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With the president turning 80 next month, recent repeat medical appointments and sightings of a severely bruised hand have done little to dispel rumours of declining health.

The US president said Qatar and Saudi Arabia must join the Abraham Accords “immediately” and threatened to freeze countries out of the negotiations if they did not do so.

Washington DC man Nasire Best, 21, was shot dead by the Secret Service on Saturday. He was known to authorities and had spent time in a psychiatric hospital last year.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to call a referendum that could lead to the energy-rich province separating from Canada has angered both sides of the debate.

The incident occurred as President Donald Trump and other senior officials were inside the building dealing with the unfolding situation in Iran.

New York’s theatre scene is teeming with Australians who have made huge sacrifices to chase a dream of making it in the Big Apple. That’s reason to celebrate.

Meanwhile, amid uncertainty about the next steps in the war with Iran, Trump announced he would not attend his son’s wedding this weekend, and cancelled a golf trip.

The former prime minister says his access to senior administration figures only improved after his awkward televised encounter with the US president in the Oval Office.