Telstra blames a software fault for Wednesday's nationwide outage; India's Prime Minister arrives in Melbourne for high-stakes talks with Anthony Albanese; the stage is set for the World Cup quarter-finals.
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- Telstra blames a software fault for Wednesday's nationwide outage
- India's Prime Minister arrives in Melbourne for high stakes talks with Anthony Albanese
- The stage is set for the World Cup quarter finals
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Telstra says its network is back online after a nationwide outage disrupted mobile services, train systems and some Triple Zero calls.
The telco says a software defect is the reason for the hours-long outage that affected millions of phone-users, travellers and shoppers on Wednesday, the third major national outage in less than a year for the $56 billion giant.
Regional train services in Victoria continue to be affected this morning, with Vline services suspended until further notice.
This man says it's a concern that Australia is so heavily reliant on telcos in our infrastructure.
"Look, I think it's a bit of worry that in Australia there's only two or three carriers. I think you know, it's frustrating that we've got these great networks that go out all the time."
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will hold formal talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Melbourne today, after his counterpart's arrival in Australia overnight.
Mr Modi is in Australia for the Australia-India Annual Leaders' Summit, with defence, education and maritime security expected to be discussed.
Mr Albanese says the visit builds on the comprehensive strategic partnership established between the two countries in 2020.
"India is such an important relationship for Australia. It will grow to be the third largest economy in the world. It is part of our region and our engagement. This will be the second time that I have welcomed prime minister Modi to Australia. Tomorrow will be a big day, finishing off at Marvel Stadium, which will see the very large numbers of the Indian diaspora, who make such a contribution here."
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Iran has launched missile and drone strikes on US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait after Washington retaliated against attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington says its more than 80 strikes on Iranian military targets - including Revolutionary Guard boats, missile launchers, air defence systems and drone sites - were designed to protect freedom of navigation.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to unleash more military strikes against Iran after saying that Iranian attacks signaled the end of the ceasefire - but later said the most recent exchange of fire with the Islamic Republic did not herald a return to full-scale war.
Still, Trump has maintained efforts to secure a peace deal have ended.
"Based on their actions over the past week or two, they're not doing a service to the people, and I think more than anything else, as I got to them him, and I'm not sure I want to make a deal with them. We can play games, but I'm not sure I want to make a deal. Let's just finish the job."
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Thousands of mourners have taken part in a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the Iraqi city of Najaf.
His body arrived in Iraq overnight, along with the bodies of several family members, as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior officials travelled to attend the funeral ceremonies.
Crowds surrounded the truck carrying Khamenei's coffin as it moved through the city, with some mourners carrying posters of his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
One mourner says she came to pay her respects.
“We came to pay our condolences for the Islamic nation... I feel proud that we have such a leader who was martyred for the sake of Islam, sacrificed himself for the religion.”
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Denmark says it is ready to defend Greenland, a day after Donald Trump reiterated that the territory should be controlled by the US.
Trump's assertions about the United States and Greenland have long strained relations between Washington and Copenhagen, who are both founding NATO members.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Greenland is not for sale.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has separately said that Denmark is still pursuing diplomatic negotiations with Greenland and the US, and wants to find a solution that addresses the US's legitimate security interests.
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The lineup for the World Cup quarter finals are now set, with eight teams proceeding after a dramatic round of sixteen.
France, Morocco, Norway, England, Spain, Belgium, Argentina and Switzerland have all secured their places in the final matches, with four quarterfinals set to be played across the United States.
For the first time in any World Cup, Brazil and Germany are absent from the lineup, while Belgium, Norway and Morocco are reaching the stage for the first time.
Gregor Kobel is the goalkeeper for Switzerland, who last reached a quarter final in 1954.
"I already told them (teammates), I'm really bad on talking about my emotions right after the game, I'm a little bit, yeah, speechless. It's just (an) incredible feeling, an incredible win for us, to be here, to be in the quarter-finals at the World, on this stage. As a small as a country we are, its amazing, and yeah, can't put it in words."
