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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.
And so far today the main action has been at the White House, where the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, met the US president, Donald Trump, signed a big deal, and laughed as his ambassador was told off. We have all the colour and news for you.
Also, the rumours over Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce’s potential defection to One Nation rumble on, but Joyce was tight-lipped in a tense ABC interview.
And Michaelia Cash has gone on the offensive after a Chinese fighter jet released flares close to an Australian surveillance plane over the South China Sea. She says it was a dangerous provocation, a serious escalation, and must be condemned by the prime minister.
