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An exemption for Australian steel and aluminium exports to the United States is "under consideration" by US President Donald Trump, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. 

Mr Albanese spoke with the US leader on Tuesday morning, in a call that was scheduled before Mr Trump announced new 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into the US. 

Also, two new scientific reports call for a rethink of the targets under the Paris Climate Agreement because of modelling showing that the 1.5 degree threshold could be breached earlier than predicted and as soon as the end of this decade.

The Greens have vowed to push for stronger action on climate change if Labor ends up needing their support in the event of a hung parliament. That's after the party dropped its demand for a climate trigger in new national environment laws, which have been shelved anyway in the face of opposition from the WA mining industry.

And the delicate ceasefire agreement between Israel and the militant group Hamas is facing a major test this morning after Hamas announced it would delay the next planned release of hostages from Gaza.

Hamas made the statement overnight, accusing Israel of breaching the deal by preventing the return of displaced people to the north of Gaza and limiting aid. But Israel says it's Hamas breaking the agreement, with Defence Minister Israel Katz warning he's moved the Israeli Defence Force to the highest level of alert.

And Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania have disconnected from the Russian power grid and merged their systems with Europe's.

The EU's foreign policy chief described the move as a "victory for freedom", saying Russia will no longer be able to use grid access to blackmail the Baltic States.

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More than half a billion dollars has promised by the federal government to support women's reproductive health.

But there's an unresolved issue about access to abortions in public hospitals around the country.

Meanwhile, the Coalition has matched Labor's women's health plan. hoping to win back women voters who abandoned it at the last election.

They're also facing another election campaign with Labor claiming that only it will safeguard Medicare.

And overseas, cyber security experts say the access Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team have been granted to US Treasury payment systems pose huge national security risks for the United States.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is this morning announcing funding for remote communities in the Northern Territory.

Labor is calling it a "landmark" partnership agreement because it's been signed by not just the federal and Northern Territory governments, but, for the first time, the NT's peak Aboriginal organisations as co-signatories.

Meanwhile, billionaire Elon Musk and a team of trusted advisers have been moving from department to department, accessing personnel and classified data, shutting down spending programs, and even entire agencies.

Democrats say this fundamentally undermines the authority of Congress, but Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson insists it's not a power grab.

And the Federal Court will reconvene again today in the unfair dismissal case brought forward by freelance journalist Antoinette Lattouf, against the ABC.

This week the court has heard she was taken off Sydney radio after posting about the war in Gaza on social media, three days in to a five day contract.

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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has labelled US President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Gaza as "nonsense".

Under Mr Trump's proposal, around two million Palestinians would be moved to neighbouring countries.

The Palestinian Authority has rejected the plan, as concerns grow over the future of the ceasefire talks.

Some international law experts believe the plan also demonstrates a broader agenda to replace the current global order. 

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One of the agencies the Trump Administration has had in its sights is USAID, which managed international humanitarian and development assistance.

USAID has been brought under the control of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and was effectively shut down, as part of a 90 day review of all aid funding.

Also, China has announced additional tariffs of 10 to 15 per cent on United States energy exports, new restrictions on the supply of critical minerals, and an investigation into Google.

So, what will this mean for US consumers, and how could the renewal of a trade war with China affect Australia?

Plus, it's been a major bushfire season for Victoria as blazes continue to ravage the Grampians and the Little Desert National Park.

What's the fall out for the farming and tourism sectors when these prolonged fires rip through a region?

And new research published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health has revealed that only 65 per cent of alcohol products sold in Australia display the mandatory warning about the risks of drinking while pregnant.

Businesses were given three years from July 2020 to implement these requirements but experts are now warning that the alcohol industry is dragging its feet on this mandated messaging.

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