Fresh US-Iran talks are ‘last chance’ for Tehran to avoid war escalating, Trump says

US president expects negotiations to begin in next day or two but Iran says it is not reviving talks with Washington

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Now bird flu has hit seagulls a 'super-spreader' event is more likely

Unlike other birds detected with the virus so far in Australia, seagulls travel beyond coastal environments to more urban and inland areas too.

abc.net.au

Trump Backs Away From Deal to Let Ukraine Build Patriot Missiles (Gift Article)

The president of Ukraine had warned that the country was running out of Patriot interceptors, the most reliable weapon it has to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles.

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Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza City mosque near displacement camp

Video footage captures an Israeli airstrike hitting Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City, next to Yarmouk Stadium

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Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division

The Israeli military is rapidly constructing a large earthen barrier in the Gaza Strip, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave.

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Trump approves nuclear agreement that may allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium, 2 AP sources say

President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program.

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Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall

As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Greenland institute halts new collaborations with the US

The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in public research funding and fired government scientists. #EuropeNews

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Batteries charge ahead as data centres fuel gas turbine costs: CSIRO

Falling battery costs and a data centre-fuelled dash for gas have overturned decades of accepted wisdom: gas is no longer the cheapest way to meet peak power demand.

abc.net.au

State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2025

The State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2025 report documents how the region had its second warmest year on record (behind 2024), with extreme weather causing widespread disruption, economi...

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Environment: UN says 2050 before greenhouse gas emissions fall

Despite all the talk, emissions will be almost 50 per cent higher in 2050, speeding up global warming and bringing tipping points closer. The US’s coercive neocolonialism trades medicines for minerals...

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Australia approves 300 MW/1,200 MWh storage project, 800 MW solar plant - Energy Storage

Spark Renewables has secured approval for a PV-battery project that will add 800 MW of solar and 300 MW/1,200 MW of storage capacity to the grid in New South Wales, Australia.

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England has just had its hottest June on record, Met Office data shows

Chief scientist says dangerous heatwaves, which are getting more likely, ‘bring home the implications of climate change’

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