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Albanese says communications minister’s family trip to Thredbo was ‘completely within rules’. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese has also defended a $100k expense for communications

The Trump administration released a policy paper on Friday that made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right partiesThe protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine has degraded enough after a drone

Hundreds driven into Rwanda as M23 militia battles Congolese army and Burundian soldiers for border town of KamanyolaFresh fighting in eastern DR Congo has forced hundreds to flee across the border into Rwanda, a day

Two leaders are due to hold defence and trade talks on Friday, against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, which has seen the US hit India with tariffs over its continued purchases of Russian oilAnalysis:

Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate armed services committee, comments on briefing by navy admiral Frank BradleyExperts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ orderHegseth broke rules