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In this bulletin;
- The regional electorate of Farrer heads to the polls in a crucial by-election;
- Iran reviewing a US peace proposal after a flare-up of tensions in the Strait of Hormuz;
- And in sport, Fremantle on the verge of a record winning run.
Residents in the regional electorate of Farrer are heading to the polls today to elect a new MP, following the resignation of Sussan Ley.
Labor is not in the contest, but the Coalition are running candidates in the seat that polling suggests neither partner party will win.
Independent Michelle Milthorpe is running again after coming in second in last year's poll.
"We need to be listening to the people in our electorate, we don't need to be continuing to put up with mediocre because that's all anyone wants to put into this place, the time is now for us to look at different representation, and we know that the major parties have been letting us down for far too long, and that's why I'm standing as an independent. Because I want to be the member for the party of Farrer, the people of Farrer."
One Nation David Farley says the people of Farrer are ready for something different.
"We'll take it out of the past quarter of a century of wilderness and make Farrer relevant, and we'll make the constitutients in it relevant across the whole host of areas; whether it's agriculture, agribusiness, health, housing, education, etc. So our success then will be a big, big message to the rest of Australia that Australia is ready for change."
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The United States says it expects an Iranian response soon to its latest proposal to end the war, despite the two sides exchanging fire in the region and the United Arab Emirates coming under renewed attack.
Recent days have seen the biggest flare-ups in fighting since a ceasefire began a month ago, despite signals from Washington and Tehran that they were closer than ever to a deal.
Sporadic clashes between Iranian forces and US vessels have taken place in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates says its air defences have engaged with two ballistic missiles and three drones from Iran.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters in Rome that the US delegation were expecting to hear back from Tehran soon.
"But we're expecting a response from them today at some point. We have not received that yet, in the last hour. But, perhaps that will come. Their system is still highly fractured and a bit dysfunctional as well. So, that may be serving as an impediment."
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Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire has been agreed on in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The US President has said on social media the truce will be in place from May 9 until May 11 to mark the end of World War Two for the Russians.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have both confirmed the three day ceasefire, which will involve an exchange of 1000 prisoners of war with each other.
President Zelenskyy says he has also ordered the Ukrainian army not to attack Moscow's Red Square during the WWII victory day parade on May 9.
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Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials say they will perform careful evacuations.
An unknown number of passengers however appear to already have been medically evacuated to their home countries.
Arizona Department of Health Services assistant director Nicole Witt says one individual has come back to the States.
The Department's Medical Director Doctor Joel Henriquez says that person poses a very low risk to the community, and they are being carefully monitored in any case.
"Just based on the fact that this virus, we know that it would create some degree of concern for the public, if someone that contracts the infection happens to be symptomatic. Again, with this specific individual that we are talking about, this individual was indeed in that cruise ship, but we have no proof that this individual's even infected. So we're just monitoring for symptoms."
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In AFL, Fremantle captain Alex Pearce is out of action after sustaining a low-grade MCL injury against Hawthorn.
Pearce is expected to spend a short stint on the sideline but no exact timeline has been set for his return.
He's been ruled out of next week's clash with Essendon.
If Fremantle win it will equal their club-record run of nine wins, set in 2015 and 2006.
