Iran says no final decision on peace deal with US, Indigenous musician, Gurrumul, inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame, More red cards than goals as Mexico wins the first game of the World Cup
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- Iran says no final decision on peace deal with US
- Indigenous musician, Gurrumul, inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame
- More red cards than goals as Mexico wins the first game of the World Cup
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, says there has been no final decision on a possible agreement with the United States.
The statement contradicts President Donald Trump's claims this morning that a peace deal could be signed as early as this weekend.
Speaking to Iranian media, Esmaeil Baghaei says a large part of the negotiating text has been finalised and the US has repeatedly changed its positions during the talks.
"In the past few days, they again tried to impose a series of unreasonable demands and requests. The Islamic Republic of Iran has certainly shown, both in diplomacy and on the battlefield, that it will in no way surrender to the illegitimate conditions and demands of the other side."
Lebanon's state news agency NNA says fresh Israeli strikes have sent smoke billowing across southern Lebanon.
The attacks come just two days after a wave of airstrikes and drone strikes targetting militant group Hezbollah reportedly killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more in Lebanon.
Lebanon was drawn into the wider US conflict centered on Iran in early March, when Tehran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Iran, prompting a major Israeli air and ground campaign.
Deputy Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, says the UN is concerned about the situation.
"On Lebanon, he warned that since March we have witnessed a serious escalation, as Israel intensified its operations in Lebanese territory and Hezbollah fired deeper into Israel. All parties must work towards a diplomatic settlement that fully respects the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognised borders.”
Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume says it's far too early to consider preference deals with One Nation, with an election still up to two years away.
Recent polling shows a surge in One Nation support, prompting suggestions the Coalition divvy up seats with the minor party to improve their chances of winning seats from Labor.
It also raises questions about preference deals.
But speaking on Channel 7's Sunrise, Jane Hume says it is not the time for those conversations.
"No, that's not on the cards and an election is now 18 months to two years away, to begin with we never ever talk about preferences before an election is actually called because you don;t know what policies they have, you don't know what candidates they have, you don't know what One Nation is going to be doing i two yeas time."
AUKUS inquiry chair Peter Garrett says the resignation of Britain’s Defence Secretary has highlighted the need for closer scrutiny of the submarine pact.
John Healey quit over concerns about UK defence spending, shortly before he was due to meet with Australian Defence Minister, Richard Marles.
Mr Garrett told ABC's News Breakfast there has never been a proper public or parliamentary debate about what he describes as the largest defence spending commitment in Australia’s history.
The federal government says Mr Healey’s resignation will have no effect on AUKUS, arguing the partnership has deep support across Australia, the UK and the US.
Indigenous musician, Gurrumul, has been inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
Nine years after his death, his family says he has succeeded in his goal of sharing a powerful culture with the world.
The celebrated artist from the Gumatj clan of Elcho Island in Arnhem Land was already part of the honour role as a member of Yothu Yindi, becoming one of only a handful of artists to be inducted twice.
Gurrumul died aged 46 in 2017, after a battle with kidney and liver disease.
ARIA typically inducts one artist a year to its hall of fame but five others were elevated this time round: Jenny Morris, Kate Ceberano, Spiderbait, The Living End, and Vika and Linda Bull.
To sport and in football,
Co-host Mexico has won the first game of the World Cup 2-nil over South Africa.
There were more red cards than goals with Mexico's Cesar Montes, and South Africa's Yaya Sithole and Themba Zwane all sent off.
Speaking to SBS News outside Estadio Azteca, Mexico fan Javier [[hav-ee-air]] says the atmosphere for the first game was electric.
"We play with heart, we fill any stadium in the world and this generation is different, it's hungry for a championship and we're going to go hard and we're going to go deep, deep, deep into this thing."
