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Here’s what’s making news further afield:

The international backlash against Insta-influencer Samantha Jones for grabbing a wombat joey from its distressed mother in what appeared to be a stunt for an online video, does not particularly surprise Professor Peter Singer, the sometimes controversial bioethicist made famous by his book Animal Liberation.

Over the weekend, Jones published a long statement in which she accused Australia of hypocrisy in its concern for the welfare of animals.

We fact-check these claims, exactly as Jones published them.

Also, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to warn today that an escalation of US President Donald Trump’s trade war would strip billions of dollars out of the Australian economy and entrench inflation around the globe.

“Trump’s paired bad ideas from left and right,” writes Political and international editor Peter Hartcher. “The results will be calamitous.”

Also on Trump, he says he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin today to discuss ending the war in Ukraine after positive talks between US and Russian officials in Moscow.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is considering an election pledge to hold a referendum next term on deporting criminal dual nationals.

And Royal Life Saving Australia reveals one in four schools around Australia had abandoned the annual swimming carnival, while those that did go ahead recorded low participation rates.