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Sydney Morning Herald
6 hours ago
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- Sydney Morning Herald
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates: Strikes on Tel Aviv, Tehran continue with multiple fatalities, injuries reported; UN two-state solution meeting between Israel, Palestine postponed
Latest posts Latest posts 5.57am In pictures: Middle East braces for more conflict By Lachlan Abbott Both Israel and Iran surveyed the damage from the first overnight exchange of missile attacks on Saturday. Here are some of the scenes out of the Middle East in the last 24 hours: 5.40am Trump reveals Putin wished him happy birthday, calls for wars to end By Lachlan Abbott Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree: the Israel-Iran conflict needs to end. In a message posted on his Truth Social platform just after 5am AEDT, the US president said: President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well. We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week. He is doing the planned prisoner swaps - large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides. The call lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end. 5.35am Welcome to our live coverage By Lachlan Abbott Good morning. I'm Lachlan Abbott, and I'll be with you today as the world braces a possible further escalation in the Middle East after Israel's major strike on Iran on Friday. Here is what we know so far: Israel pounded Iran with air strikes for a second day on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) after targeting their nuclear facilities and wiping out several top military leaders and scientists early on Friday. The new strikes appeared to target Iran's energy infrastructure, as local media reported a fire at a major gas field in the country's south in recent hours. In a video posted on social media just before 2am AEDT, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's campaign would intensify. Nuclear deal negotiations planned for today between the United States and Iran have been scrapped. In Tehran, authorities said around 60 people, including 29 children, were killed in an attack on a housing complex. Three people were killed in Israel after Iran launched its own retaliatory missile volley on Friday night and early Saturday. It is now just past 10.30pm in Tel Aviv. Stay tuned for updates as they arise.
The Age
6 hours ago
- Politics
- The Age
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates: Strikes on Tel Aviv, Tehran continue with multiple fatalities, injuries reported; UN two-state solution meeting between Israel, Palestine postponed
Latest posts Latest posts 5.57am In pictures: Middle East braces for more conflict By Lachlan Abbott Both Israel and Iran surveyed the damage from the first overnight exchange of missile attacks on Saturday. Here are some of the scenes out of the Middle East in the last 24 hours: 5.40am Trump reveals Putin wished him happy birthday, calls for wars to end By Lachlan Abbott Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree: the Israel-Iran conflict needs to end. In a message posted on his Truth Social platform just after 5am AEDT, the US president said: President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well. We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week. He is doing the planned prisoner swaps - large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides. The call lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end. 5.35am Welcome to our live coverage By Lachlan Abbott Good morning. I'm Lachlan Abbott, and I'll be with you today as the world braces a possible further escalation in the Middle East after Israel's major strike on Iran on Friday. Here is what we know so far: Israel pounded Iran with air strikes for a second day on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) after targeting their nuclear facilities and wiping out several top military leaders and scientists early on Friday. The new strikes appeared to target Iran's energy infrastructure, as local media reported a fire at a major gas field in the country's south in recent hours. In a video posted on social media just before 2am AEDT, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's campaign would intensify. Nuclear deal negotiations planned for today between the United States and Iran have been scrapped. In Tehran, authorities said around 60 people, including 29 children, were killed in an attack on a housing complex. Three people were killed in Israel after Iran launched its own retaliatory missile volley on Friday night and early Saturday. It is now just past 10.30pm in Tel Aviv. Stay tuned for updates as they arise.
