World News

Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons Aukus, senior defence official warns

March 27, 2026 · 3:54 AM Ben Doherty

Malcolm Turnbull asks defence department official what Australia would do if the promised Virginia-class and...

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Sports

Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban

March 27, 2026 · 3:34 AM Samantha Lewis

Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups have criticised the new gender eligibility guidelines as ‘a blunt...

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World News

Ukraine war briefing: Pentagon reportedly considering whether to divert aid from Ukraine to Middle East

March 27, 2026 · 3:26 AM Guardian staff and agencies

US military stockpiles are under strain as a result of Iran war, Washington Post reports; Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets...

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Australia News

Tropical Cyclone Narelle brings raised roofs, heavy rain and destructive winds as it batters WA coast

March 27, 2026 · 3:24 AM Donna Lu, Ima Caldwell and AAP

Category three system is forecast to weaken late Friday when it hits between Carnarvon and Kalbarri, but may bring...

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World News

Blasts heard in southern Beirut – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 3:07 AM Adam Fulton and (earlier) Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose and Taz Ali

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World News

Malaysian vessels permitted to travel through strait of Hormuz, country’s PM says after Iran talks

March 27, 2026 · 2:35 AM Guardian staff and agencies

A trickle of cargo ships and tankers – mostly Iranian, but some from Thailand and China – have made it through the...

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Media

Kyle Sandilands’ termination case should not be a ‘royal commission’ into his career, shock jock’s lawyer tells court

March 27, 2026 · 2:11 AM Amanda Meade Media correspondent

Broadcaster takes Kiis FM to court to argue licensee was wrong to terminate him for serious breach of contract

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US News

‘Emergency situation’: Trump says he will order payments to TSA agents amid turmoil at US airports – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 2:00 AM Coral Murphy Marcos, Robert Tait, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose

President says he will order new DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA immediately as Congress remains deadlocked...

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Australia News

Swastika found scratched into window of Jewish bagel shop in Sydney

March 27, 2026 · 1:58 AM Luca Ittimani

Police investigate damage at Lox in a Box, Paddington, latest in string of alleged antisemitic incidents in wake of...

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US News

Trump news at a glance: president tries to stop chaos at airports

March 27, 2026 · 1:38 AM Guardian staff

Donald Trump said he will take executive action to pay 50,000 airport security workers as a deal stalled in Congress to...

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Australia News

Albanese says he hasn’t received direct request for help after Trump takes swipe at ‘not great’ Australia

March 27, 2026 · 1:19 AM Josh Butler

PM downplay’s Trump’s claims after US president criticises lack of support for war against Iran

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US News

US Senate fails for seventh time to advance bill to partly fund DHS

March 27, 2026 · 1:03 AM Shrai Popat in Washington

Vote came after Trump said he would sign an order directing agency’s new secretary to pay TSA agents

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