About 24 hours before #Stefanovic boarded the flight, his social media channels lit up with him declaring he was “fired up” by former Australian Federal Police superintendent David Craig’s suggestions that changed the legal definition of a war crime of murder just a year before the nation’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was charged with killing non-combatants while serving in Afghanistan.
“Ben Roberts-Smith, set up? I am shocked,” Stefanovic says sarcastically in the clip posted across his social media channels, which would quickly become the talk of Nine’s newsrooms. “It sounds like a targeted adjustment to me as this retrospective shift drags BRS’s service record right into the crosshairs of these new laws. “And get this, the changes made only affect alleged war crimes of murder by soldiers, not ISIS brides. Are you kidding? seems to me that we are perfectly comfortable putting a target on the backs of the men and women who fought for this country while giving a free pass to ones who turned their backs on it.”
Australian TV presenter Karl Stefanovic has expressed his shock at a harrowing report on the UK’s Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs in successive interviews with Tommy Robinson and Holly Valance.
“I don’t understand why it’s not a national crisis”
Karl Stefanovic has released a statement after it was confirmed he had left Nine, saying he wished his time at the network “wasn’t ending like this”.
The longtime ‘Today’ host thanked viewers and colleagues after more than two decades with the broadcaster, following controversy over his independent podcast interview with Tommy Robinson.
“I’m free!”
Karl Stefanovic drops his statement after being axed by Channel Nine for daring to interview Tommy Robinson.
Australia likes to call itself a democracy, but this proves the truth: we have a narrow, state-aligned media cartel. Step outside the approved narrative,… pic.twitter.com/0LnC5r8KoQ
Billionaire James Packer has defended his long time friend Karl Stefanovic, saying he did not believe the controversial Tommy Robinson podcast interview was “that bad”.
Elon Musk has now weighted in on the story too, replying “Wow” to a post about the furore.
Elon Musk broke the media when he bought X, labels that have worked on society no longer have power. That’s why the left hate @elonmusk , free speech counters the narratives and exposes the lies! pic.twitter.com/1CET5L7vJD
Karl Stefanovic drops his statement after being axed by Channel Nine for daring to interview Tommy Robinson.
Australia likes to call itself a democracy, but this proves the truth: we have a narrow, state-aligned media cartel. Step outside the approved narrative,… pic.twitter.com/0LnC5r8KoQ
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson claims Channel Nine would be “bloody stupid” to sack Karl Stefanovic. “They’re bloody stupid to do it,” Ms Hanson told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “They’ve gone so far to the left, Channel Nine; they’re making a big mistake.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has issued a warning after being questioned on Karl Stefanovic’s imminent sacking by Nine over his Tommy Robinson podcast.
Anthony Albanese has weighed into the Karl Stefanovic controversy, suggesting the broadcaster had strayed too far from the mainstream.
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia event at Parliament House on Thursday, Mr Albanese said he would not directly comment on the drama engulfing the network.
However, the Prime Minister, who appeared on The Karl Stefanovic Show earlier this year, did have a warning for media personalities like Stefanovic.
Karl Stefanovic has reportedly been dropped by Nine after interview Tommy Robinson for his podcast. Picture: YouTube
“Look at what’s happened,” the Prime Minister said.
“You go down that road and you go further and further out on the edges of what is mainstream political debate in this country, and you know, I think that can have an impact.”
Home Affairs minister Tony Burke failed to explain
The last ISIS bride will return to Australia, despite a temporary exclusion order which was supposed to stop her from coming home for national security reasons.
OUTRAGE: Somalian born ISIS bride Hodan Abby welcomed back to Australia by Anthony Albanese & Tony Burke despite major national security red flags.
Hodan Abby left our country to live under ISIS. Now the Albanese Government has caved and issued her a return permit, with the usual pathetic excuse that “the law made us do it.”
Liberal MP James Paterson is dead right: the Albanese Government have failed at every turn.
These people are NOT welcome here.
Hodan Abby is Somalian, not Australian born, and holds dual citizenship. Strip her passport and deport her straight back to Somalia.
She chose the caliphate over Australia.
We owe her nothing.
Labor once swore they’d never bring this cohort back. Weak borders, weak leadership, same old story.
Trusting government spooks with ever more power over Australians instead of targeting Islam with the full force of existing laws is self-defeating. Al Bozo & Burka Tony have already derailed the Royal Commission looking into the Bondi Massacre by excluding Islam from their findings, which is a disgrace.
The Albanese government has been accused of a “complete mismanagement” of the ISIS brides cohort after the nation’s top spy addressed the ongoing terror threat against Australia.
The Coalition has claimed there is “little prospect” of a reduction in Australia’s terror threat from “probable” to “possible”, with the party accusing the Albanese government of a “complete mismanagement” of the ISIS brides cohort.
The nation’s terror threat remains at “probable”, with knowledge of a specific planned attack needed to escalate it further to “expected”.
In his address, Mr Burgess stressed: “I do not believe the system was designed for a situation like the one we now face”.
On Wednesday, Mr Burgess warned the nation faced a more volatile security environment marked by rising social tensions. Picture: NewsWire/Martin Ollman Shadow home affairs minister Jonathon Duniam has demanded the Albanese government ensure ASIO’s warnings are “taken extremely seriously”.
“It is fair to say that Australia is facing a complex mix of threats – including from foreign interference, espionage, online radicalisation, and antisemitic violence,” he told SkyNews.com.au.
“Religiously motivated violent extremism, including Islamist extremism, clearly remains one of the most serious and most enduring of these threats.