The Age
a day ago
- Politics
- The Age
Israel attacks Iran LIVE updates: Explosions rumble in Tel Aviv as Iranian missiles strike in retaliation for attacks on nuclear sites
Latest posts Latest posts 6.01am Donald Trump applauds Israeli strikes By Michael Koziol Washington: US President Donald Trump says Iran has a second chance to negotiate a nuclear deal and stave off 'even more brutal' attacks being planned by Israel in coming days, as Tehran began its retaliation by firing ballistic missiles at Israeli cities. Trump was conducting a meeting of the National Security Council in the White House Situation Room on Friday, Washington time, following Israel's 'pre-emptive' strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and top government personnel the night before. In a series of short phone interviews with US media, Trump indicated he was fully aware of Israel's operations in advance, and said Iran must make a deal that forbids it from developing a nuclear weapon 'before there is nothing left'. 'We knew everything,' Trump told Reuters of Israel's attack plans. 'I tried to save Iran humiliation and death. I tried to save them very hard because I would have loved to have seen a deal worked out. They can still work out a deal, however. It's not too late.' 5.50am Watch: Benjamin Netanyahu makes video address By Lachlan Abbott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just posted a video on social media in which he attempted to directly address the Iranian people. 'We are in the midst of one of the greatest military operations in history, Operation Rising Lion,' he said. 'The Islamic regime, which has oppressed you for almost 50 years, threatens to destroy my country, the State of Israel. 'The objective of Israel's operation is to thwart the Islamic regime's nuclear and ballistic missile threat to us. As we achieve our objective we are also clearing the path for your objective, which is freedom.' Netanyahu claimed Israel had 'taken out' Iran's most significant nuclear enrichment facility and a 'large portion' of its ballistic missiles. 'More is on the way,' he said. 'The regime does not know what hit them, or what will hit them.' 5.35am Iranian missiles hit Israel Air raid sirens have sounded across Israel as Iranian missiles struck the country in retaliation for deadly Israeli attacks on nuclear sites and military leaders. The rumble of explosions could be heard throughout Jerusalem on Friday, and Israeli TV stations showed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv after an apparent missile strike. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran 'crossed red lines' by firing missiles at civilian population centres and vowed it would pay a 'very heavy price'. The US military helped shoot down missiles that were headed toward Israel, two American officials told Reuters. 5.25am Welcome to our live coverage By Lachlan Abbott Good morning. I'm Lachlan Abbott, and I'll be with you today as the world braces for the possibility of all-out war in the Middle East after Israel's major strike on Iran yesterday. Already, a lot has happened while Australia slept. It is now just past 10pm in Tel Aviv. Here is what we know so far: Iran has launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in retaliation for deadly Israeli attacks on nuclear sites and military leaders. Explosions have just been heard in Jerusalem and Israeli TV stations showed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a recorded message to the nation that Israel 'started the war' and the Islamic Republic would 'not allow them to escape safely from this great crime'. US President Donald Trump urged Iran to quickly reach an agreement on curbing its nuclear program, telling followers on social media he tried to make a deal earlier but Iranian leaders 'just couldn't get it done'. He added: 'They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!'
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Israel attacks Iran LIVE updates: Explosions rumble in Tel Aviv as Iranian missiles strike in retaliation for attacks on nuclear sites
Latest posts Latest posts 5.50am Watch: Benjamin Netanyahu makes video address By Lachlan Abbott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just posted a video on social media in which he attempted to directly address the Iranian people. 'We are in the midst of one of the greatest military operations in history, Operation Rising Lion,' he said. 'The Islamic regime, which has oppressed you for almost 50 years, threatens to destroy my country, the State of Israel. 'The objective of Israel's operation is to thwart the Islamic regime's nuclear and ballistic missile threat to us. As we achieve our objective we are also clearing the path for your objective, which is freedom.' Netanyahu claimed Israel had 'taken out' Iran's most significant nuclear enrichment facility and a 'large portion' of its ballistic missiles. 'More is on the way,' he said. 'The regime does not know what hit them, or what will hit them.' 5.35am Iranian missiles hit Israel Air raid sirens have sounded across Israel as Iranian missiles struck the country in retaliation for deadly Israeli attacks on nuclear sites and military leaders. The rumble of explosions could be heard throughout Jerusalem on Friday, and Israeli TV stations showed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv after an apparent missile strike. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran 'crossed red lines' by firing missiles at civilian population centres and vowed it would pay a 'very heavy price'. The US military helped shoot down missiles that were headed toward Israel, two American officials told Reuters. Reuters 5.25am Welcome to our live coverage By Lachlan Abbott Good morning. I'm Lachlan Abbott, and I'll be with you today as the world braces for the possibility of all-out war in the Middle East after Israel's major strike on Iran yesterday. Already, a lot has happened while Australia slept. It is now just past 10pm in Tel Aviv. Here is what we know so far: Iran has launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in retaliation for deadly Israeli attacks on nuclear sites and military leaders. Explosions have just been heard in Jerusalem and Israeli TV stations showed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a recorded message to the nation that Israel 'started the war' and the Islamic Republic would 'not allow them to escape safely from this great crime'. US President Donald Trump urged Iran to quickly reach an agreement on curbing its nuclear program, telling followers on social media he tried to make a deal earlier but Iranian leaders 'just couldn't get it done'. He added: 'They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!'
