In this bulletin, two children in a pram killed in a south-west Sydney crash, Donald Trump addresses concerns over text of peace deal with Iran. And in sport, the AFL hands a record fine to the Gold Coast over breaches of the umpire contact rule.
Key Points
- Two small children killed after car struck pram in Sydney
- Trump says “not everything can be covered” in Iran deal document
- Titans receive record fine for umpire contact
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Two young children have died after being hit by a car in southwest Sydney.
New South Wales Police say the children – both aged under 5 – were sitting in a pram when they were struck in Cabramatta.
They are yet to be formally identified.
Acting Police Superintendent from the Fairfield Command, Tim Calman, says bystanders first on scene did what they could to help.
"It's probably one of the most confronting scenes police come across, dealing with young children. It's tragic circumstances for the family, the community involved here this afternoon I can only say phenomenal. We've had a number of motorists who stopped and collectively have moved the vehicle onto its side, tipped the car over to get one of the children from underneath the vehicle. Other bystanders have assisted with CPR to assist the children and the children's mother."
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US President Donald Trump has promised to order attacks on Iran if it does not honour elements of a peace deal that he says are understood but not formalised in writing.
The president has made the pledge at the G7 leaders conference in Evian, France, appearing to address criticism that the deal does not cover critical concerns other countries hold about Iran's nuclear program.
The deal is due to be signed later this week in Switzerland.
Mr Trump says one document "can't cover everything" and tens of million of dollars in sanctions [[$91M USD] would only be suspended if Iran behaves.
"If they don't honour the agreement, or some things aren't even mentioned in the agreement, it's a memorandum of understanding, but we have an understanding of certain things without writing it. And if they don't honour that, we'll probably go back to bombing them until they honour it. You know, it's amazing what bombs can do."
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G7 leaders - including the US, Britain, France and Germany - have agreed to increase support to Ukraine to end its war with Russia.
French President Emmanuel Macron says Russia is showing no willingness to end the conflict, while also praising Ukrainian resilience.
“The balance of power has profoundly changed in recent months. Ukraine is advancing, resisting, and Russia is retreating. That is why we all agreed to increase the provision of air defence capabilities, additional systems and interceptors, as well as long-range capabilities. "
At the summit, Germany and Poland also signed a defence agreement, which the nations say addresses an increased threat from Russia.
Polish defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has called the deal "another building block" added to the new security architecture of Europe.
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Western Australia's largest prison is again under scrutiny, with a new inspection report finding conditions at Casuarina Prison have deteriorated as overcrowding and staff shortages continue.
Inspectors have found the prison is regularly operating above capacity, with some inmates sleeping on the floor.
The report says long-standing problems identified in previous inspections, such as overcrowding and ageing infrastructure, have persisted and intensified, limiting access to healthcare, family contact and rehabilitation programs.
Around two-thirds of prisoners are being held on remand, despite Casuarina being designed primarily for sentenced inmates.
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New figures on Australia's migration intake will be released today, amid a fierce debate on the issue in Australian politics.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will publish the number of migration levels for the 12 months to June as part of annual population data.
The Liberals and One Nation have attacked Labor for underestimating net overseas migration in previous years, with the government revising their forecast upwards by 55,000 arrivals in May's federal budget.
In her career-first speech to the National Press Club, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson also claimed there was a fixation on multiculturalism and floods of overseas arrivals which she said amounted to a national crisis.
"At the centre of this crisis is the utterly flawed policy of multiculturalism. We cannot be a multicultural society. We are a multi-racial society. But we must be a monocultural society."
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In AFL, the Gold Coast have been slapped with a $20,000 fine after the club's fifth incident of a player making contact with an umpire this season.
Suns stalwart Daniel Rioli had previously been found guilty of making careless contact with an umpire during the club's loss to Geelong last weekend.
The AFL says it warned all clubs before the season, and again in May, about the sanctions for repeated incidents of careless contact with an umpire.
