Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,459 – Al Jazeera

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  1. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,459  Al Jazeera
  2. Russia hits Ukraine energy infrastructure with major missile, drone strikes, Kyiv says  Reuters
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 17, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Explosions rock Ukraine’s capital and outskirts as Russia launches mass missile attack, killing 1, injuring 2  The Kyiv Independent
  5. Russian missile and drone barrage hits Kyiv suburbs, killing 1  WTOP
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Australian warship transits Taiwan Strait, tracked by China’s navy – Reuters

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  1. Australian warship transits Taiwan Strait, tracked by China's navy  Reuters
  2. Beijing monitors Australian frigate Toowoomba’s passage through Taiwan Strait  South China Morning Post
  3. Toowoomba's Second South China Sea Transit  Mirage News
  4. Royal Australian Navy Bold Moves in 2026  Brussels Morning Newspaper
  5. Australian frigate transits Taiwan Strait-Programs-Radio Taiwan International  Rti 中央廣播電臺
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Australia will ‘examine all options’ to avoid new 15% tariffs announced by Donald Trump

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The trade minister, Don Farrell, says Australia has ‘consistently advocated’ against the ‘unjustified tariffs’, after the US president announced new levies

Australia will “examine all options” after the US president Donald Trump announced a temporary 15% tariff would apply to US imports from all countries.

The US president’s move came less than 24 hours after the US supreme court overturned his original 10% import tariff. Shortly after the ruling, Trump announced he was reinstating the 10% duties using a different law before raising it again to 15%.

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You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide From These New Police Drones – Carscoops

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  1. You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide From These New Police Drones  Carscoops
  2. Australian police test station-based drones 370 miles away from target site for rapid response  Interesting Engineering
  3. Moree police drone trial could expand to other regions  Western Plains App
  4. Police drones in Moree an asset to local law enforcement  Moree Online News
  5. DJI Matrice 4TD Drones Tested Over Moree  DroneXL.co
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Australia news live: SA Labor pledges $100k stamp duty waiver for ‘empty nesters’; Burke says Hanson’s Lakemba comments a national security risk

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The home affairs minister says the One Nation leader was frustrated with the Muslim community because it ‘didn’t give her what she wanted’. Follow live updates

Police investigating the mistaken kidnapping of grandfather Chris Baghsarian are appealing for information about suspicious car fires that could be related to the case, AAP reports.

Hopes are fading of finding the 85-year-old alive, who was taken captive more than a week ago when three men stormed his Sydney home and bundled him into an SUV.

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Huckabee’s Israel land remarks condemned as ‘dangerous’ as controversy rumbles on – The Guardian

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  1. Huckabee’s Israel land remarks condemned as ‘dangerous’ as controversy rumbles on  The Guardian
  2. US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East  Politico
  3. ‘Absurd and provocative’: Huckabee faces firestorm for Israel border stance  Al Jazeera
  4. Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel  CNN
  5. Tucker Carlson, Mike Huckabee debate Israel’s right to land in Middle East  The Washington Post
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Tony Burke says Australia has few options to block return of 34 women and children from Syrian camp

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One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs

Tony Burke says authorities “know the state of mind” of each of the 34 Australian women and children stuck in a Syrian detention camp, but says his options to prevent them returning to Australia are limited.

The home affairs minister, who represents a south-western Sydney electorate with a high Muslim population, also warned Pauline Hanson’s recent derogatory comments against Muslims in Australia could incite violence.

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15 injured, police officer killed as explosions rock western Ukraine’s Lviv in terrorist attack – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. 15 injured, police officer killed as explosions rock western Ukraine's Lviv in terrorist attack  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Deadly explosions in western Ukraine investigated as ‘terrorist attack’  CNN
  3. Police officer killed, 24 people injured in bombs explosions in Ukraine's Lviv  Reuters
  4. Lviv Mayor Sadovyi called the explosions in the city center a terrorist act and reported the hospitalization of 14 injured people  Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
  5. Terrorist attack in Lviv: number injured rises to 24, police identify slain officer  Українська правда
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Andrew ‘inquiry’ calls and hiding from ‘Putin’s killer drones’ – BBC

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  1. Andrew 'inquiry' calls and hiding from 'Putin's killer drones'  BBC
  2. Jet linked to Jeffrey Epstein landed at RAF base in 2013, documents show  Financial Times
  3. Brown urges police probe into whether Andrew used RAF bases to meet Epstein  BBC
  4. Andrew may have used RAF jets to meet Epstein, Brown tells police  The Telegraph
  5. What drives Gordon Brown?  New Statesman
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