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The first set of white South Africans granted refugee status by the Trump administration have been flown to the US, right as the US government ends protections for Afghan refugees. 

The US Department of Homeland Security says it is terminating legal protections for thousands of Afghans who have been living in the United States for years, setting them up for potential deportation in about two months. 

As this plays out, the purple carpet has been rolled out for Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia, during his tour of the Gulf States.

And, back home, big news for the Liberal party, as it elects the first woman to lead the party.

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How is Labor coming to terms with its new cabinet, after dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles a "factional assassin"? On the Breakfast Wrap podcast, hear our interview with the federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers. 

Also, the brakes have been slammed on the US-China trade war, with the two countries agreeing to a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs.

And one of the most fiery campaigns in the federal election has ended with a nail-biting finish, with Independent Dr Monique Ryan returning as the member for Kooyong in Melbourne's inner-east.

After a tense week of counting, the incumbent defeated Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer by several hundred votes.

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Just more than a week on from Labor's landslide federal election victory, a tumultuous week lies ahead in Canberra. 

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Friends and colleagues of Pope Leo the 14th say he "cares deeply" about the poor and could "build bridges" within the Catholic Church.

The conclave elected 69-year-old American-Peruvian cardinal Robert Prevost to be the next pontiff after two days of deliberations.

Also, we've seen former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating weigh in on the Albanese Government's yet to be unveiled front bench.

And who will lead the Greens now that Adam Bandt has lost his seat? 

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Cardinals at the Vatican aren't the only ones doing the numbers this week, with some inside the Greens apparently vying for the party's leadership.

The Greens are yet to concede defeat in leader Adam Bandt's seat of Melbourne, which has been called for Labor by the ABC's chief elections analyst Antony Green.

After a 4.4 per cent primary vote swing against him, the ABC is projecting that Mr Bandt will lose the first seat ever won by the Greens (at a federal election) to Labor's Sarah Witty.

On the Breakfast Wrap podcast, hear from the party's Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi. 

Also, the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar, says growing violence between India and Pakistan has her more concerned than she has ever been.

On Wednesday, India launched air strikes on nine targets inside Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 31 people.

Ms Rabbani Khar has labelled the attacks "terrorism", but India says it struck infrastructure used by terrorist militants linked to last month's massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

And Chinese shipping companies have begun advertising "origin washing" services to manufacturers as a way to circumvent the Trump administration's tariffs on Chinese exports

Advertisements have been posted on Chinese social media platforms and websites offering to re-route exports through other national ports in Asia to disguise the origin of goods and potentially avoid tariffs of 145 percent.  

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