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Donald Trump says peace talks between the US and Iran could resume this week.
The US President has told The New York Post a new round of talks with Tehran could take place in Pakistan over the next two days.
He said the day before that unnamed Iranian officials had called him seeking a deal.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has backed these potential discussions, saying the solution is diplomatic - not military-based.
"Peace agreements require persistent engagement and political will... It's time for restraint and responsibility. It's time for diplomacy over escalation, and it's time for a renewed commitment to international law."
Meanwhile Israel and Lebanon have agreed to direct talks after negotiations in Washington.
U-S Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called it an historic opportunity to build a lasting peace after decades of tension.
"We understand we are working with decades of history and complexities that have led us to this unique moment and the opportunity here. I know some of you are shouting questions about ceasefires; this is a lot more than just about that. This is about bringing a permanent end to 20 or 30 years of Hezbollah's influence in this part of the world."
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have arrived in Brunei Darussalam for a meeting with the sultan.
Mr Albanese and Ms Wong will also visit Brunei Fertiliser Industries as Canberra seeks to secure longer-term fertiliser stocks.
Brunei supplies Australia with part of its diesel, crude oil and fertiliser-grade urea, while Australia is a major food supplier to the sultanate.
After his talks with the Sultan, Mr Albanese will fly to Malaysia for more talks on fuel supplies.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has headed to the United States this morning to meet with G20 finance ministers.
The International Monetary Fund is warning of a possible global recession due to Middle East war-driven energy price spikes and supply disruptions.
Australia is forecast to potentially face one of the highest inflation rates of the world's advanced economies as the impacts unfold.
Dr Chalmers says Australia can handle itself - but even a permanent end to the war won't fix things immediately.
"Australia is better placed and better prepared than a number of other countries but we won't be spared the fallout from this very substantial economic shock. From an economic point of view, the end of the war can't come soon enough but even when the Strait is properly reopened and even when the hostilities formally end in an enduring way, we still expect the consequences of this war in the Middle East to be felt for some time."
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Australia's online safety regulator says it will continue to monitor tech platform Roblox.
eSafety says it will check to make sure parents can block games and access to chat messages as Roblox has promised in a rollout of new child accounts.
Communications Minister Anika Wells says the government also intends to introduce a digital duty of care at some point.
"It will no longer be industry regulating itself. it will be the law which will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny, and it will give parliament the ability to act more quickly and more strongly when these flare-ups occur."
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Part of Australia's east coast has been shaken by an earthquake.
The 4.5-magnitude quake hit on Tuesday night about 30 kilometres southwest of Orange in central-west New South Wales.
More than 2,000 people reported feeling tremors - some as far away as Batemans Bay, which lies hundreds of kilometres to the southeast.
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It's the second day of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tour of Australia.
The visit marks the couple's first since 2018, when they spent nine days travelling across Australia.
They have held charity meetings this morning at the Western Bulldogs’ Melbourne headquarters, and Harry has now headed to Canberra for an Australian War Memorial event.
On Monday, hundreds of excited families greeted the pair at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital.
TANYA (mum of patient): "I just wanted to see both of them... Never met a prince unless I say my husband."
MOLLY (patient): "We saw a big crowd, me and my mum. And I saw - it was here so we just came over and had a look... I didn't actually recognise the name at first, but when my mum heard she burst over and ran to the crowd."
I'm Deborah Groarke. This is SBS News in Easy English.
