In this bulletin, the US launches fresh strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, two men arrested in the investigation into fugitive Dezi Freeman. And in football, 29 Socceroos players fight for a place on the World Cup squad.
Key Points
- US launches new strikes on Iranian targets
- Two men arrested by police in Dezi Freeman investigation
- Socceroos players fight for a spot in the World Cup team
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TRANSCRIPT
The US military says it has launched new strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, despite ongoing ceasefire talks between Washington and Tehran.
US Central Command says the strikes targeted missile launch sites and boats allegedly attempting to lay mines near the strategic shipping route.
Iranian media reported explosions near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, but Iranian officials are yet to publicly comment.
Iranian parliament official Ebrahim Azizi says any reopening of the strait would be on Iran’s terms.
"What is currently envisaged is if the American blockade is lifted then transit through the strait of Hormuz will take place under arrangements determined by the Islamic Republic of Iran and only for nonmilitary and non-hostile traffic."
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Two men have been arrested as part of the investigation into the fatal shooting of two Victorian police officers by fugitive Dezi Freeman.
Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson were killed while serving a warrant at Freeman’s home in Victoria’s High Country in August last year.
Police say the men, aged 48 and 35, were arrested at separate locations in the state’s north-east and will be interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation.
Freeman was shot dead by police near the Victoria-New South Wales border in March following a months-long manhunt.
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Witnesses at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion [[first block of]] hearings have reported an increase in online hate messages, after giving evidence.
Commissioner Virginia Bell says in one instance, the matter has been referred to the federal police for investigation.
Today, the Commission is examining the intelligence and law enforcement environment leading up to the Bondi terror attack.
This witness - who is a Superintendent with the New South Wales Police force - has told counsel assisting Richard Lancaster that the Jewish community is generally vulnerable.
"In what what did you consider them to be vulnerable?
"That they required a police presence, at minimum.
"But to address what - vulnerability or risk?"To address what we had been dealing with - which was the high level of antisemitic behaviour targeted to the Jewish community."
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A mother has been charged with murder after her four-year-old daughter was found dead at a home west of Brisbane.
Emergency services were called to a property at Lowood late on last night [May 26], where the child was found unresponsive and declared dead at the scene.
Queensland Police say two other children were inside the home at the time, but were not injured and are now in the care of family members.
Police say the woman is assisting investigators and there is no ongoing threat to the community.
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Northern Territory Chief Health Officer, Paul Burgess, says new laboratory results indicate the death of a person in April was diphtheria related.
Dr Burgess says reports of another death yesterday that were thought to be linked to the disease, were false.
As health authorities continue to rollout vaccines across the Territory, he says they haven't seen anything like this outbreak before.
"It's most likely that this has been, these particular bacteria - the strain of diphtheria has been imported into Northern Queensland in 2022. We did see an outbreak there in 2022 to 2024. And the genetic thing appearing from the outbreak have extended across Western Australia and now into these cases into the Northern Territory."
There have been 163 confirmed diphtheria cases recently recorded in the Northern Territory.
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In football, midfielder Cam Devlin says the challenge of fighting for a spot in the Socceroos World Cup squad is just what he needs right now.
Devlin was part of the Hearts side that missed out on winning the Scottish premiership on the season's final day.
Devlin, who was in the Australian World Cup squad four years ago, says there's no room to be disappointed about what happened at Hearts with a World Cup right around the corner.
"On a positive side, the best thing for me is that I'm lucky enough to come into a camp representing my country, and I feel like that can change your mindset straight away, and you've got no choice but to get back and perform at your highest level."
One player who won't be part of the squad is midfielder Riley McGree, who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury suffered playing for his English club team, Middlesbrough.
That, combined with eight other players leaving the Socceroos training camp in Florida, means it appears that 29 players are fighting for 26 World Cup spots.