The Rape Crisis organization, designed to help and ‘believe’ rape victims, completely invalidates their experiences by calling their testimonies ‘unhelpful’ and ‘irresponsible.’
When Jen was 17, she was introduced to a gang of Iraqi Kurdish Muslim men who called her and other girls “white trash” and “English pig‑dogs” while they raped and trafficked them across the U.K. to rape gang ”parties.”
Jen decided to speak up in the Rape Gang Inquiry Report “so that religiously-motivated coercive abuse is properly recognized and confronted, even when doing so is politically, culturally, or socially controversial.”
In response, Rape Crisis England and Wales, a U.K. “feminist” social services organization “working to end sexual violence and abuse,” released a statement calling the report racist for pointing out that 95% of the gang members are Muslim and exploited girls because they were white.
“It is unhelpful and irresponsible to attribute sexual violence and abuse perpetration uniquely to specific races, ethnicities or religions,” the organization states. “Framing the issue squarely in terms of immigration undermines joined-up, community-based responses to tackling misogyny and rape culture.”
The organization highlights how much they “commend the courage of the survivors who shared their horrific experiences” and how important it is for victims to be “believed and supported.” The organization even has an anti-racism statement where they explain, “just as sexual violence and misogyny are a continuum, we also know that racist violence is too.”
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says an agreement has been reached with the United States to release $12bn in frozen Iranian funds.
Trump says Tehran agreed to allow international nuclear inspections and any released Iranian assets will be solely used to buy US agricultural products.
So far, there has not been any direct statement from Iran on whether inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be let back into the country.
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says an agreement has been reached with the US to release $12bn in frozen Iranian funds.
This comes after the US announced a temporary easing of sanctions to allow the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals until August 21.
US President Donald Trump says Tehran has agreed to allow international nuclear inspections and that any released Iranian assets will be used to buy US agricultural products.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will continue to occupy southern Lebanon and “demolish” Hezbollah infrastructure.
Lebanon
A new round of US-mediated negotiations between Israel and Lebanon begins today in Washington and is due to last until Thursday.
Here’s what you need to know:
Lebanon is represented by Ambassador Nada Moawad, while the Israeli delegation is headed by Ambassador Yechiel Leiter. US officials are also participating in the talks.
The negotiations mark the fifth round between the two sides.
The latest discussions come after US-Iran negotiations resulted in a ceasefire agreement on June 19 and the creation of a “Lebanon de-confliction cell” tasked with supporting efforts to end Israeli attacks in the country. The ceasefire has largely held.
Lebanon is seeking Israel’s withdrawal from the south of the country, where the Israeli military have established a so-called “buffer zone” that encompasses about 6 percent of Lebanese territory.
Israel says it is seeking the “disarmament” of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah says the talks should be limited to “mutual security” and that its weapons must be kept off the table.
Here’s what happened overnight:
Iran says technical talks in Switzerland with the US have successfully concluded, and that the next phase of negotiations will involve the high-level political committee overseeing the mediation.
Iran’s Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has defended the decision to hold talks with the US, saying Iranian delegates went to Switzerland to end the bloodshed in Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir say Israeli troops will continue to occupy southern Lebanon.
The UN says Sunday marked the first time its peacekeepers detected no air attacks in Lebanon since March 2.
Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi reaffirms commitment to “toll-free passage” in the Strait of Hormuz after talks with Iranian diplomats in Muscat.
The people of Spain are now fed up with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Not because he recognized a “state of Palestine.” Not because he has put in place a boycott of all goods made in Judea and Samaria. Not because he has threatened to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “war crimes.” Not because he has now put a permanent embargo on all weapons that might be sent to Israel. No, the people of Spain are against Pedro Sánchez because he runs the most corrupt regime since the time of the late, unlamented Fascist — in the true sense — Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Sánchez, his wife, his brother, and his closest allies have all been implicated in overlapping corruption scandals. More on the protests against Pedro Sánchez, his grasping wife, his greedy brother, his greedy and grasping political allies, can be found here: “WATCH: Spanish Protesters Flood the Streets Demanding the Resignation of Socialist PM Sánchez Mired in Corruption Scandals,” by Paul Serran, Gateway Pundit, May 23, 2026:
Islam is a revolutionary faith that comes to destroy any government made by man. Islam doesn’t look for a nation to be in better condition than another nation. Islam doesn’t care about the land or who own the land. The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any nation or power in this world that tries to get in the way of that goal, Islam will fight and destroy.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is cutting through one of the most persistent misunderstandings in American foreign policy thinking: the idea that radical Islam has territorial ambitions that can be satisfied, contained, or negotiated down to a manageable province. 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨.
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Every major radical Islamic movement, Rubio argues, identifies the same enemy: “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩.” This is not a fringe reading of radical Islam’s stated goals. It is the explicit, documented, repeated declaration of every significant movement in that tradition — from al-Qaeda to H∗mas to H∗zbollah to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝. Rubio points to the progression: radical Islam has designs openly on Europe as well as the United States, and the continent has already seen that progression in real time through terrorism, political pressure, and demographic change.
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Iran is the most important piece of this picture. Tehran gives the radical Islamic project something most terrorist movements have never had: 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐬∗𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥.
Without Iran, the global reach of this movement is constrained. With Iran, it has a government-level platform.
A senior Palestinian Islamic leader says they want to invade Europe and America to force the non-Muslim population to bow down to Islam and hand over their lands, property, and daughters.pic.twitter.com/GSBcJKzU1g
