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The Age
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Age
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates: Trump goes to ground after National Security Council meeting, weighs US involvement; Iranian nuclear, weapons facilities attacked in Israeli strikes
Go to latest Pinned post from 1.14pm In brief: The latest on the situation in the Middle East By Hannah Hammoud Thank you for following our ongoing live coverage of the rapidly developing conflict between Israel and Iran. Loading Here's a quick overview of the latest developments from today: The Israel-Iran conflict has intensified, with both nations exchanging missile strikes. Iran has reportedly launched missiles targeting Israeli cities, while Israel claims to have killed a senior Iranian general. CBS News has reported the US is considering military involvement, including potential strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. President Donald Trump has demanded Iran's 'unconditional surrender' and warned Tehran residents to evacuate. At the G7 summit in Canada, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after Trump's early departure. Albanese criticised US tariffs, saying they harmed US consumers more than Australian exporters. He also announced that Australia would begin negotiations with the European Union on a security and defence partnership. Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 585 people and wounded 1326 others, a human rights group says. Iran has not been publishing regular death tolls during the conflict and has minimised casualties in the past. Its last update, issued on Monday, put the death toll at 224 people killed and 1277 wounded. In response to the escalating conflict, about1000 Australians in Israel and 870 in Iran are seeking help to leave, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. The New York Times is reporting that Iran is preparing missiles to strike US bases in the Middle East should Trump join the conflict. Trump posted on Truth Social that the US knew where Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was hiding. 'He is an easy target, but is safe there. We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,' Trump wrote about 2.30am. Trump also posted on social media: 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!' Iranian news websites are reporting Israeli strikes have targeted Imam Hossein University in eastern Tehran. Israel warned earlier today that it could strike a neighbourhood south of Mehrabad International Airport, which includes residential areas, military installations, pharmaceutical companies and industrial firms. Meanwhile, in Gaza, more than 50 people were reportedly killed by Israeli tank shellfire after they tried to get aid from trucks in Khan Younis. You can catch up with everything we know about the Israel and Iran conflict on our regularly updated 'what we know so far' page. 5.18pm First repatriation flights carrying Israelis arrive The first flights to bring Israelis home from overseas since the Israel-Iran conflict began have landed at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Israel's Transport Minister Miri Regev greeted the captain in the airport's control tower. 'We are waiting for you here with great anticipation,' she told her in Hebrew. 'Very excited, first rescue flight.' Tens of thousands of Israelis are among people stranded in other countries because of the conflict, according to Israeli media. Local news outlets are also reporting that the country's military intercepted three drones launched from Iran on Wednesday morning, local time. It is just past 10am in Tel Aviv. AP 5.01pm The important question facing Donald Trump By Cassandra Morgan Donald Trump's temptation to join Israel's strikes on Iran goes back to the US president's inclination to 'jump on the bandwagon' of what he thinks is successful, a former Israeli diplomat says. However, the real question is to what scale the US will become involved – if it does. That's the verdict from Alon Pinkas, Israeli consul general in New York in the early 2000s, and an outspoken critic of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. 'The real question is the scale and the scope of an American military involvement,' Pinkas told ABC's Afternoon Briefing. 'That usually focuses [on] … the uranium enrichment facility in Fordow, which is south of the capital city of Tehran. That facility is dug 80 or 90 metres inside a mountain, is heavily fortified, and requires munitions and the delivery systems to get them there, that Israel does not possess. 'If you do not eliminate Fordow ... or inflict on it severe damage, then the idea of neutralising Iran's nuclear program is not achievable. That is the extent of the American involvement in terms of what Israel would want the US to do. 'If the US does that, obviously it vindicates everyone in the region that thought that the US was complicit in this to begin with, so I am sure that Trump, however his tendency to oscillate and contradict himself, I am sure that he is actually weighing those options.'
