Live Updates: Iran Escalates Retaliatory Strikes as U.S. Signals Long Battle
Iranian strikes on the U.A.E. were reported early Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was hit by drones, and Israel said it was attacking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. President Trump said the campaign could last weeks or more.
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Israel-US war on Iran live: fire at US embassy in Riyadh after drone strike; state department urges all Americans to leave Middle East
Donald Trump says the war could go on for four-five weeks, adding US has ‘capability to go far longer’What is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?Have you been affected by events in the Middle East?Bahrain has said that one person was killed by shrapnel from an intercepted missile. The death of a foreign worker at Salman Industrial City, working on a boat there, marks the kingdom’s first reported fatality in the war.Bahrain, home to the US navy’s 5th fleet, said it intercepted 61 missiles and 34 attack drones launched against it. It said some shrapnel had gotten through, striking buildings and the naval base. Continue reading...
US kamikaze drone found on farmland in Iraq
An unexploded US kamikaze drone was found on farmland in Western Iraq on Monday.
Some flights depart Middle East as US urges its citizens to leave region immediately amid travel chaos
Select departures organised as US state department warns Americans to leave on commercial flights ‘due to safety risks’US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesTravellers stranded by a widening war in the Middle East began departing the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation flights on Monday, as governments around the world worked to extract their citizens from the region.Airlines Etihad Airways and Emirates, based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and budget carrier FlyDubai said they would operate limited flights, in the wake of the chaos and damaged sparked by Iranian missiles and drones. Continue reading...
Man shot dead by police in Potts Point after allegedly assaulting two women
New South Wales police allege man entered inner Sydney apartment complex on Tuesday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn internal police investigation is underway after a man was shot dead by police in an inner Sydney apartment complex on Tuesday morning.In a statement on Tuesday, New South Wales police said officers from Kings Cross command were called to a unit block on St Neot Avenue in Potts Point at about 10.50am following reports an armed man had allegedly entered the complex and assaulted two women. Continue reading...
International students accuse Australia of treating them like ATMs after fees for one visa double without warning
Union says students blindsided after non-refundable visa fee rose from $2,300 to $4,600Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInternational students say they feel like “ATMs” after the federal government quietly doubled application fees for temporary graduate visas, making Australia’s costs the most expensive in the world for graduates hoping to stay onshore after completing their studies.The non-refundable visa fee rose from $2,300 to $4,600 without prior warning on Sunday, placing Australia well in excess of competitors including New Zealand (A$1,406), Canada (A$262), the UK (A$1,665) and the US (A$661). Continue reading...
US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel’s plan to launch attack, Rubio says
Democrats disturbed by rationale that Trump ordered pre-emptive strikes out of concern about Tehran retaliationIsrael’s determination to attack Iran and the certainty that US troops would be targeted in response forced the Trump administration to take pre-emptive strikes, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said, in a new explanation for Washington’s surprise entry into the conflict.The rationale drew divided reviews from top members of Congress who on Monday evening received the first briefing by the Trump administration since it ordered the air campaign to begin over the weekend. Continue reading...
Politics live: Burke says ‘shoddy’ Coalition bill aimed at preventing return of Australians in Syria would ‘criminalise baggage handlers’
Home affairs minister suggests bill would impact any person who facilitated previous return of IS fighters under Coalition’s watch. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment takes conflict ‘a day at a time’Moving across to ABC News Breakfast, Richard Marles say the government is taking the conflict in the Middle East – and its economic consequences – a day at a time.It sounds trite, but you literally kind of have to take this at a day at a time. It is very difficult to speculate about how long this will go. You are right that there could easily be an economic dimension to this, and it is a function of how long it goes. And we’re, again, we’re very mindful of that and looking at what the potential economic impacts will be.I’m not about to suggest what the police should do, that’s that’s a matter for them. But let me say this, our our thoughts are not with the supreme leader. Our thoughts are with the thousands of Iranians who have died at the hands of the supreme leader just in the last few weeks, without looking at the countless numbers of Iranians who have lost their lives over the nearly 40 years that the supreme leader has been at the helm of the Iranian state. Continue reading...
Top Democrat slams Trump officials’ ‘totally insufficient’ answers in closed-door briefing about Iran operation – live
State secretary frames strikes as necessary to protect US forces from retaliation; Chuck Schumer tells reporters ‘this is Trump’s war’ and ‘he has no strategy’Hegseth says US won’t get ‘bogged down’ in IranWhat is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?Sign up for Breaking US News email alertsWhile speaking today, Pete Hegseth acknowledged the fourth US service member killed in Iran’s counterattacks.“War is hell and always will be,” he said. “Our grateful nation honors the four Americans we have lost thus far and those injured – the absolute best of America.” Continue reading...