsung Australian track-and-field team quietly surpassed the golden era of the 1960s.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Nearly 100 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school refuge: officials
The attack drew condemnation from Arab states, Turkey, France, Britain and the European Union, plus an expression of deep concern from the US.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi
Harris leads Trump in three key states, say the latest polls
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
The day of what-might-have-beens for Australia
The Aussie grip on the dais eased, with two silvers and three fourth-place finishes. But still third on the tally, just. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
Stingers, denied by Spain, go out with heads held high
The Australian women’s water polo team won silver after a final that a scriptwriter might not have penned, but was nevertheless an honourable defeat.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
Israeli airstrike on school in Gaza City kills over 60 people
The Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency service said the strike on the Tabeen school in central Gaza City also wounded 47 people.
- Associated Press
Putin rushes reinforcements to Kursk as Ukraine seizes gas facility
Ukrainian forces reportedly took control of a key gas facility in Kursk after a stunning sweep through the region that took Moscow by surprise.
- Joe Barnes and Telegraph Video
Brazilian airliner crashes, killing all 62 on board
Video shared on social media showed what appeared to be an ATR-made plane spinning out of control as it plunged to the ground.
- Reuters
Richardson wins silver in sprint at track cycling
Australia’s Matthew Richardson was unable to match Dutch legend Harrie Lavreyson, who successfully defended his Olympic gold medal from Tokyo.
- Roger Vaughan
Rampant USA runs roughshod over Opals
The USA has won the gold medal at every Olympics since Atlanta 1996. On Friday, it was easy to see why.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Enter the battle zone as the Olympics starts ‘breaking’
Australian Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn didn’t get a medal in breaking - but the audience was the winner in a bizarre and high-octane spectacle. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
