Some activity there again. Couldn’t output a clock (it’s 6 hours behind Perth) so could only put “LIVE”.
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I can’t see thos ending quickly. Iran is going to go for broke.
- US President Donald Trump has given his first public address since the war began, saying it could last “far longer” than four or five weeks
- An Iranian Revolutionary Guard senior official said today that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and vowed that Iran would fire on any ship trying to pass
- Three US fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences, but all six crew members ejected safely.
- Iran has escalated its strikes on Israel, Lebanon, the UAE, Kuwait and Iraq.
- Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery, Ras Tanura, was forced to close this morning after shrapnel from an intercepted Iranian drone caused a blaze to tear through the facility.
- Iran’s Red Crescent reported the total Iranian death toll from strikes had surpassed 550.
Event began 3.50am AEDT. Only “News24” has live coverage via the UK simulcast.
Also watched closely by the morning shows’ production teams, safe to say.
- The war has entered a dangerous new phase after the Israeli military said it had struck a top Iranian meeting where senior leaders had gathered to elect a successor to the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- US President Donald Trump took questions for the first time from reporters in the Oval Office, reiterating numerous times his justification for launching the attack on Iran, saying “a nuclear war” was imminent.
- He again criticised UK’s Keir Starmer for its inital refusal to allow the US to use its base, saying ’this is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with.”
- Iran has escalated its retaliatory strikes on Israel, Lebanon, the UAE, Kuwait and Iraq, with explosions and air raid sirens sounding across Tel Aviv.
- Israel began a ground offensive in neighbouring Lebanon, escalating its campaign against Hezbollah.
- The Strait of Hormuz is closed, as Iran vows to fire on any ship trying to pass. The strait is a choke point for oil, which is trading at its highest price in eight months, with analysts fearing it could skyrocket further.
What’s with all the criticism? (This and other posts) The graphics program they use doesn’t allow that.
It was an observation based on what I think is a good option. There’s no need to criticize.
Except if it’s really, really bad.
No special bulletin planned by Seven tonight AFAIK. While they won’t want to pre-empt the return of The Front Bar, there is an opportunity for even a small bulletin following that. Especially in Sydney and Brisbane that has a filler repeat scheduled.
First double dose of US pressers since attack began coming up. Pentagon at midnight, then White House at 5.10am.
The latter may receive coverage from 7 and 9, considering sustained audience interest.
Pentagon: ABC carried in two-minute delay.
WH’s was between 5.20am and 6.00am. Nine did deliver a brief short-turnaround moment (see clock).
Sky had it live. Not sure how the transition at 5.30am went.
Then 7.17am, make that a triple dose as Trump had his own presser. ABC not live even in a good timeslot, the others unknown.
- A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka late last night, killing at least 80 people.
- Iranian bombers were just minutes from striking the largest US military base in the Middle East when Qatari planes shot them out of the sky, CNN reported.
- NATO air defences destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey early this morning, Turkey’s Defence Ministry confirmed.
- In a press briefing today, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected the assertion that the US was responsible for a strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed 165 people.
- The US Senate voted 53-47 to back President Donald Trump to continue action against Iran, blocking a resolution for Congress to have the final say on ongoing military operations.