Sydney Morning Herald
31-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
A-League Grand Final LIVE: Flares on Swan Street as Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City play for the championship trophy
Latest posts Pinned post from 6.13pm Flares on Swan Street as fans head to game By Hannah Hammoud Fans have set off flares on Swan Street right in front of a parade of uniformed officers. The crowd is up and about now, the first sign of red hue was all they needed to get things going. There's some push and shove as worried fans duck away from the banging flares, covering their eyes and mouths with scarves and beanies. The release of flares may have excited some rowdy attendees, but a large majority of fans are visibly annoyed. Police seem unfazed by the action, labelling the pre-game antics as done by 'a few bad eggs'. Police have been directed to follow the crowds as they march to the stadium, but the 6pm start seems to be on hold for the moment. 6.11pm How sold-out decider can start A-League Men revival The good vibes are back in the A-League Men. Now it's about kicking on from here. The most fortuitous shot in the arm, a sell-out Melbourne derby grand final, couldn't have come at a better time for a league that has struggled with crowds and publicity in recent years. 'People that probably don't normally come to a week-to-week game will probably want to be here on Saturday night,' Melbourne City striker Marco Tilio told AAP. 'And I hope all those people that can't get tickets each want to be there for the following seasons and come support their team. 'It's huge for the APL (Australian Professional Leagues) to be able to host an event like this. 'I just hope all the next generation of kids and whatnot that are here and watching on Saturday night get that buzz that we all had when we were kids - and want to be in our position one day. 'So hopefully we can really excel from the position we're in with the grand final in Melbourne.' Teammate Mathew Leckie wryly noted: 'It's amazing that the tickets were sold so fast. 'It would be great if that was the case all the time.″ For Victory great Archie Thompson, there couldn't be a better way to wrap the season. Victory are chasing their fifth championship, to draw level with record-holders Sydney FC, and first since 2017-18, while City are after their second. 'It's just perfect - the 20th year of the A-League, to celebrate that with a grand final of a derby,' Thompson told AAP. 'When it gets sold out like that, you know it's going to be great.' Incredibly, had the APL kept the grand final in Sydney until the end of this season under its deal with Destination NSW, instead of replacing it with Unite Round, this game could have proved an absurd situation. 'I'm so happy that they made that decision, and we've got a Melbourne derby,' Thompson said. Victory captain Roderick Miranda believes a second grand final in two seasons shows how the club has recovered from the derby pitch invasion of December 2022, one of the darkest nights in Australian sport. 'In the end, I think we bounced back really quickly about with that,' Miranda said. 'Now we have the chance here to try to not make this event forgotten, but to make sure that we are here in the present, to show that football here in Australia is a big event, and hopefully we can have some light as well from other places.' Now the attention will turn to the action on the pitch, and the latest enthralling encounter of a bitter rivalry. 'You look at some of the matches over the time: there's always been late winners. There's always been dramas,' Thompson said. 'It was Timmy Cahill's welcome to the league when he smacks it from 40 yards out, Eric Paartalu's header, Leroy George scores a winner. 'Back when it was early days, I got one just before Christmas. 'So all these little dramas just add up to make it really special.'
The Age
31-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
A-League Grand Final LIVE: Flares on Swan Street as Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City play for the championship trophy
Latest posts Pinned post from 6.13pm Flares on Swan Street as fans head to game By Hannah Hammoud Fans have set off flares on Swan Street right in front of a parade of uniformed officers. The crowd is up and about now, the first sign of red hue was all they needed to get things going. There's some push and shove as worried fans duck away from the banging flares, covering their eyes and mouths with scarves and beanies. The release of flares may have excited some rowdy attendees, but a large majority of fans are visibly annoyed. Police seem unfazed by the action, labelling the pre-game antics as done by 'a few bad eggs'. Police have been directed to follow the crowds as they march to the stadium, but the 6pm start seems to be on hold for the moment. 6.11pm How sold-out decider can start A-League Men revival The good vibes are back in the A-League Men. Now it's about kicking on from here. The most fortuitous shot in the arm, a sell-out Melbourne derby grand final, couldn't have come at a better time for a league that has struggled with crowds and publicity in recent years. 'People that probably don't normally come to a week-to-week game will probably want to be here on Saturday night,' Melbourne City striker Marco Tilio told AAP. 'And I hope all those people that can't get tickets each want to be there for the following seasons and come support their team. 'It's huge for the APL (Australian Professional Leagues) to be able to host an event like this. 'I just hope all the next generation of kids and whatnot that are here and watching on Saturday night get that buzz that we all had when we were kids - and want to be in our position one day. 'So hopefully we can really excel from the position we're in with the grand final in Melbourne.' Teammate Mathew Leckie wryly noted: 'It's amazing that the tickets were sold so fast. 'It would be great if that was the case all the time.″ For Victory great Archie Thompson, there couldn't be a better way to wrap the season. Victory are chasing their fifth championship, to draw level with record-holders Sydney FC, and first since 2017-18, while City are after their second. 'It's just perfect - the 20th year of the A-League, to celebrate that with a grand final of a derby,' Thompson told AAP. 'When it gets sold out like that, you know it's going to be great.' Incredibly, had the APL kept the grand final in Sydney until the end of this season under its deal with Destination NSW, instead of replacing it with Unite Round, this game could have proved an absurd situation. 'I'm so happy that they made that decision, and we've got a Melbourne derby,' Thompson said. Victory captain Roderick Miranda believes a second grand final in two seasons shows how the club has recovered from the derby pitch invasion of December 2022, one of the darkest nights in Australian sport. 'In the end, I think we bounced back really quickly about with that,' Miranda said. 'Now we have the chance here to try to not make this event forgotten, but to make sure that we are here in the present, to show that football here in Australia is a big event, and hopefully we can have some light as well from other places.' Now the attention will turn to the action on the pitch, and the latest enthralling encounter of a bitter rivalry. 'You look at some of the matches over the time: there's always been late winners. There's always been dramas,' Thompson said. 'It was Timmy Cahill's welcome to the league when he smacks it from 40 yards out, Eric Paartalu's header, Leroy George scores a winner. 'Back when it was early days, I got one just before Christmas. 'So all these little dramas just add up to make it really special.'
