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The Australian Federal Police has arrested a former member of the Australian Defence Force and will allege he was involved in the death of Afghan nationals between 2009 and 2012 in circumstances that constitute war crimes.
SBS News understands the 47-year-old man is Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith.
The AFP says the man is expected to be charged with five counts of war crime-murder, an offence which holds a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett says the man was arrested at Sydney Airport and is expected to face court today.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he doesn't know what sort of help Australia has allegedly failed to provide the U-S in its war against Iran.
Australia has again been named by U-S President Donald Trump, alongside Japan, South Korea, and NATO countries, as U-S allies who have not been helpful in this conflict.
Mr Albanese says Australia continues to call for clarity, and the de-escalation of the conflict, as Mr Trump threatens to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran, if the Iranians don't open the Strait of Hormuz by 10am tomorrow morning [[wed]] Australian eastern time.
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New South Wales is the latest jurisdiction to roll out a nasal spray flu vaccine for young children.
Hundreds of thousands of young children will be offered a free, needle-less flu vaccine as the states move to reverse falling immunisation rates.
New South Wales has joined Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia in rolling out FluMist, a nasal spray delivered once into each nostril, designed to make vaccination easier and less distressing for families.
Health Minister Ryan Park says the move aims to lift vaccination rates.
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A former Sydney nanny will be extradited to Chile to face court over kidnapping allegations, after losing her seven-year battle to remain in Australia.
Adriana Elcira Rivas emigrated to Australia in the late 1970s and worked as a nanny in the eastern Sydney suburb of Bondi before she was arrested by New South Wales Police in 2019, at the request of the Chilean government.
Ms Rivas, now in her 70s, is accused of participating in the disappearances of seven people while working for Augusto Pinochet's secret police force.
She denies the allegations and has argued her extradition to Chile should be blocked because it would result in her being tried for crimes against humanity.
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Russia is accusing Ukraine of planting explosives that have been found near a major pipeline in Serbia that supplies Russian gas to Hungary.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency defence council in response to the incident at the Turkstream pipeline, saying Ukraine has sought to cut Europe off from Russian energy for years.
The leader stopped short of blaming Ukraine for compromising what he describe as "the umbilical cord" of Hungary, saying he would not accuse Ukraine of the damage without the facts.
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In golf, Englishman Justin Rose says he won't be weighed down by what happened to him last year at the Masters.
45-year-old Rose has finished runner-up three times at the year's first major tournament, including losing a playoff to Rory Mcllroy in 2025.
As the world's best male golfers gather in Augusta in the southern U-S state of Georgia for this year's Masters, which starts on Friday, Rose says missing out sometimes is just part of big-time sport, and one simply has to learn to deal with it.