The Age
27-05-2025
- Politics
- The Age
As it happened: PM visits NSW flood zone and announces extended disaster relief payments; Healthscope enters receivership
Key posts 6.35pm What we covered today 5.40pm Jacinta Price reveals she was asked to make House of Representatives switch 5.24pm Indigenous man dies in police custody in Alice Springs 3.56pm Marles defends tax hike for super accounts with more than $3 million 3.30pm Erin Patterson asked 'who died?' as homicide detectives raided home 1.58pm WA stolen generations to receive $85,000 each under redress scheme 1.10pm More disaster relief payments to flow from tomorrow 11.47am The prime minister speaks in Taree Hide key posts Latest posts Pinned post from 6.35pm What we covered today By Lachlan Abbott Thanks for reading the national news blog. This is where we'll end today's coverage. To conclude, here's a look back at the day's major stories: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced extended disaster relief payments as he toured flood-hit Taree on the NSW Mid North Coast today. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been accused of not knowing how the government's new super tax will work. Senator Jacqui Lambie has won another term in Australia's upper house, the Australian Electoral Commission revealed today as it announced the six elected Tasmanian senators. In NSW, plans to transform Rosehill Gardens racecourse into a massive new housing development were dealt a fatal blow this afternoon as the Australian Turf Club narrowly rejected the proposal. In Victoria, a court heard today that alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson asked who had died when a homicide detective explained that he was raiding her home in relation to the deaths of two people. In Queensland, thousands of nurses and midwives have voted to strike for the first time in 20 years. In Western Australia, a state-based redress scheme was announced today to give members of the stolen generations $85,000 each. In business news, the Australian sharemarket gained 0.6 per cent today after a lacklustre morning, following US market futures higher after Donald Trump extended a deadline on his European tariffs. In world news, an Australian man facing execution if found guilty of running drugs in Bali was so distressed after being deceived by a friend and arrested that he threw himself against the walls of the police station and cried, his lawyer said today. Thanks for your company. Have a good night. Latest posts 6.13pm Liberal senator concedes Tasmania result 'disastrous' By Lachlan Abbott Liberal senator for Tasmania Jonathon Duniam says his party suffered a disastrous result in Australia's smallest state, but believed Senate voting showed opposition to the controversial salmon farming industry hurt candidates. It was confirmed today that Tasmanian Jacqui Lambie has retained her Senate seat after holding off a challenge from One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's daughter Lee. Liberal senator Richard Colbeck was also re-elected, but Duniam told the ABC's Afternoon Briefing that the result was still not good enough. 'It was a disastrous result in Tasmania I make no excuses. There is a lot we need to learn from here,' Duniam said He said that he'd called Lambie to congratulate her, but added: 'I think based on some of the polling data we saw out of the salmon communities on the West Coast, they punished her for not supporting them.' 5.57pm Coalition should address climate while Labor targets Indigenous truth-telling: Wyatt By Lachlan Abbott Ken Wyatt, the Indigenous Australians minister in the last Coalition government, says the Liberals and Nationals need to get back together again but warned against any deal to ditch a target for net zero emissions by 2050. Wyatt, who resigned from the Liberal Party in 2023 over its stance on the Voice to parliament, appeared on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing today and said his former party needed to move away from a reliance on Baby Boomers for support. Instead, he said the Liberals needed to address the concerns of young Australians. 'Now we have a very assertive younger population that views the political parties is a different way,' he said. 'They are more self-determining, they are social justice conscious, and they strive to look at fairness and equality … and for them climate is one of the issues. Parties have to take note of that.' Wyatt also welcomed the WA government's announcement of a redress scheme for stolen generations earlier today and urged the federal government to pursue truth-telling about Australia's Indigenous history. 'They have an opportunity to be bold and to take those steps,' he said. 5.40pm Jacinta Price reveals she was asked to make House of Representatives switch By Michelle Griffin Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – who has kept a low profile since defecting from the Nationals to the Liberals two weeks ago – has released a statement to Sky News confirming reports she had been approached about running in a lower house seat at the next election. The only two House of Representatives seats in the NT are Lingiari or Solomon. Labor holds both. In her statement, Price mentioned she ran for Lingiari at the 2019 election. 'I did receive suggestions from various individuals, including supporters, colleagues and friends, who would have liked me to run for a lower house seat,' Price said. 'I remain content with that decision and look forward to continue a big task that lies ahead for the Liberal Party in holding the Albanese government to account in the Senate.' Asked two weeks ago on Sky if she would switch to the lower house so she could one day be prime minister, Price said: 'I know there's a lot of Australians who'd love to see that.' 5.24pm Indigenous man dies in police custody in Alice Springs By Lachlan Abbott Northern Territory Police say a 24-year-old Indigenous man has died after police restrained him in central Australia today. Police received reports around 1.10pm (ACST) that a man was involved in a fight with a security guard at the Coles supermarket in the Alice Springs CBD. 'Two police officers were in the store at the time of the incident and restrained the adult male,' NT Police said in a statement. 