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- Jefferson Lewis, 47, is due to face court in Alice Springs via video link from Darwin today charged with the murder of five-year-old girl Kumanjayi Little Baby. Police have charged more than a dozen people over the riot that broke out last week in the wake of the death.
- Three people have died after a Marine Rescue vessel overturned as it responded to a sinking yacht off the South Ballina break wall in NSW’s Northern Rivers.
- The United Arab Emirates said it has come under attack by Iran for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold in early April. The UAE Defence Ministry said Iran had launched four cruise missiles, with three shot down and one falling into the sea. Authorities in the eastern emirate of Fujairah said an Iranian drone sparked a fire at a key oil facility. The British military reported two cargo vessels ablaze off the UAE.
- The US military said that two US merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz and two US Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade, after Iran claimed it had prevented a US warship entering the Gulf.
UAE says Iran has resumed attacks after missiles intercepted, drone strike on oil facility
The United Arab Emirates said it has come under attack by Iran for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold in early April.
The attacks appeared to be in response to US President Donald Trump’s latest efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global energy.
The UAE Defence Ministry said Iran had launched four cruise missiles, with three shot down and one falling into the sea. Authorities in the eastern emirate of Fujairah said an Iranian drone sparked a fire at a key oil facility. The British military reported two cargo vessels ablaze off the UAE.
The UAE also issued its first missile alerts since a ceasefire reached in early April.
Two US-flagged ships transit Strait of Hormuz, military claims
The US military said two US Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade and that two US merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran said it had prevented a US warship entering the Gulf.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces were supporting President Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom”, which aims to “guide out” commercial ships stranded in the Gulf by the US-Israeli war on Iran, and were enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports.
The intervention appeared to raise the risk of a direct confrontation between the US and Iran in a waterway that usually carries a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil and gas but has been blocked for two months as a result of the war.
CENTCOM said two US-flagged merchant vessels had crossed through the strait as the US destroyers operated in the Gulf, adding: “American forces are actively assisting efforts to restore transit for commercial shipping.”
What you need to know
Thank you for joining our rolling coverage of breaking news from Australia and around the world.
Here is what you need to know:
- Jefferson Lewis, 47, is due to face court in Alice Springs via video link from Darwin today charged with the murder of five-year-old girl Kumanjayi Little Baby. Police have charged more than a dozen people over the riot that broke out last week in the wake of the death.
- Three people have died after a Marine Rescue vessel overturned as it responded to a sinking yacht off the South Ballina break wall in NSW’s Northern Rivers.
- The United Arab Emirates said it has come under attack by Iran for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold in early April. The UAE Defence Ministry said Iran had launched four cruise missiles, with three shot down and one falling into the sea. Authorities in the eastern emirate of Fujairah said an Iranian drone sparked a fire at a key oil facility. The British military reported two cargo vessels ablaze off the UAE.
- The US military said that two US merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz and two US Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade, after Iran claimed it had prevented a US warship entering the Gulf.
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