"Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private word with US president Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt this week. Instead what unfolded was a hot-mic slip up, with Prabowo heard asking Trump to line up a call with his son Eric, or his son Don Jr, who both serve as executives at the Trump organisation."
"At a military parade in Beijing this September, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin were caught on tape discussing organ transplants as a means of prolonging life. Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and [you can] even achieve immortality, Putin's interpreter is heard saying of what appeared to be a private conversation."
"Noting that a meeting about refugees was running on Cape York time, meaning that it running late the Australian leader replied: we had a bit of that up in Port Moresby, to which Dutton added: time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door. The comments sparked outrage from the Pacific Islands and environmentalists, while the opposition Labor party called for Dutton to apologise."
Multiple high-profile political figures were recorded making private remarks that became public. An Indonesian president asked the US president to arrange calls with two Trump family executives during a Gaza summit. At a Beijing military parade, a taped exchange between Chinese and Russian leaders included claims about continuous organ transplants and the possibility of extending human life to 150 years. A former Australian immigration minister joked about rising sea levels, saying time did not matter "when you're about to have water lapping at your door," prompting regional and political backlash. These incidents illustrate diplomatic missteps when leaders assume privacy.
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