Embassy staff told to leave Iran

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Coming up, embassy staff told to leave Iran, bus crashes into a pub and a second day of union protests. I'm Katie Fuller with your lunchhime nine News podcast. Australian diplomats who have been told to leave Iran as the security situation deteriorates. Nine Federal Politics reporter Zach de Silva.

As Iran and Israel trade rocket fire, it's becoming increasingly difficult to contact people inside the Islamic Republic. Australian woman MJ has family in Iran, but hasn't heard from them for three days.

We don't know where they are, what condition they're in.

We don't know if their house is still standing.

The Federal government has closed its Iranian embassy, telling diplomats and their families to leave the country. Officials are being stationed in neighboring Asbaijan to help people who want to escape. The Foreign Minister has also spoken with her US counterpart. The pair agreed to continue working on a path to peace while making sure Iran never develops a nuclear weapon. In Canberra, Zakasilva nine years.

President Donald Trump says he will decide within two weeks what course of action the United States may take on Iran. Nine US correspondent Jonathan Kursley.

America's commander in chief believes there is a substantial chance of negotiations with the Iranian regime on a nuclear deal, so he has decided to wait until deciding whether or not the US will enter the war between Israel and Iran. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the administration is firmly if the view Iran is close to having a nuclear weapon.

All they need is a decision from the Supreme Leader to do that, and it would take a couple of weeks to complete the production of that weapon.

Senior Israeli officials calling for the death of Ayatola Kamani after Iran breach Israel's iron dome, striking a hospital in the United States. Jonathan Cursley nine News.

An independent evaluation has found the federal government's social media age restrictions can be introduced in a private, robust, and effective way. The Age Assurance Technology Trial has spent recent months investigating ways to enforce the under sixteens ban. It found there's a plethora of options the government could use,

For any witness not a member of Parliament, to decline to appear before a committee having been properly summoned to do so is an extremely serious matter. I am disappointed in the government's continued efforts to hinder and frustrate the work of this committee.

Eleven people have been assessed by paramedics after a bus crashed into a pub in Melbourne's southeast. People were trapped inside the venue at Malvin for a short time. No one required emergency treatment. Hundreds of CFMU members have spilled onto Brisbane streets through second Day nine News reporter Andrea Cruthers.

Cambell Street, Bowen Hills brought to a standstill once again after protest is issued an ultimatum meet with us and reinstate our dumped leaders, or will keep striking for forty eight hours, but it's understood no formal request has been made to either the union's administrator or the federal Minister in charge. It's the second day construction workers have walked

A former Victorian Opposition leader, has been given a lifeline from bankruptcy. Liberal MP John Pursuto would have had to give up his seat in Parliament if he was unable to pay colleague Moi redeeming the one and a half million dollars ode after she won a defamation case. The party's executive committee agreed to loan him the money to settle the debt. There are concerns a pest spreading through Perth could pose a threat to the nation's horticulture industry.

Could also be terrible for native trees to cities and the horticultural industry elsewhere if it spreads across the country.

And Australia's best netball players will now have an audience in more than sixty five countries. Netball Australia has signed a deal which we'll see Whoopee Goldberg's All Women's Sports Network broadcast super netball matches. Goldberg says she's looking forward to bringing the game to the world.

I just think it's terrific, and I think y'all are terrific.

I just watched you play.

And I see your fans are really they're loving you, and so we want to make sure that we put you everywhere in the world so everybody knows about you.

In finance, the Australian dollar is buying sixty four usn Sports. The West Tigers are feeling positive ahead of their NRL showdown with the Raiders tonight. Five eighths Jerome Luai will return to the squad from Wednesday's origin duties. Coach Benji Marshall says the team's being gaining major momentum in.

Tenth the way we played the type before we played, you know, obviously we've changed away. We played a little bit with Lucky Gon and Jerome the way he's played so takes a bit of time to adapt. We didn't get the result, but the way we wanted to play was there built off that.

In AFL, Carlton expects Charlie Kerno to play against North Melbourne at the MCG tomorrow afternoon despite fitness concerns. Sam Constace will step in to replace an underperforming Manus Lubbershane in Australia's first Test against the West Indies. Steve Smith has also been ruled out with a hand injury from last week's loss against South Africa, and Alexander Bublik has taken the biggest win of his career at the Hail Tennis Open, coming back from a set down to clinch