Spain declares emergency as fires close on Bordeaux
Spain declared a national wildfire emergency and France sent 1,000 troops to a blaze nearing Bordeaux, with evacuations across both countries past 220,000.
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Page 3 of 6US tariff on Australian goods rises to 12.5 per cent
The United States lifted its tariff on Australian goods to 12.5 per cent on Friday afternoon, up from 10 per cent. Beef, gold and copper are exempt.
Wong presses Wang Yi on Pacific missile test
Foreign Minister Penny Wong pressed her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Beijing's ballistic missile test near Tuvalu when the pair met in Manila this week, telling him Australia would cooperate where it can and disagree where it must.
Oil at six-week high as US-Iran conflict widens
Brent crude pushed above US$96 on Thursday, a six-week high, as the United States struck Iran for an 11th night and President Trump threatened to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for every attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping.
US strikes Iran for 10th night as Hormuz tankers burn
Iran set two oil tankers ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and the US struck Iran for a 10th night, pushing crude to five-week highs as Australia's fuel excise relief runs out on 2 August.
Andy Burnham becomes UK PM as Starmer stands down
Andy Burnham became Britain's prime minister on Monday, the seventh in a decade, after Keir Starmer resigned and King Charles III asked him to form a government.
Third US death as strikes on Iran enter ninth night
A US soldier killed in Iraq is the third American death in three days, as a ninth night of strikes on Iran began at 9am AEST and Brent oil hit US$91.
Eighth night of US strikes as Iran hits Gulf bases
The US finished an eighth night of strikes on Iran at 1.30pm AEST Sunday, and Iran answered with missiles on Kuwait and Bahrain after two US deaths in Jordan.
Strikes hit Strait islands as Hormuz traffic stalls
A seventh night of US strikes hit islands in the Strait of Hormuz as transits nearly stopped and Brent settled at a one-month high of US$88.10.
US strikes hit sixth night, Iran widens retaliation
A sixth night of US strikes hit dozens of targets, CENTCOM says. Iranian fire reached Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar. Brent rose to US$85.01.
US hits Iran twice in a day, threatens power plants
A fifth day of US strikes brought two waves inside 24 hours. Trump says power plants and bridges are next without talks. Brent hit US$86.19.
Trump drops Hormuz fee as US blockade takes effect
The 20 per cent cargo fee lasted 26 hours. A US naval blockade of Iranian ports began at 6am AEST as Brent settled at US$84.73 after a one-month high.
