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"This is Beijing trying to explore the possibility of using word games to create an off-ramp for both sides, so that they can gradually climb their way down from this escalation spiral," he says.

In Western Sydney, an audience of Stetson-wearing Australians are sitting in their fold-up camping chairs, swigging beers and eating a spiralled fried potato on a skewer known as a 'chip on a stick'.

“A failed loser desperately clinging to relevance as she spirals into the political abyss,” White House spokesman Steven Cheung posted on X.

As tensions spiral, India has alleged firing by Pakistan along the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries, for four nights in a row.

For those who bury their head in the sand or are in a shame spiral, sometimes even acknowledging where you are can be the biggest step.