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Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the initiative of the Brazilian side.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Honourable Penny Wong. High Commissioners, distinguished guests, industry, academia and international partners, defence colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, dare I say it, sailors, soldiers, aviators, diplomats and technology partners, it is a pleasure to be here in Adelaide for the 2026 Australian Defence Summit. This week, in fact, today, 40 years ago, I boarded a plane for Adelaide, my hometown, to embark on a journey into the unknown, into the Royal Australian Navy, into the Australian Defence Force, not really knowing what lay ahead. But what I did know was that South Australians do difficult things.

ADMIRAL MARK HAMMOND, CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCE: Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us here today. Later on today we'll be announcing the Defence Innovation Science and Technology Strategy, which is a significant step forward for the Defence Department in allowing targeted investment of resources into innovative technologies that are really going to make a difference to the war-fighting potential of the Australian Defence Force. Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, hypersonics, et cetera. I'll leave it to Professor Monro to fill in the gaps.

Today, the Department of the Navy announced a decisive step to sharpen its competitive edge, reclassifying nineteen planned Virginia Class submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM) as guided missile submarines (SSGN). This pivotal shift clearly differentiates these advanced platforms from traditional Virginia Class fast attack submarines (SSNs), signaling a leap forward in undersea warfighting capability, lethal combat power, and global deterrence.

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AFRICOM Commander Gen. Dagvin Anderson conducted a regional visit to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, July 26-30, 2026.

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Mr. Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, strongly condemned the brutal Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, which targeted tents sheltering displaced persons and residential apartments, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.

Footage released by state media on Monday showed a rare scene of at least six DF-17 hypersonic missile launch vehicles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force appearing together in a single frame.

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The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Ambassador Tania López Larroque, addressed the 31st Session of the Assembly of this international body on the morning of 28 July.

Today, the Department of War expanded its undersea warfighting capabilities by awarding a five-ship contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for the construction of five Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), a nine-ship contract to GDEB and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) for the construction of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 through FY 2029 Virginia Class submarines, and previously awarded shipyard productivity efforts to the two companies. These awards represent a historic investment in maritime modernization and supremacy, with a combined total value of $76.6B

The establishment of the Korea Armed Forces Academy, which will integrate the Korea Military Academy, Republic of Korea Naval Academy and Republic of Korea Air Force Academy, will fundamentally transform the officer education system in preparation for future warfare.

CENTCOM said in a statement the strikes targeted logistics and weapons sites used by Iran-backed groups following more than 30 drone attacks over the past 72 hours. It said the attacks on US forces were unsuccessful.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said Tehran has rejected Oman's proposal to equally divide the passage routes between the two countries in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that has become the focal point of the war with the United States.

AUKUS is taking another important step, with the Albanese Government selecting a designer for the submarine contingency dry dock capability in support of Australia's conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine fleet.

Australian-made submarine grade steel will be used in the build of United States (US) Navy Virginia-class submarines for the first time, demonstrating the growing contribution Australian industry is making to the trilateral submarine industrial base under AUKUS.

A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said a fisheries resource survey conducted by the Lanhai 201 research vessel in waters east of Taiwan island was a legitimate and lawful scientific activity, criticizing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for using the issue to push for a larger maritime security budget and stoke cross-Straits confrontation.