‘Friends stared at me dumbfounded’: Guardian Australia staff share their most traumatic haircuts. What was yours?

A viral video of a barbershop blow-up prompts tales of shear panic. Tell us about your worst haircut experience in the comments

A tradie went viral this week after blowing up at a barber who he claimed left him with a lopsided buzz cut.

The tradesman insisted on paying for the allegedly substandard haircut before storming out. The exchange has sparked a conversation online, with some saying they would never be brave enough to complain and others recounting their worst haircut experiences.

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Wait, Why Is Israel Allowed To Have Nukes? – Home ❧ Current Affairs

  1. Wait, Why Is Israel Allowed To Have Nukes?  Home ❧ Current Affairs
  2. Israel says it killed top Iran commander during attacks by both sides  Reuters
  3. Could Iran’s missiles carry nuclear warheads? An expert breaks down the threat  The Times of Israel
  4. The nuclear risk of going to war with Iran  MSNBC News
  5. Inside the spy dossier that led Israel to war  The Economist
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Top Iranian Nuclear Scientists Killed By Secret Israeli Weapon: Report – Yahoo

  1. Top Iranian Nuclear Scientists Killed By Secret Israeli Weapon: Report  Yahoo
  2. Operation Narnia: Iran's nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel Kills Another Scientist in Tehran  WSJ
  4. Nuclear scientist, air defense personnel, and IRGC members killed in Israeli strikes  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Attacking Scientists and the Law of Armed Conflict  Lieber Institute West Point
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Australians can look forward to a bigger nest egg as super guarantee rises to 12%

The last in a series of increases to employers’ minimum contribution from 9% over more than a decade will come into effect on 1 July

Australian workers can look forward to a bigger nest egg, with an increase to the superannuation guarantee to add tens of thousands of dollars to the average super account.

From 1 July, employers’ minimum required contribution to employees’ superannuation accounts will rise from 11.5% to 12%.

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Trump says US doesn’t have to meet NATO spending goal – Politico

  1. Trump says US doesn’t have to meet NATO spending goal  Politico
  2. Spain wants exemption from NATO’s 5 percent defense spending target  politico.eu
  3. Sweden delays 3.5% GDP defense spending target, predicts 2032 deadline out of NATO summit  Breaking Defense
  4. Spain risks derailing NATO summit by resisting 5% defence spending goal  Reuters
  5. The success of a key NATO summit is in doubt after Spain rejects a big hike in defense spending  AP News
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Pornhub and other adult sites back online in France after three-week protest

Adult websites back online after court suspended decision requiring platforms based in the EU to verify users’ ages

Major adult websites Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube were back online in France Friday after a court suspended a decision requiring pornographic platforms based in the European Union to verify users’ ages.

The three platforms’ owner, Aylo, based in Cyprus, had made its websites unavailable in France in early June as a protest against the French decree. Failure to comply could have lead to sanctions including fines or the blocking of the websites.

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Iran says diplomacy with US only possible if Israeli aggression stops

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says he supports more talks with European counterparts despite lack of progress

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said that his country is ready for more diplomacy with the US only if Israel’s war on his country is brought to an end “and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes he committed”.

After several hours of talks with European foreign ministers in Geneva on Friday, there was no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough – or a resumption of negotiations with the US.

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Israel may have breached EU agreement, bloc’s foreign policy arm says – Reuters

  1. Israel may have breached EU agreement, bloc's foreign policy arm says  Reuters
  2. Israel’s Gaza actions may breach EU-Israel human rights agreement: Report  Al Jazeera
  3. EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza  The Guardian
  4. Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza  EUobserver
  5. EU review indicates Israel breached human rights in Gaza  Euronews.com
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Putin: Peace offers shared with Israel and Iran; Moscow hasn’t abandoned Tehran – The Times of Israel

  1. Putin: Peace offers shared with Israel and Iran; Moscow hasn’t abandoned Tehran  The Times of Israel
  2. Putin says Russia has shared peace proposals with Israel and Iran  AP News
  3. Russia says any use of tactical nuclear weapons by US in Iran would be catastrophic, TASS reports  Reuters
  4. Russia pulls its scientists out of Iranian nuclear plant, as Israeli strikes threaten decades of collaboration  The Kyiv Independent
  5. How will Russia respond to the Israel-Iran conflict?  Al Jazeera
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