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Watch: What is the EU-Australia trade deal actually about?
The European Commission president is in Australia right now, trying to push a long-delayed free trade deal across the finish line. With US tariffs rising and trade tensions with China heating up, both Brussels and Canberra urgently need reliable partners.
Australia
Watch: Iranian women footballers train with Australian club after seeking asylum
Two Iranian women footballers are training with Brisbane Roar after seeking asylum in Australia. They are among a group who remained in the country during the Women’s Asian Cup, after being labelled “traitors” at home for not singing the national anthem.
Australia
Protesters block bus carrying Iranian women’s team in Australia after five players granted asylum
Australia granted asylum to five members of Iran’s women’s soccer team visiting for a tournament as the Iran war began. Outside the team’s hotel, protesters tried to block a bus believed to carry other players. It remains unclear what will happen to the rest of the team.
Australia
“Save our girls”: crowd chases bus carrying Iranian women’s football team in Australia
Crowds gathered on the Gold Coast, Australia, as a bus carrying the Iranian women’s national football team passed through the area. Pressure is mounting on Australia to offer the football team asylum after they refused to sing the national anthem before a match during the Asia Cup last week.
New Zealand
New Zealand landslides kill at least two, others missing
Landslides ploughed into a home and a campsite in northern New Zealand on Thursday, killing at least two people and leaving others missing under tonnes of mud.
Rescuers used heavy machinery to dig through the mass of earth that moved after heavy overnight rain in New Zealand's North Island.