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Here’s what’s making news further afield:

Election fever is heating up as the prime minister and opposition leader agree to a televised debate on ABC, and April 12 firms up as the likely pick for the federal election.

The Netanyahu government is calling on the federal Coalition to again recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital if it wins government.

In their latest spat, Trump wrote on social media that “America will not put up with it for much longer” after Zelensky suggested the end to the war is not close.

“It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin,” writes political and international editor Peter Hartcher today. “All US allies should be alarmed.”

Abroad, Pope Francis’ condition has worsened, with the Catholic Church’s leader suffering two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and being put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said.

And in sport, will Americans embrace league? Rugby columnist Paul Cully writes that rugby union is miles in front and even it can’t crack US.