World News

Middle East crisis live: Trump says US considering ‘winding down’ war; Iran fired missiles at UK-US base on Diego Garcia

March 21, 2026 · 7:19 PM Marina Dunbar (now); Harry Taylor, Hamish Mackay and Adam Fulton (earlier)

President says US ‘getting very close to meeting our objectives’; missiles fired at joint US-UK military base in...

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Commentisfree

The Iran crisis is hurting Australians’ hip pockets and driving inflation. It’s time for a windfall fossil fuel tax | Zoe Daniel

March 21, 2026 · 7:01 PM Zoe Daniel

The political and economic fallout provides an opportunity for the Albanese government to finally get with the program

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World News

UK foreign secretary condemns Iran’s ‘reckless threats’ after strike towards US-UK base

March 21, 2026 · 6:56 PM Morgan Ofori and Nadeem Badshah

Yvette Cooper says government wants swift resolution to war after two missiles directed at military base at Diego Garcia

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US News

Robert Mueller, special counsel who investigated Trump-Russia ties, dies at 81

March 21, 2026 · 6:50 PM Edward Helmore

Mueller, who concluded Moscow had interfered in 2016 election, served as FBI director under Bush and Obama

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US News

Trump threatens to send ICE to airports on Monday amid DHS funding standoff

March 21, 2026 · 6:11 PM Edward Helmore

President attacks ‘Radical Left Democrats’ after homeland security funding bill again sinks in Senate

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US News

Republican says he lied about racist posts on porn site to protect Trump

March 21, 2026 · 5:05 PM Edward Helmore

Mark Robinson, who ran for North Carolina governor in 2024, tells podcast he had ‘obsession’ with porn and sex

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US News

How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants

March 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM José Olivares in New York

The US has been targeting not only people who have violated the law but many who are in the country legally

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Business & Finance

Trump’s economic shocks are derailing Britain’s building plans

March 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM Phillip Inman

With major developments collapsing, pressure is growing on councils to concede on affordable housing and public...

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Art & Design

‘We must preserve our traditions’: war casts shadow over Iranian Nowruz celebrations

March 21, 2026 · 3:04 PM Stefanie Glinski, photographs by Mohammad Mohsenifar

Many Iranians were determined to mark the Persian new year despite the bombing entering its fourth week

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US News

US counter-terrorism chief who resigned says he fears retaliation but has no regrets

March 21, 2026 · 2:12 PM Edward Helmore

Joe Kent, who left Trump administration over Iran war, tells Megyn Kelly ‘facts are on my side’ amid FBI...

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Commentisfree

The Trump administration kills children abroad while being ‘pro-life’ at home | Arwa Mahdawi

March 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM Arwa Mahdawi

In Georgia a woman was charged with murder after allegedly taking pills to induce a termination. Yet America happily...

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Politics

Anger grows among UK ministers amid fears Iran war could jeopardise Britain’s fragile finances

March 21, 2026 · 12:54 PM Rowena Mason, Heather Stewart, Gwyn Topham and Jessica Elgot

Some in cabinet in despair over possible impact of war begun by Donald Trump, who branded Nato allies ‘cowards’

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