'A short time later, the man stopped breathing and CPR was commenced. St John Ambulance attended the scene, and the man was conveyed to Alice Springs Hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after 2.20pm.' In a press conference within the last hour, Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst said security guards initially confronted the now-deceased man as he allegedly was placing items down the front of his clothes. Loading Wurst said one of the guards was assaulted before two plain-clothed police tried to help. 'The male behaved rather aggressively and was placed onto the ground by those police officers. He was later identified as losing consciousness,' Wurst said. The assistant commissioner was unable to say if the man indicated he was struggling – or how long he was on the ground for – as the investigation was 'still in its nascent phase'. Wurst said police believed the deceased was a 24-year-old Aboriginal man from Alice Springs. 5.04pm Waters ridicules Woodside CEO's complaint about young people By Lachlan Abbott Greens leader Larissa Waters has expressed disdain for Woodside chief executive Meg O'Neill's suggestion that young people have a hypocritical opposition to fossil fuels. At a gas industry conference in Brisbane today, O'Neill said during a panel discussion that young people had an 'almost zealous view' that fossil fuels were bad, but were 'happily plugging in their devices, ordering things from Shein and Temu' which were then shipped without individuals realising the carbon impact of their actions. 'You can't make something like that up,' Waters said on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing today. 'Here is a very well-paid, wealthy fossil fuel executive trying to claim with a straight face that the climate crisis is the fault of young people shopping online for goods they can afford in a cost-of-living crisis. 'So I'm afraid I take her comments with a massive grain of salt. You can't be the head of a massive dirty gas company and point the finger at other people about the climate crisis.' 4.44pm New Greens leader urges Labor to knock back Woodside gas project By Lachlan Abbott Larissa Waters, the newly elected leader of the Greens, has urged Environment Minister Murray Watt to reject energy giant Woodside's controversial expansion of its North West Shelf project in WA. Speaking on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing, Waters said she was 'an eternal optimist' and hoped the comprehensively re-elected Labor government would knock back the 50-year project, which she claimed was the country's 'biggest dirty gas project' that would add to climate change. 'This is really the first climate test for the re-elected Albanese government,' she said. 'Is this really how they want to start the term?' Waters warned that approval from Watt could harm possible future negotiations with the crossbench as Labor seeks to reform Australia's environment laws. 'If he is going to send that signal that actually he is perfectly fine with climate destruction, then it will be hard to then legitimately say that he wants our environmental laws to work better, because those two are very inconsistent,' Waters said today. 4.25pm Australia advocating for man arrested in Bali and don't support death penalty: Marles By Lachlan Abbott Richard Marles has reiterated Australia's opposition to the death penalty, as the federal government provides consular support for a Cairns-born man accused of accepting a 1.7-kilogram haul of cocaine in Bali. Lamar Ahchee, 43, could face Indonesia's death penalty if convicted over the alleged drug deal after he was arrested last Thursday and presented to a press conference yesterday. Loading Asked on 3AW about the Australian's arrest, the deputy prime minister said he was limited in what he could say as he thought it was important that consular matters were not conducted in public. 'We will continue to advocate on his behalf in the circumstances in which he finds himself,' Marles said. Asked separately what his view on the death penalty was, he added: 'I definitely do not support the death penalty. We as a nation advocate against the death penalty around the world. 'Countries obviously have their own system of laws, and it's to state the obvious that Australians need to be really well aware of that when they travel.' 3.56pm Marles defends tax hike for super accounts with more than $3 million By Lachlan Abbott Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has defended the federal government's plan to raise taxes on superannuation accounts with balances of more than $3 million. During the last parliamentary term, Labor announced plans to double the concessional tax rate from 15 per cent to 30 per cent on earnings in these multi-million dollar accounts from July 1 in a move expected to raise $2.7 billion in its first full year of operation. A controversial element of the reform is that the super tax would also apply to 'unrealised gains', which refers to the growth in the value of an asset or investment that an investor holds but hasn't yet cashed in. 'It does apply to a very small number of people. And it is not to say that those people don't get a tax break, it is just not to the same extent that it was,' Marles told Melbourne radio station 3AW. 'It is about making sure that our superannuation system is fair.' Host Jacqui Felgate later asked Marles: 'Is it fair to ask people to pay money on something they haven't actually received a gain for yet?' He responded: 'We believe that it is fair in this circumstance.' 3.30pm Erin Patterson asked 'who died?' as homicide detectives raided home By Erin Pearson Alleged killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson asked who had died when a homicide detective explained that he was raiding her home in relation to the deaths of two people. Detective Sergeant Luke Farrell also said he found a food-spattered recipe page for beef Wellington inside a RecipeTin Eats cookbook in Patterson's kitchen during the search of her Leongatha home on August 5, 2023, in the aftermath of her deadly lunch. During his evidence for Patterson's triple-murder trial in Morwell on Tuesday, Farrell said the accused and her children were home the morning of the raid as officers began photographing and documenting items of interest. The court heard the witness introduced himself at one point, telling Patterson police were there investigating the death of two people. Her response, the court heard, was: 'Who died?'
