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Politics live: Tony Burke says Australia has ‘signed off’ on visa requests for five Iranian footballers; EU to sign defence partnership with Australia

Home affairs minister says there was joy and relief when he spoke to the five women in Queensland. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Joy and relief’: Burke describes meeting the five Iranian womenBurke says there was joy and relief when he spoke to the five women last night to organise their humanitarian visas.I don’t want to begin to imagine how difficult that decision is for each of the individual women, but certainly last night, it was joy, it was relief, and people were very excited about embarking on your life in Australia.I made final confirmation with the director general of Asio Mike Burgess to make sure that he was completely comfortable in terms of security clearances for the people who I was about to make the offer to.They are welcome to stay in Australia, that they are safe here, and they should feel at home here.I signed off last night for their applications to go on to humanitarian visas. And a little bit after 1:30am this morning, the processing was completed by the Department of Home Affairs, I say to the other members of the team, the same opportunity is there – Australia has taken the Iranian women’s soccer team into our hearts. These women are tremendously popular in Australia, but we realised they are in a terribly difficult situation with the decisions that they’re making. Continue reading...

Stocks Rebound After Trump Says Iran War Is ‘Very Complete’

The S&P 500 ended slightly higher on Monday as investors interpreted President Trump’s comments as a signal that the conflict could end soon.

Middle East crisis live: Iranian missiles intercepted over Turkey and Qatar as Israel resumes strikes across Tehran and Beirut

Iran’s foreign minister says ‘Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans’; Trump criticizes choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as next supreme leaderTell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Donald Trump has said a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one he’ll make together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times of Israel has reported.It said Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran would have destroyed Israel if he and Netanyahu had not been around. The US president said:Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything else around it … We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel.I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account. Continue reading...

Trump says he won’t sign new legislation until Congress passes strict voter ID bill – live

President says lawmakers must ‘immediately’ pass SAVE America act, which would require proof of citizenship at voter registration and significantly curtail mail-in votingSign up for Breaking US News email alertsDonald Trump has urged the Australian government to grant asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s football team, amid reports that they refused to return home following the team’s elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup and were taken into the protection of Australian police.As my colleague Martin Farrer reports, speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week. Continue reading...

Oman Becomes Unlikely Hub for Evacuees Fleeing War in Gulf

The international airport in Muscat, the Omani capital, has remained open while fighting in the region has escalated.

Putin says Russia can supply oil, gas to Europe as energy prices soar

Russian president spoke as oil prices surged past $100 per barrel, reaching levels unseen since start of Ukraine war.

Tennessee Republican draws criticism from Democrats for Islamophobic rant

Andy Ogles posted ‘Muslims don’t belong in American society,’ among other statements, prompting Cair to call him an ‘anti-Muslim extremist’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAndy Ogles, a Republican representative of Tennessee, spent Monday on an Islamophobic rant, writing on social media: “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” among other statements that drew heated criticism from Democrats.“None of them belong here,” Ogles wrote in one of several posts on X, next to the mugshots of people he identified as being from Somalia and Senegal, the latter of whom was killed by police after a mass shooting last week in Austin, Texas. Continue reading...

Why Israel’s war on Hezbollah keeps returning

Israel has tried for decades to weaken Hezbollah through wars and assassinations. Why has the group endured?