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  "id": 279559,
  "title": "Payments and fabrication claims: Inside week one of Alan Jones's trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/payments-and-fabrication-claims-inside-week-one-of-alan-joness-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T18:52:11.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-08/week-one-alan-jones-trial-done-at-sydney-s-downing-centre/106995440"
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  "summary": "Alan Jones sat impassively, legs crossed, with a notebook and pen in hand as the first of six male complainants began testifying this week in his indecent assault trial.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "A ‘fearful’ friendship and ‘generous’ payments – Alan Jones on Trial podcast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/a-fearful-friendship-and-generous-payments-alan-jones-on-trial-podcast",
        "published": "2026-08-06T15:00:03.000Z"
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  "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."
}