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US President Donald Trump said on social media: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

Trump backs ceasefire as the 10-point peace plan comes into play, but key details still missing

The White House may have declared victory in the war, which has lasted for 38 days. And there are already signs that the truce could be shaky.

  • Michael Koziol

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A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across the Gaza City seaport.

As world turns attention to Iran, rats, insects and a fracturing peace process engulf Gaza

While the globe’s eyes have been fixed on the war in the Gulf, Hamas and Israel are cementing control of the strip and delaying the introduction of the next stage of a ceasefire.

  • Matthew Knott
It is not yet clear what sort of jet has been involved.

US fighter jet shot down over Iran, one crew member rescued

One member of the F15-E fighter jet crew has been rescued, US and Israeli officials say.

  • Kanishka Singh and Enas Alashray
Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, centre, and lawmakers celebrate after Israel’s parliament passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis on Momday.

‘Discriminatory by design’: Israel passes law to hang Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

Critics say the change – years in the making – is racist, draconian and written in such a way that hanging will be the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings.

  • Julia Frankel
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ Kharg Island as Albanese seeks ‘certainty’ on war claims

The PM’s more forceful language after a month of war in the Middle East came as Donald Trump mused on the possibility of seizing Iran’s oil supplies or “obliterating” energy assets.

  • Matthew Knott
A worker throws fertilizer pellets in a rice field in Twantay, Myanmar, on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. While Myanmar’s economy is rebounding from weak agriculture production and exports, the medium-term outlook remains favorable, according to the International Monetary Fund. Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg

Iran war sparks global fertiliser shortage and threatens food prices

With nearly a third of global fertilisers passing through the currently all-but-closed Strait of Hormuz, farmers worldwide fear crop failures and surging food prices.

  • Annirudha Ghosal and Allan Olingo
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Iranian ambassador to Tunisia Mir Massoud Hosseinian shows an image of damage to Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace.

Damage to historical sites in Iran raises alarm about war’s impact on protected places

Historic palaces, mosques and ancient sites dating back over 60,000 years have all been damaged in Iran and Lebanon as the war rages.

  • Farnoush Amiri
A whale breaches in the Antarctic near a krill trawler.

Whales go to Antarctica to get fat. Humans are taking their food

First it was Whale Wars, now it’s krill wars. The groups that took on Japanese whaling in Antarctica now have a new industry in their sights.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman.

Israeli ambassador says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ to question legal basis for war on Iran

Israel’s new ambassador says Australia was on the “right side of history” by backing strikes against Iran as he warned against calls for a ceasefire.

  • Matthew Knott
Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran on Monday.

Muted reaction to aggression by allies fails the test of our generation

There are many echoes of Australia’s past mistakes in the government’s tacit approval of Donald Trump’s unilateralism.

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