Donald Trump has been busy dealing in diplomacy, meeting with both the Russian and Ukrainian  leaders separately this week as he positions himself as the peacemaker who can end the war in Ukraine... but why won't he just get them in the same room?

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And in headlines today, Bruce Lehrmann will have three days to convince a judge to throw out the finding that he likely raped his colleague Brittany Higgins in parliament house as he takes his appeal to court today; Tasmania's returned minority Liberal premier has declared he wants to get on with the job after a snap election and weeks of political uncertainty finally came to an end this week; Israel is studying Hamas' response to a Gaza Strip ceasefire proposal for a 60-day truce and the release of half the hostages still held in the enclave; The tenth Women's Rugby World Cup, which opens in England this weekend, looks set to smash attendance records and set a very high bar for Australia when we host the event in 2029; Kristin Davis has revealed that she was once set up on a date with Friends star Matthew Perry

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