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- Donald Trump says new strikes on Iran have targeted members of the country's new leadership
- A leaked copy of the Liberal Party's internal review into the 2025 election tabled in parliament
- Matildas star Amy Sayer commends bravery of Iran's players
Israel says it has carried out a new wave of attacks in Tehran, including a strike on the presidential office.
In a statement on social media, the Israeli Defence Force says "numerous munitions" were dropped on the Presidential Office and the Supreme National Security Council, adding that a military training institution and "additional key regime infrastructure" were also hit.
Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani says Israel will continue to work with the US to target key military sites.
"Today is Day Four of 'Operation Roaring Lion.' Our forces, along with the US armed forces, continue degrading the Iranian regime’s military capabilities. We have focused on targeting ballistic missile launchers, command and control centers, underground bunkers and of course, key Iranian regime leadership figures."
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President Donald Trump says someone from within Iran’s regime could be best suited to take power, after US-Israeli strikes on Saturday killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Mr Trump says most of Iran’s military installations have been knocked out - and he says new strikes in the last 24 hours have targeted Iranian leadership.
President Trump says Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, is an option, but his preference is for someone who is currently in Iran.
"It would see to me that somebody from within might be more appropriate, I have said that. He (Reza Pahlavi) looks like a very nice person. But it would seem to me that somebody that is there; that is currently popular; if there is such a person. But we have people like that. We have people who were mode moderate. These were radical lunatics. And you know what they get? They get nothing. All they do is kill people."
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President Trump has lashed out at Spain and the UK for what he perceives as lack of support for the US action in the Middle East.
He says he wants to cut off all trade with Spain, after the US was refused permission to use their air bases.
And he was highly critical of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for not allowing US forces to use any UK airbases, including Diego Garcia, because of doubts about the legality of the strikes.
"I am not happy with the UK either. And it has taken us three of four days for us to work our where we can land there. It woud have been more convenient landing there as opposed to flying many more extra hours. So we are very surprised. This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with."
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Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has ruled out for now any negotiations with the United States.
US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have given open-ended answers when asked how long the war might last, after the countries launched co-ordinated attacks against Iran.
New explosions hit Tehran in the last 24 hours, and stocks on financial markets plummeted amid fears of a prolonged disruption to global energy supplies.
Ali Bahreini, ambassador of the Iranian mission to the UN, says Iran has not contacted the US about holding talks to de-escalate the conflict - or to resume negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program.
"Now, the only language for talking with the United States is the language of defence. For the time being, we are focused on defending our country. I don't think it is a time for having any kind of negotiation. From our side, definitely, there hasn't been any approach to United States officials."
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A leaked review into the Liberal party's 2025 election defeat has called it "the worst campaign the Party has ever fought".
The review details what is described as "an extraordinary combination of internal errors," and accuses the senior decision makers of failing to adequately reflect on how they could have improved their own performance after the election.
The Liberal Party federal executive had decided not to publicly release the report, but a leaked copy has been tabled in parliament by the prime minister.
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In football, Australian footballer Amy Sayer is saluting the bravery of Iran's players as they prepare to face the Matildas amid increasing political instability in their homeland.
Iran meet Australia in their second Women's Asian Cup group stage match on Thursday on the Gold Coast, after opening their tournament with a defeat to South Korea on Monday.
Iran's 3-nil loss to the Koreans came a little more than 48 hours after US-Israeli rocket attacks killed Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran's players ahave so far refused to comment on the military attacks or the death of their country's long-serving leader.
The team chose not to sing Iran's national anthem ahead of the side's opening game against South Korea.
