Middle East at war
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Iranian women soccer players make daring escape from Gold Coast hotel, seek asylum in Australia
At least five Iranian female soccer players have made a daring escape from their team’s handlers to avoid being sent back to likely persecution.
- Matthew Knott and Emma Kemp
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US-Iran war as it happened: Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei named new Supreme Leader; Acid rain falls in Tehran; Almost $90 billion wiped off ASX; Iran death toll rises
The conflict in the Middle East is now in its second week, with strikes across the region as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine and Ellen Connolly
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US-Iran war live updates: Iranian death toll passes 1300 as Khamenei’s son named as successor; global sharemarkets tumble
Iran named the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as its new supreme leader as the US and Israel continue to bombard targets in the Middle East. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Sarah McPhee and Lynette Eyb
Minister demands national fuel plan as Queensland farmers ‘on precipice’
The state government said importers were favouring bigger markets, meaning regional retailers – and the primary industries they served – could be hit with shortages and high prices.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
- Opinion
- Iran soccer
Iran’s brave players have stood tall. Now Australia must stand with them
Both Australia and the Asian Football Confederation are being tested, not just on the pitch, but on whether they will protect the basic rights of athletes who have already shown immense courage.
- Daniel Ghezelbash and Mary Anne Kenny
Australia weighs sending ‘world-class’ surveillance aircraft to defend against Iran drones
The country’s most sophisticated military surveillance plane could be deployed to help Gulf nations defend against Iranian missile and drone attacks.
- Matthew Knott
US Tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for a strike that killed 175 people, most of them children.
- Malachy Browne and John Ismay
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- World markets
Day of panic as war in Iran wipes $80 billion off the market
G7 calls emergency meeting as global oil supply faces Ukraine-level crisis, while Australia’s inflation rate is tipped to reach 5 per cent by the middle of the year.
- Simon Johanson and Shane Wright
Some regional servos run dry as petrol set for yet another price spike
The government has sought to reassure motorists of the nation’s fuel supplies amid reports of panic buying and some bush service stations running empty.
- Elias Visontay and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Ahmad fled southern Lebanon for safety. Then a drone hit the hotel next door
The strike shows Israeli forces will intensify their campaign in any part of Lebanon to hunt down Hezbollah militants and their allies from Iran, even if that risks civilian casualties.
- David Crowe and Kate Geraghty