A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability.
Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Sydney Lang.
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American country music star Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.
The singer and actor was one of country music's biggest stars and sold more than 100 million records during her nearly 60 year career.
Dolly Parton was also a famous actress, appearing in films like Steel Magnolias.
She won many awards and was also known for her charity work.
Her nephew Bryan Seaver says she was important to a lot of people.
"My family and I have shared a lifetime of beautiful memories with Dolly, but so have you. She has always been on your television. Your record player, your CD, and on your phone playlist, becoming an extended part of your family whether you liked it or not. Our family and the team she has entrusted with her legacy will work diligently to ensure her spirit will live with us forever."
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There are long lines outside petrol stations in the Iranian capital of Tehran as the country struggles with low supplies and fears of possible price rises.
Officials say the country is using at least 14 million litres more fuel every day than it makes, leading the government to increase supplies to Tehran.
More than 26 million litres were sent around Tehran on Monday alone as drivers rushed to fill up.
Tehran resident Hassan Jalili says things are getting worse.
"Gas stations were crowded. Everyday the imbalance between fuel supply and demand is going up. Our country has no plan for gasoline."
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School students around Australia are taking part in Book Week, celebrating with costume parades and reading activities.
The week is marking 80 years since it was first held and is run by volunteers at the Children's Book Council of Australia.
Kate O'Donnell, from the Book Council, says the event shows how important books are for kids.
"Book Week is often the one week that a school will invite a creator in to talk to the students and it becomes an incredibly special moment for those students. They're really responsive, it brightens like the creativity, the imagination - that's all the feedback that I get from all our authors and illustrators who go out. For a lot of public schools and smaller schools, it's this time of year where that cam happen and it's just really special to know that it does."
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Scientists say they are worried about Australia's sea lion population after a seal died from bird flu in South Australia.
There have been 319 cases found of the H5 bird flu strain in Australia so far, with 195 in South Australia.
The virus has been detected in two seals.
Dr Rachael Gray says that the sea lion population is already low and at risk.
" The population estimates range from less than 10,000 to sort of upwards of, of 12,000. And the problem for the Australian sea lion in terms of if they are hit with mass mortality events is that they actually... They've got a low population size, and it's also quite distributed across the South Australian and Western Australian coast. So there is the potential for specific sites to be really heavily impacted by bird flu."
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Thanks for listening to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Sydney Lang.
