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- Trump warns Iran to take deal or face 'a lot of pain'
- Liberal leader Angus Taylor downplays expectation for Farrer by-election
- And in golf, Two Australians in contention at Myrtle Beach Classic
US President Donald Trump says a deal with Iran to end the war between the two countries could come at any day.
It comes as the US military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier, Iran's Ambassador to the UN rejected a 14-point peace proposal from the United States.
President Trump says Iran would be in for "a lot of pain" if they don't sign a deal - and despite the latest fighting he says a ceasefire is still in place.
"They trifled with us today. We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle. I'll let you know when there's no cease... you won't have to know. If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know. You're just going to look at one big glow coming out of Iran. And they better sign their agreement fast."
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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he'll reveal the full details of $64 billion in planned savings in the budget, on Tuesday night.
The bulk of the savings comes from reforms to the NDIS, at $34 billion, with other savings including from defence reprioritisations, changes to private health insurance and uncommitted grant funding.
Dr Chalmers says the savings are higher than usual and come in the face of higher global uncertainty.
"What we are conveying to you today is just how seriously we are taking this savings task, $64 billion in savings, in nominal terms, is much bigger than normal when it comes to budgets and it has meant once we take into consideration all of the other pressures and priorities, pressures that come from the PBS and natural disasters and all these other pressures in our budget we will still be delivering a net save, the details of that will be released on Tuesday night."
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Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says there is no "immunity" for Israel's enemies, a day after the country's military targeted a Hezbollah commander in Beirut's southern suburbs.
It's the first strike on the area since a ceasefire declared last month.
Israel's military identified the commander as Ahmed Ali Balout.
Hezbollah, which controls Beirut's southern suburbs, has yet to issue any statement on the strike or the commander's status.
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The World Health Organisation says five of the eight cases of suspected hantavirus on board a cruise ship off West Africa have been confirmed.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also confirmed all five are the Andes virus, which is found in Latin America and is the only species known to be capable of limited transmission between humans.
Previous outbreaks show transmission typically occurs through close and prolonged contact, particularly among household members and healthcare workers.
A Dutch couple and a German citizen died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius.
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Liberal leader Angus Taylor is in the electorate of Farrer today on the New South Waes Victorian border, making a last-ditch effort to secure votes in the regional seat.
The latest polling indicates the Liberals won't win the seat and instead voters may ditch the major parties all together in favour of One Nation or Independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe.
Labor isn't running a candidate but the National Party is, meaning there are two coalition candidates in the mix.
Angus Taylor says the result will not be a reflection on his leadership.
"It was always going to be a hard task but we've got an absolutely brilliant candidate in Raissa (Butkowski) who is fighting for the people of Farrer, fighting for the issue that matter in Farrer, fighting to make sure the farmers have the water they deserve, fighting to make sure we have the health services we need in this region, which is a really important issue to people in this region and to me personally by the way, this is incredibly important and I know Raissa is fighting hard and she will fight in Canberra."
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In golf,
Australians Ryan Ruffels and Karl Vilips are challenging for the lead in a tight competition at the Myrtle Beach Classic.
Ruffels shot a four-under 67 and Vilips a 66 as they try to chase down leader Martin Laird on 64.
A total of 17 golfers are within four strokes off Laird, who only found out he was in the field on Monday.
Laird's last PGA win was in Las Vegas in 2020.
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