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News live: Australia gives Ukraine another $100m for fight against Russia; AFL great in hospital after truck crash

The Guardian World Thursday 18 June 2026, 20:27 UTC By Martin Farrer 1 min read
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Two payments of $50m will boost Ukraine’s air defence and munitions supply. Follow today’s news live• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories

Two payments of $50m will boost Ukraine’s air defence and munitions supply. Follow today’s news live

• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Nick Visser with the main action.

Jim Chalmers has defended the government’s changes to its controversial capital gains tax reforms and rejected claims it amounted to a backflip forced by business interests. More follows soon.

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