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David Crowe

David Crowe

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

Mette Frederiksen’s party saw its vote share and seats slip in the election.

Frederiksen’s Greenland gamble backfires with election setback

Voters have turned against the Danish leader in the early election she called seeking to capitalise on her tough stance towards Donald Trump.

  • David Crowe

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‘Security zone’: Israeli military plans to occupy swath of southern Lebanon

Israel’s defence minister urged the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah or face even greater military assaults and a long occupation that could make it impossible for families to return to their communities.

  • David Crowe
Three Jewish charity ambulances were destroyed in the attack.

Iranian terror group claims arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London

Three people in hoodies were filmed setting fire to the vehicles amid a renewed debate about rising antisemitism at the same time Israel intensifies its attacks on Iran.

  • David Crowe
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‘It was carnage’: How an Israeli raid tore apart this tiny Lebanese town

Israel this week launched a secretive cross-border raid to find the body of a missing pilot. It instead found defiant locals determined to resist, our reporters David Crowe and Kate Geraghty discovered in Nabi Chit.

  • David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
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Stranger danger: With every Israeli airstrike, Lebanon pays a painful price

As the Israeli Defence Forces hunt down Hezbollah, their relentless pursuit of the Iranian-backed militia has shredded the secular fabric of Lebanese society.

  • David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Index image for March 14 GW story on Ukrainian “Superhumans”

The terrible need that propelled Ukraine to the top of this market

In treating tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers maimed by Russian bombs, specialists in robotics are rebuilding lives – and pushing medical limits.

  • David Crowe
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A blast across the valley, black smoke over the hills – and the wounded arrive

Streets are empty, the shops are closed and dogs roam the pavements. An explosion erupts, and doctors brace for incoming patients, write David Crowe and Kate Geraghty from Lebanon.

  • David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Passers-by walk near the scene of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.

Israel pummels Hezbollah – at growing cost in civilian lives

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as Israel widens its assault on the Iranian-backed militants that dominate Lebanon.

  • David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Beirut

The ritzy waterfront tourist hub was a safe haven – until a drone blasted the Ramada hotel

The strike shows Israeli forces will intensify their campaign in any part of Lebanon to hunt down Hezbollah militants and their allies from Iran, even if that risks civilian casualties.

  • David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Lebanon

‘Everywhere is full’: Beirut’s streets, schools, docks become makeshift shelter for desperate families

Lebanon is caught in the crossfire between Hezbollah and Israel and more than 454,000 people have been forced from their homes.

  • David Crowe and Kate Geraghty