1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the update. I'm Michelle Stevenson. Well, 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Israel's Prime minister claims Iran had stockpiled enough enriched uranium 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: to build a nuclear bomb. Within weeks, the Jewish state 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: has launched air strikes on dozens of targets in Tehran, 5 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: including nuclear and military sites. In a video statement, Benjamin 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: Etnia who says Tehran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear bombs. 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 2: We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment program. 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 2: We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear weaponization program. 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: We targeted Iran's main and richment facility in Natans. We 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: targeted Iran's leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb. 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 3: Well. 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: Liberal senator and former ambassador to Israel Dave Shama says 13 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: the strikes have been coming for some time. 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty four, there were two substantive exchanges of 15 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 3: direct foreign attacks involving missiles and drones and air craft 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 3: between Israel and Iran. And this is really, I think, 17 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 3: the next chapter in what is now Polus the major 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 3: driver of conflict in the Middle East. 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 1: The rapid escalation of the conflict meantime has forced oil 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: prices to surge. Crude oil is now sailing for a 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: round seventy five US dollars a barrel, an increase of 22 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,199 Speaker 1: around ten percent in a matter of hours. The PM 23 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: has arrived in Fiji for the first leg of an 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 1: international business trip. Anthonwbernezi is holding economic and security talks 25 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: with his Fijian counterpart. He'll then traveled to the US 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: city of Seattle, before then meeting with world leaders for 27 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 1: the G seventh summit in Canada. The National Guard will 28 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: stay in La for now after an appeals court ruling 29 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: it's unter. A judge it earlier found that the US 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: President's deployment of four thousand personnel to protests was unlawful. 31 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: The city, meantime, is under its third night of curfume. 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: Well experts are predicting that interest rates could drop below 33 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: three percent by early next year. Most economists predict the 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate by twenty 35 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: five basis points when it meets in early July. And 36 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: it seems ozsies are using a state of origin to 37 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: take a sickie. According to New Dana, one third of 38 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: Australians are considering it taking the day off if their 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: team wins the series. Queenslanders are twice as likely than 40 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: their southern rivals. It's Want Entertainment to annexed just Bort 41 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: and Scott Pendlebury is expected to receive a contract extension 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: with Collywood amid strong form in his twentieth AFL season, 43 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: and in NRL Eels captain Mitchell Moses is set for 44 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: a long stint on the sidelines, out for six weeks 45 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: with a calf injury. Entertainment News Now when Taylor Swift 46 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: and Travis Kelcey have enjoyed a rare date night in Florida. 47 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: The superstar couple snapped together at Game four of the 48 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup between the Oilers and Panthers. 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