200 Australians have returned home on one of the first commercial flights to leave the Middle East since the start of the US/Israeli led war in Iran; NATO air and missile defence systems stationed in the eastern Mediterranean have destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Iran as it ‌headed into Turkish airspace; A US ‌submarine has sunk an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka
The son of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US Israeli strikes, has survived and may take over leadership; First Nations people are set to be heard in a parliamentary inquiry aimed at ending racism, hate and violence; Australia’s oldest Winter Paralympian, Skier Michael Milton says he’s ready to race, despite recently breaking his leg in training

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200 Australians have returned home on one of the first commercial flights to leave the Middle East since the start of the US/Israeli led war in Iran; NATO air and missile defence systems stationed in the eastern Mediterranean have destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Iran as it &zwnj;headed into Turkish airspace; A US &zwnj;submarine has sunk an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka The son of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US Israeli strikes, has survived and may take over leadership; First Nations people are set to be heard in a parliamentary inquiry aimed at ending racism, hate and violence; Australia&rsquo;s oldest Winter Paralympian, Skier Michael Milton says he&rsquo;s ready to race, despite recently breaking his leg in training
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