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Rubio said making a deal with Iran would be hard because its leaders are guided by theology.

Iran hints at compromise as US warns a nuclear deal will be ‘very hard to do’

Iranian officials suggest a deal providing economic benefits to both sides could be reached as the US ratchets up pressure on Tehran ahead of further talks this week.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s island mansion.

‘Billionaire bunker’ blooms as Zuckerberg moves house

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has joined the exodus of the ultrarich out of California seeking to avoid a new “wealth tax” by moving to a luxury private island.

  • Lily Shanagher
Donald Trump, pictured after his address to the United Nations in September, has proposed an alternative organisation, the “Board of Peace”, to oversee Gaza.

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is a sham designed to give the US ultimate control

The choice facing Anthony Albanese and other world leaders is between international law and a “mafia world order” in which the US plays landlord and arbiter.

  • Maher Mughrabi
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a media conference at the EU Summit in Brussels last week.

‘Putin wants more’: Amid peace talks, US spies say Russia still aims to reclaim former Soviet bloc

Reports from US intelligence present a starkly different picture from  that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.

  • Jonathan Landay, Erin Banco and John Irish
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. The presdient’s son-in-law has found himself at the centre of a number of

‘We always bring Jared’: Trump’s son-in-law can’t escape the president’s inner circle

For a man who vowed to stay out of the spotlight, Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in its glare.

  • Justin Sink
Zelensky and Witkoff in Berlin.

Trump offers ‘platinum standard’ security guarantee for Ukraine in bid to end war

The NATO-like security proposal would only be on the table for a limited time. Germany’s leader said, “For the first time, a ceasefire now seems possible”.

  • Michael Koziol
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Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is part of the hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

Trump’s son-in-law part of Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

The company, which has close ties to the Trump administration, has launched an offer that challenges Netflix’s plan to create an unassailable media empire.

  • Michael Koziol
This image made from a December 2025 video provided by the Ukrainian Defence Forces shows the heavily bombed city of Myrnohrad in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

‘Trying to erase it from the face of the earth’: Drones show carnage in Ukrainian town

Russian forces have nearly encircled a town that was once home to 46,000 people, but which is now an uninhabitable shell after a brutal year-long assault.

  • Isobel Koshiw
Palestinians collect leaflets dropped by an Israeli drone warning people to stay away from the so-called yellow line in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

The one-word post that shows how hard it will be to keep peace in Gaza

The short-lived, if intense, Israeli military response to the latest violence in Gaza suggests US officials were at work behind the scenes to push restraint and keep the deal alive.

  • David M. Halbfinger
Jared Kushner has no official White House role and yet is at the centre of the Gaza negotiations.

How Jared Kushner, a self-described ‘deal guy’, helped broker a Gaza breakthrough

Trump’s son-in-law brought his New York developer instincts to the Middle East negotiations.

  • Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager