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The number of Australians missing after severe flooding in Nepal has risen to 43.
The figure was previously 41.
Four members of the Isaah Yeo family are among those still missing after travelling to Nepal for a religious pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.
Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite says embassy staff in Kathmandu are working around the clock to find them, with another 12 staff sent to help.
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Iran has started attacking US forces after the United States attacked Iranian rocket launchers.
Iran has reportedly fired missiles at US forces in Jordan. Fox News says almost all of the missiles were stopped.
Earlier, US forces attacked two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island. These were the first known US attacks on Iran since late July.
Tensions between the two countries remain high.
The United States is also warning countries not to support Iran. It says those countries could face strong financial penalties.
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One Nation has criticised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after he attacked the party at a Labor conference in Queensland.
Mr Albanese said One Nation would do anything to win votes and was part of a dangerous hard-right political movement.
A Newspoll published in The Australian says One Nation could win 30 per cent of the primary vote if an election was held now.
One Nation says Labor is attacking the party because of its growing support, while Pauline Hanson says the government is making political tensions worse.
"The dynamics in Australian politics have changed and if people don't realise that, they are foolish. There is no safe Labor seat anymore.”
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In tennis, three Australians are out of the US Open after losing their first matches in New York.
Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter and Adam Walton were all knocked out on the first day.
Australian Aleksandar Vukic is still playing his first match against Japan’s Rei Sakamoto.
Australian number one Alex de Minaur will begin his US Open campaign on Tuesday against Italy’s Andrea Guerrieri.
I'm Hannah Hodson, this is SBS News in Easy English.
