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‘We don’t know the truth’, says senior CIA officer
Beth Sanner was Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefer for two years. Few people know the boundaries between secrecy and democracy so well.
- Kevin Chinnery
This Month
AUKUS is ok with Trump, says Morrison
Donald Trump has indicated solid support for the AUKUS submarine deal, according to former prime minister Scott Morrison, who met with the former president at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday AEST.
- Matthew Cranston
Halting the bombs: Biden’s gamble to rein in Netanyahu
The US president paused a weapons shipment to Israel, piling pressure on Israel’s leader to change course. Will it work?
- James Politi, Felicia Schwartz and Mehul Srivastava
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Benjamin Netanyahu’s dilemma: save the hostages or his government
In one of the biggest gambles of his career, Israel’s premier sent troops into Rafah to raise pressure on Hamas – and buy time.
- Neri Zilber, Mehul Srivastava and Andrew England
White House piles ceasefire pressure on Netanyahu as tanks roll into Rafah
White House national security spokesman John Kirby urged negotiators to come to an agreement after Israel launched a “limited” assault on Rafah, in the south of Gaza.
- Nataliya Vasilyeva, Tony Diver and Abbie Cheeseman
April
- Opinion
- National security
Pezzullo takes first step to redemption
The former Home Affairs secretary admitted his mistakes and accepted his disgrace, and knows he will not be working with the Commonwealth for some time.
- Tom Burton
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
On the front line with Ukraine’s youngest commander
Kharkiv’s improbable resistance, led by General Sergei Melnik, faces growing threats from Russia and political stalemate in the US.
- Jack Wright
Havana Syndrome: Inside the mysterious attacks on CIA officers
New evidence points to unexplained health problems possibly caused by energy weapons wielded by Unit 29155 of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.
- Roman Dobrokhotov, Christo Grozev and Michael Weiss
March
- Analysis
- Putin's Russia
Moscow attack exposes Putin’s weakness
After the concert attack, Vladimir Putin ignored a claim of responsibility by the Islamic State, tried to implicate Ukraine and mischaracterised a US warning.
- Catherine Belton and Robyn Dixon
US, Japan plan biggest security upgrade in more than 60 years
Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida are to announce the move to counter China at a White House meeting next month.
- Demetri Sevastopulo and Kana Inagaki
US proposes hostage-to-prisoner ratio in Gaza truce talks
Hamas wants to parlay any deal into a permanent end to the fighting. Israel plans to pursue the war until Hamas’s governing and military capacities are dismantled.
- Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian oil mark new war phase
As the conflict at the front lines has shifted in Moscow’s favour, the drone campaign is becoming a key plank of Ukraine’s defence.
- Aliaksandr Kudrytski
US sends ‘desperate’ Ukraine $454m in weapons as further aid stalls
The US has put together a package of weapons and other aid even as President Biden’s request for billions of dollars more remains stalled in Congress.
- Dan Lamothe
Netanyahu to struggle to stay in power: CIA
The US intelligence assessment report also predicted that Israel would struggle to achieve its goal of destroying Hamas in Gaza.
- Julian E. Barnes
The CIA’s secret mission to help Ukraine defeat Putin
Once seen as thoroughly compromised by Russia, Ukraine’s intelligence agencies have been turned by US spies into deadly weapons against the Kremlin.
- Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz
February
Hunted Hamas leader using hostages as human shields: Israel
Officials say they are closing in on Yahya Sinwar, the accused architect of the October 7 attacks. Whether his death would help end the war is up for debate.
- Shane Harris
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
The sad reality is that Ukraine is outgunned and outmanned
Strategic analysts were adamant either that Ukraine would fall or Russia would buckle. Two years later, neither has happened.
- James Curran
Netanyahu vetoes truce talks on ‘delusional’ Hamas demands
The Israeli prime minister has rejected the militant group’s demands in talks brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt.
- Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy
Hamas leader ‘caught hiding in tunnel’ in Israeli video
The Israeli Defence Forces claim to be closing in on Hamas’ leadership in Gaza as top-level talks continue in Cairo for a ceasefire and hostage release.
- Benedict Smith