{
  "id": 20183347,
  "title": "Gender-diverse Australian sailors barred from US submarines despite Aukus deal, documents reveal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/gender-diverse-australian-sailors-barred-from-us-submarines-despite",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T14:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/16/gender-diverse-australian-sailors-barred-from-us-submarines-despite-aukus-deal-documents-reveal-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Defence briefing released under freedom of information laws shows ADF beholden to US directives when in training Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Aukus is effectively forcing the Australian navy to comply with a US ban on transgender people in the military with gender-diverse navy recruits prevented from starting a career in nuclear submarines because they would not be…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}