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Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine.

At least six people killed in mass shooting in Ukraine

The gunman was shot dead by police after taking hostages and barricading himself inside a supermarket.

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Ousted prime minister Viktor Orbán addresses supporters after receiving the results of the election.

How a former Orbán ally toppled the populist right-wing leader

It’s tempting to see Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the Hungarian election as a seismic shift against populist conservatism, but that’s not what cost him his job as prime minister after 16 years in power.

  • David Crowe
A man waves a Hungarian flag as he celebrates in the streets after the announcement of partial results.

Trump-backed Viktor Orbán swept from power in Hungary after 16 years

The emphatic election victory for challenger Peter Magyar appears set to install a new government with enough seats in parliament to overturn Orbán’s laws.

  • David Crowe
Viktor Orbán speaks to supporters at his Fidesz party’s final campaign rally on Saturday.

The election that everyone seems to have a stake in – especially Putin and Trump

Whatever the result of Hungary’s hard-fought election, the loser has already laid the groundwork for blaming a foreigner for shaping the outcome. Washington and Moscow are also watching closely.

  • David Crowe
US Vice President JD Vance, from left, Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, and US President Donald Trump, during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of White House last year.

Hungarian voters face a big question. JD Vance thinks he has the answer

Viktor Orban, who has led Hungary for the past 16 years, is relying on his American friend to deliver a public show of support this week.

  • David Crowe
The US-designed Patriot air-defence missile system.

The next big Iran war question: Who will lose from the missile shortage?

Washington’s stockpile of vital missile-intercepting warheads was already running low. It is now in even worse shape.

  • David Crowe
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Surging oil prices and increased demand could throw Russia’s Vladimir Putin a lifeline.

‘Pocketing billions’: How the Iran war has thrown Putin an oily lifeline

Every $US10 increase in oil prices benefits “Russia Inc” by about $US100 million a day at a time when the Kremlin had been facing a serious budget crunch.

  • Michael Koziol
Trump Starmer Iran Hormuz

Why Europe’s break with Trump is not just a gulf about the Gulf

The split with Europe has been a long time coming, making it more than a dispute about the Iran war.

  • David Crowe
Fire and smoke rise above Lviv city centre after a Russian drone attack on Tuesday.

‘In broad daylight’: Russia’s surprise new tactic in Ukraine war

More than 550 drones were launched in a rare and deadly daytime onslaught that left the historic centre of Lviv aflame and damaged a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  • Yuliia Dysa, Max Hunder and Andriy Perun
Banksy, or someone claiming to be him, in a scene from the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.

What’s the point of ‘unmasking’ Banksy?

A Reuters investigation claims to have “revealed” the elusive artist’s identity, but Banksy’s anonymity is the reason his works garner such excitement.

  • Kylie Northover