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'I love Australia': Trump indicates he'll honour refugee deal

US President Donald Trump is still talking tough about allies but instead of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in his sights, he is turning up the heat on Barack Obama for negotiating the Manus Island and Nauru refugee deal.

'Why don't we switch jobs,' Arnold tells Donald

Arnold Schwarzenegger wants Donald Trump to return to reality TV so "people can finally sleep comfortably again".

Bunnings opens first UK store

Australian retailer Bunnings has opened its first UK store as part of a $A829 million investment plan.

White House defends Trump's Yemen raid after civillian, millitary casualties

The White House Thursday defended a US special forces raid in Yemen as a success, even though several civilians and an American soldier were killed.

Court to rule on Rod Culleton's Senate seat

The question of how to fill the West Australian Senate seat of Rod Culleton should finally be answered by the Court of Disputed Returns on Friday.

US tweaks sanctions on Russian spy agency

The US has tweaked elements of its sanctions against the Russian spying agency.

Back pain drugs don't work, do more harm than good: study

Taking drugs to treat back pain isn't worth it, according to a new Australian study that's found the side-effects far outweigh the benefits.

The new 'first responders' are lawyers working to help people locked out of the US

It was lawyers who sprang into action after US President Donald Trump signed his executive order on immigration, and they are still working tirelessly for those barred from entering the US based on their nationality.

Talking with Turnbull 'worst call by far', Trump says: Washington Post

'This is the worst deal ever,' President Donald Trump reportedly said of the refugee deal with Australia, according to the Washington Post.

The PM's $1.75m election donation dwarfed by cash from Labor MPs

Labor's system of levying MPs for at least 4 per cent of their taxpayer-funded salaries raises more money every year than the $1.75 million donated to the Liberal Party by Malcolm Turnbull.

Obama now holidaying on Richard Branson's private island

Images show the former president with sunglasses and a backward cap.

Human rights commission backs Manus refugee seeking asylum in Fiji

An Iranian refugee and former Manus Island detainee who flew from Papua New Guinea to Fiji last week will shortly apply for asylum with the support of the country's Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission.

Beyonce realeases full pregnancy photoshoot

Beyonce's pregnancy announcement on Instagram earned more than 8 million "likes" to become the most popular post on the platform ever.

Faith in politics: Australia's first Muslim MP

Ed Husic is known to some as 'the minister for basketball', to others as the first federal MP sworn in on the Quran. He became the first ever Muslim frontbencher under Kevin Rudd. What next for an outspoken Gen Xer with a friend on the wrong side of parliament?