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US
Questions linger about alleged shooter’s motivation for killing Charlie Kirk

Suspect’s background and politics are being pored over in aftermath of killing of far-right influencer

Interest rates
The RBA wants to ban debit and credit card surcharges. Banks are fighting back

News live
Labor spending extra $70bn on defence compared with previous government; hiker missing in Snowy Mountains

Australian defence
Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable

Europe
Romania reports Russian drone in its airspace as Poland scrambles jets again

In focus

Athletics
Gout’s future races towards him as he introduces himself to the world

Results show the 17-year-old is ready for more than what Australia can offer but his team are putting the brakes on his rise to stardom

Northern Territory
‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence

The super-rich
Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?

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Sport

AFL
Brisbane crush Gold Coast to remain king of Queensland and book preliminary final spot

Live boxing
Canelo Álvarez v Terence Crawford: undisputed super middleweight championship – live buildup

The age of Guardiola is waning and the game’s guru is baffled by what comes next

Jonathan Wilson

Culture

Film
‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – and toothache

Music
‘Addiction teaches you a lot’: breakout pop star Lola Young on sex, substances and self-loathing

Opinion

When will our politicians have the courage to make meaningful change to our broken aged care system?

Julianne Schultz

Lifestyle

The moment I knew
He took me to the crematorium to ‘meet his mum’. It was so personal and loving

‘The next generation is coming up’
A local’s guide to the Barossa Valley

Technology

AI
UK workers wary of AI despite Starmer’s push to increase uptake, survey finds