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- A Sydney teenager charged with terrorism offences;
- Donald Trump says Iran has given him a present, as he maintains talks to end the war are ongoing;
- Egypt international Mohamed Salah to leave the UK club of Liverpool.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with multiple terrorism offences after he allegedly posted threats of extremist violence online.
The charges were laid after federal police reviewed electronic devices seized from a home in Sydney's Inner West in December.
The teenager is expected to appear at a children's court today.
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Israel's military has warned residents in Beirut's southern suburbs of imminent strikes.
The area has long been considered a stronghold of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared Israel intends to occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a defensive buffer in their campaign against the group.
Senior Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah says they would hit back against any Israeli action.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says the prospect of further military action is horrifying.
"We don't need more fighting. We don't need more rhetoric... There needs to be a return to negotiations and there needs to be return to the full implementation of Security Council 1701."
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Donald Trump says he remains confident about the chance of a deal with Iran to end the war, even as Tehran and Israel have continued their strikes, and the US sends more troops to the region.
The US President maintains the US is talking to what he's described as "the right people" in Iran in order to reach a deal to end hostilities, talks that Iran itself has denied are taking place.
Trump's pronouncements in recent days have swung wildly from vowing massive attacks on Iran to declaring the nearly month-long war virtually over.
In his latest comment, the US President has declared Iran's surviving leadership had offered the United States a "prize", without offering further details.
TRUMP: "They did something yesterday that was amazing actually. They gave us a present and the present arrived today. It was a very big present - worth a tremendous amount of money. And I'm not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to us."
REPORTER: "Is it nuclear-related?"
TRUMP: "No, it was oil and gas related."
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Denmark has voted in an election that could hand Prime Minister Mette Frederikson her third term.
More than 4.3 million people were eligible to have their say in the vote for the new parliament in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term.
Frederiksen has benefited in recent months from her resistance to Donald Trump's desires to control the Arctic island of Greenland, but many Danes have also called for the PM to focus on domestic issues.
Moderates candidate and former Digital Affairs Minister Caroline Stage Olsen says the exit polls remain very promising.
"A large part of the Danish population wants a centre-focused government, and I really hope that the polls will become reality and we will have the opportunity to form a government across the middle of Danish politics."
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Service station operators are reporting a rise in fuel theft as the cost of petrol continues to climb.
The Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association says incidents have risen by 30 per cent, with aggression towards station workers also spiking.
Association chief executive Rowan Lee says the increase has been recorded nationwide.
The figures follow the charging of a 39 year old man who allegedly seriously injured a worker trying to stop him fleeing a station without paying in Perth.
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Meanwhile, the federal government is reportedly considering bigger fines for service stations and petrol suppliers found to be ripping off Australian drivers.
Legislation will be introduced to parliament today to double the penalties for false or misleading conduct and cartel behaviour, to a maximum of $100 million per offence.
States are taking their own action too.
In New South Wales, Premier Chris Minns says legislative powers will be used to compel the major oil companies to provide information on how they will distribute the extra fuel released by the federal government to ensure it goes to regional communities.
"The decision of the federal government to release the fuel reserves and to drop the sulphur content inside fuel was taken with the express instructions that it needed to be distributed to regional communities. We want to make sure the evidence is in that the major oil companies are doing just that. The major oil companies are responsible for 88 per cent of the state's fuel."
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To sport and in football news,
Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah has announced he is leaving the club of Liverpool at the end of the season, a year before his contract is meant to end.
The club has described Salah as one of its greatest players in history, saying he wanted to make the announcement early to show respect for supporters.
He has posted a video on social media expressing his thanks for his nine years at Liverpool.
"I never imagined how deeply this club, this city, this people will become part of my life. Liverpool is not just a football club. It is a passion, it is a history, it is a spirit."
