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- Donald Trump threatens to escalate war in the Middle East
- Police arrest two people in relation to Dezi Freeman movements
- Largest ever National Sikh Games underway in Melbourne
US President Donald Trump has issued Iran with another ultimatum to make a deal in 48 hours or open up the Strait of Hormuz.
The post on the social media says Iran will face what he calls hell, if it does not comply.
The post did not reference the ongoing search for a U-S pilot who is believed to have ejected over Iran after an F-15 fighter jet* crashed in the country.
Iran has taken responsibility for the downing.
Earlier in the week, Mr Trump used his national address to threaten to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages”.
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Iranian and American forces are racing each other to recover a crew member from the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war more than a month ago.
Iran on Friday it had shot down an American F-15 warplane; and US media reported US special forces had rescued one of its two crew members.
Iran's military also said it shot down an American A-10 ground attack aircraft in the Gulf, with US media saying the pilot of that plane has been rescued.
A spokesperson for Iran's military, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, says the US should not underestimate the strength of its military.
"The IRGC Aerospace Force struck an ultra-advanced fifth-generation American F-35 fighter jet, three strategic MQ-9 and Hermes drones, and two stealth cruise missiles. ... and struck one advanced A-10 fighter jet and two Black Hawk helicopters."
The Pentagon has not confirmed Iran's claim of the downing of a US F-35 stealth fighter jet over central Iran; and independent analysts said the claim could not be independently verified from the images of plane debris posted on state media.
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Oil prices continue to be impacted by the war in the Middle East, as NRMA's spokesperson says there was a 46-dollar-a-barrel jump in gas oil prices.
Peter Khoury says the positive news is that Tapis - the international benchmark price for unleaded - has stabilised, dropping back to around $111 a barrel, helped by the cut in the excise.
He says diesel continues to be high, over $3 a litre on average, but adds he wants to stress that there will be greater certainty around prices once the long weekend is over.
"Australians can have confidence that they can go away this weekend, they can have breaks with their families, and that there is going to be fuel and diesel for them. It's easy now to find that fuel and diesel. The government's fuel check website in NSW and the NRMA app has availability and price. So if you see a price on those apps, that means those service stations have fuel. And that's consistent across the other states and territories as well."
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Police in Victoria say a man and a woman have been arrested - and released without charge - as police investigate the movements of alleged police murderer Dezi Freeman.
The pair were arrested at a property in the state's northeast before being interviewed by police, and were released pending further inquiries on Saturday evening.
It has been confirmed the pair were associates, not family members of Dezi Freeman, who was shot dead after a seven-month search.
Freeman was wanted for shooting dead two police officers, who were among a team of police serving a warrant at his address in August last year.
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Some of the biggest names in chocolate production are investing millions into the research and development of lab grown cocoa in a bid to build a more sustainable cocoa supply chain.
Almost three quarters of the worlds cocoa, the central ingredient in chocolate, comes from West Africa, where crops have been hit with disease and extreme weather events.
Responding to the volatility, companies are now accelerating investment in alternatives to farmed cocoa.
Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Sydney, David Guest, told SBS that companies are trying to streamline their supply chain.
"What the chocolate companies are trying to do is to develop a way of synthesising chocolate. It's probably more correctly called confectionery if it doesn't come from a cocoa tree. So they're trying to synthesise confectionery that they can sell as chocolate or a chocolate substitute. To try and iron out that incredibly complicated and volatile supply chain."
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In sport, the National Sikh Games are being held in Melbourne with this year's event set to be the largest in history.
Organisers say that over 9,000 players from more than 500 teams will participate in the games, with this year's event the first to include athletes with disabilities.
Over 150,000 spectators are expected to attend the games, which will be held in Melbourne's Parkville State Netball and Hockey Centre.
President Jagjit Chugha tells SBS the games are a way to bring the Sikh community together from around Australia.
"It's an event about uniting the community right. So we have a rich culture, religion, tradition, and it's all about preserving those. Preserving our identity and our language. So this is a way of our whole Australian community, Sikh community getting together and also displaying our values and what we are all about to the broader Australian community."
