Summary: US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign a deal on critical minerals and rare earths The agreement is a key objective for the US as it seeks to move away from dependence on China, writes the BBC's Bernd Debusmann Jr. Albanese says the US and Australia will contribute billions to crucial projects in the next six months as part of the new rare earths and critical minerals deal Trump also says the Aukus defence agreement struck with Australia and the UK is a deterrent for China - but adds "we're not going to need it"...

The U.S. wants to fast-track outfitting Australia with nuclear submarines under the trilateral agreement between the U.S., Australia and the U.K. to beef up Australia’s submarine force aimed at countering Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific. In the agreement, known as AUKUS, the U.S. will sell up to five Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia — slated for delivery as soon as 2032. Additionally, Australia and the U.K. will then coordinate to build additional attack submarines for Australia's fleet. But President Donald Trump told reporters that he is eyeing a faster timeline, when asked if he was interested in speeding up the process...

The Daily Wire team joined throngs of marchers who took to the streets of the nation’s capital Saturday for the 2025 “No Kings” protest. The Washington, D.C., rally was the focal point of similar events nationwide, meant to counter the “authoritarian threats” posed by President Donald Trump and his administration...

Deranged killer Mark David Chapman gunned down John Lennon over a pathetic desire to “be a somebody,” he recently told a parole board, ahead of the shocking crime’s 45th anniversary. “This was for me and me alone, unfortunately, and it had everything to do with his popularity,” Chapman, 70, said from the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County in late August, according to an interview transcript obtained by The Post on Friday. “My crime was completely selfish.”...

Utah Sen. John Curtis said on Friday he is doing everything he can to realize the Trump administration’s nuclear vision even as he remains cautious about its approach to green energy subsidies. Curtis conducted an interview with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright focusing on nuclear power as part of the senator’s 4th annual Conservative Climate Summit at the University of Utah...

President Donald Trump's reshaping of U.S. diplomacy has touched only the tip of the iceberg in Africa but the vast continent, home to more than 1.5 billion people and large shares of critical resources, has increasingly demonstrated its significance on the international stage. In fact, many analysts view Africa—with its 54 nations, each of them bearing unique challenges and opportunities—as one of the world's most important geopolitical theaters, one that has thus far eluded a sustained, substantial U.S. strategy to explore its untapped potential...

The heist cut through hushed corridors with a speed and ease that humiliated a nation. Authorities are now racing against their own clock. In the space of just seven minutes in the casual daylight of Sunday morning, four suspects stole nine pieces of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre. They robbed not just the most visited museum in the world, but also the French people themselves, the government said Monday. Officials are now scrambling to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down...

Former FBI director James Comey formally asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges against him, arguing he was the victim of a selective prosecution and that the US attorney who filed the charges was unlawfully appointed. “The record as it currently exists shows a clear causal link between President Trump’s animus and the prosecution of Mr Comey,” Comey’s lawyers wrote in their request to dismiss the case, calling a 20 September Truth Social post in which he disparaged Comey and called for his prosecution “smoking gun evidence”. “President Trump’s repeated public statements and action leave no doubt as to the government’s genuine animus toward Mr Comey.”...

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