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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi.
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Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to hit Far North Queensland this morning as the strongest type of storm, with winds up to 315 kilometres per hour.
Queensland disaster co-ordinator Chris Stream is warning communities there, this weather could be deadly.
"The type of wind that is being predicted is the sort of thing that will blow apart sheds, that will blow caravans down roadways and create fields of airborne debris. and i talked yesterday about those wind speeds, so those types of objects being propelled at over 100 kilometres an hour will have a fatal outcome."
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Israel has reopened the Rafah crossing with Egypt to allow some injured Palestinians to leave Gaza.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says eight Palestinians who were injured in Israeli attacks have been allowed into Egypt for medical treatment.
United Nations Secretary-General deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says many more patients who still need help.
"As a reminder, 18,000 patients in Gaza remain without the treatment that they urgently need. Most patients will be able to access care once the Israeli authorities allow the resumption of referrals to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”
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Russia says it will pause on peace talks on Ukraine because of war in the Middle East.
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov says another round of talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States is not likely to happen soon.
“This is a situational pause, for understandable reasons. Therefore, as soon as the opportunity arises, and as soon as the schedules of all three parties have been coordinated - primarily the schedules of our American mediators, once they are able to devote more attention to Ukrainian affairs - we hope that this pause will be brought to an end, and that we will be able to hold the next round of trilateral negotiations.”
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And in football, the Matildas will play Japan in Sydney tomorrow night at the Womens Asian Cup.
Women's Asian Cup Chief Operating Officer Sarah Walsh says tickets to the games are selling in record numbers.
"We've broken all the records, and what I can tell you today is, we have already, in terms of sales for Saturday night, we've already broken the record we broke for the Korea Republic versus Australia match which was over 60,000. So we are heading to the late 60s, close to 70."
