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Email A Pentagon review into Australia’s nuclear submarine deal has raised concerns the program is in doubt just days before Anthony Albanese is due to meet Donald Trump face-to-face.

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Today's top stories ‘America first’: AUKUS subs deal at risk amid Pentagon review A Pentagon review into Australia’s nuclear submarine deal has raised concerns the program is in doubt just days before Anthony Albanese is due to meet Donald Trump face-to-face. READ MORE   ‘15th in world’: Warning over Aussie military spending Amid a push for Australia to increase military spending, new data shows we rank just 15th among global defence budgets – and are dwarfed by Saudi Arabia, Poland and India. READ MORE   ‘Unsafe’: Councillor’s chaotic antics spark explosive outcry An Adelaide City councillor’s ‘disrespectful behaviour’ saw him kicked out of a meeting, as another elected member reveals she feels too unsafe to speak around him. READ MORE   ‘Parking oasis’ or a ‘war on cars’? CBD traders fume over ACC plan The City of Adelaide has boldly claimed it has “more parking than ever before” and the CBD is a “parking oasis”, despite being accused of waging a war on cars. 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READ MORE   A dead goat, a rocking horse, Princess Diana and a bizarre Facebook feud The sudden passing of a beloved miniature goat shortly after giving birth has sparked an online feud, but it was what was omitted that caused the biggest problem. READ MORE   ‘I got it’: Will Smith’s wild $4m caravan buy Will Smith has revealed that he might have more dollars than sense after splashing almost $4 million on a caravan-like home before showing it off. READ MORE   ‘Clothing and bones’ found in Madeleine McCann search Investigators are said to have quietly sent fragments of bones and clothing to forensics in their search for clues in the case of missing Brit tot Madeleine McCann. READ MORE   Elizabeth Hurley stuns in naked pose Elizabeth Hurley has shared a jaw-dropping new photo of herself naked to mark a milestone, as she declared her love for country star Billy Ray Cyrus. 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