India car blast, Sussan Ley's job on the line, Royals mark Armistice Day

At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide bombing outside a court in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

It's D-day for Sussan Ley, whose leadership of the Liberal Party is on the line today as MPs head to a special meeting in Canberra.

The Princess of Wales was front and centre as the royal family attended ceremonies to mark Armistice Day in the UK.

7NEWS Headlines with Sally Bowrey for November 12, 2025.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning. We begin with breaking news overseas. At least
twelve people have been killed in a suicide bombing outside
a court in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. A man detonated a
bomb close to a police car. Social media videos capturing
the fiery after math. Dozens of others were injured in
the attack. Pakistan's Prime minister has claimed extremist groups backed

(00:25):
actively by India.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Are to blame.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility. Meanwhile, investigators are combing
the scene of yesterday's car explosion that killed at least
eight people in India. The car had stopped at traffic
lights in the heart of New Delhi when interrupted in flames.
It hasn't been confirmed as a deliberate attack, but the
country's defense minister vowed those responsible would be brought to justice.

(00:52):
Breaking news out of Sydney's West Now Police are on
the hunt for Arsonates who torched a car at Chester Hill.
By the time Cruse arrived, the mass and his wagon
was engulfed in flames. The blaze was deemed suspicious. It's
believe the luxury car cost upwards of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. It is d day for Susan Lee,

(01:12):
whose leadership of the Liberal Party is on the line.
Today is MP's head to a special meeting in Canberra.
The opposition leader is under pressure as the coalition struggles
to decide whether to dump their net zero emissions target.
Several MPs have indicated they expect the party will abandon
their pledge to hit net zero by twenty fifty whilst
staying in the Paris Climate Agreement. The Princess of Wales

(01:38):
was front and center as the royal family attended ceremonies
to mark Armaces Day in the UK. Let's go off
to our reporter Jacqueline Robson in London. Hello to you, Jackie.
It's the first time she attended a ceremony like this one, Yes.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
Sally, and this was a solo outing, which is significant
in itself for Princess Kate. These as so typically allocated
to those blood in the bloodline, those in line to
the succession. It's really a show of her significance in
the family and her role as the future Queen. Princess Kate.

(02:13):
She was striking in all black, wearing two poppies on
her lapel and did have to hold onto her large
hat as the wind was blowing through the UK's National Memorial,
she lay a wreath and took a moment of reflection.
Then a special sonnet was read about personal connection, said
to be very close to Princess Kate's heart. Queen Camilla
meanwhile was joined by commuters on the train from Chippenham

(02:37):
to London, bringing with her dozens hundreds of poppies and
wreaths that were collected from towns and villages all across
the country into central London, where a special service was
held on the Paddington platform. Prince William He delivered a
special recorded message for the younger generations, reminding them about

(02:57):
the importance of Remembrance Day and why we look to
our past to think about an act in the future.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Sally all right, thank you very much, Jaqueline Robson. There
new legislation aimed at curbing protests violence will be introduced
to Victorian Parliament this morning, just into Allen's government is
set to give police increased powers to request protesters remove
their masks and face coverings. Symbols, flags and logos used
by terrorist organizations will also be banned under the reforms,

(03:27):
as will glue locks and ropes. Meanwhile, New South Wales
is set to titan protest laws and crackdown on hate speech.
The Min's government will introduce or reintroduce rather laws allowing
police to move protesters on outside places of worship after
the Supreme Court struck down similar laws last month. The
move follows last weekends near a Nazi rally outside State Parliament.

(03:52):
There have been shock revelations about the dismissal of Golf
Whitlam fifty years on, including the suggestion from them when
Minister Paul Keating that the Governor General Sir John Kerr
be arrested before he had the chance to strike.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
A monumental moment. Time will never dismiss well. May we say,
God save the Queen well, cause nothing well say with
the Governor General a raging controversy half a century ago
and now.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
November the eleventh, nineteen seventy five, was not a constitutional crisis.
It was a partisan political ambush.

Speaker 3 (04:34):
Paul Keating was sworn in and as a minister just
two weeks earlier.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
It was in every respect a coup.

Speaker 3 (04:42):
Revealing he advised mister Whitlam to ask the Queen to
sack Governor General Sir John Kerr and if she didn't
have police arrest him, ensuring the military was on side
first avoiding a possible uprising before calling a general election.
Thank you, you know all for that advice. Malcolm Fraser
later admitted to secret phone calls with Sir John in

(05:04):
the days before others emerging between Sir John Buckingham Palace
and Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick. All serious breaches of
constitutional protocol had de legitimized Malcolm's prime ministership. He never
savi really, but he won the nineteen seventy five election
in a landslide.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
The most important thing is that democracy worked.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
But people are to say Gough. Whitlam's son Tony says
most Australians still believe the trigger was the opposition's blocking
of supply the government's money or appropriation bills. The appropriation
bills were not the subject of the double Dissolution twenty one,
other bills were, leading to a seminal very Australian moment,

(05:50):
comedian Gary McDonald's alter ego Norman Gunston encountering their ACTU
boss Bob Hawk.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
It certainly is quite agreat, certainly as it's extremely serious.

Speaker 3 (06:02):
To mark the occasion Anthony Albinezi announcing a statue of
GoF Whitland, perhaps to stand right here greeting Australians as
they scale these famous stairs and ask themselves, could this
ever happen again?

Speaker 1 (06:15):
I could not imagine a situation in modern Australia where
a Prime Minister would be surprised or blindsided by the
Governor General.

Speaker 3 (06:23):
And well, may we now say history should repeat Mark
Raye seven.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
Years Former broadcaster Alan Jones will have his day in
court with his sex abuse case set for August next year.
The marathon hearing is expected to last until December, with
almost one hundred and forty witnesses expected to give evidence.
Jones has pleaded not guilty to twenty seven charges of
indecent assault and sexual touching, relating to nine complaints between

(06:53):
two thousand and three and twenty twenty. Rising AFL star
Tanner Brune has been named as the Geelong player cleared
of rape. The twenty three year old was stood down
all season after being falsely accused of sexual assault. Charges
were dropped when witnesses admitted lying to police and the court.
He says he's relieve the truth has surface, calling it

(07:16):
a nightmare that nearly cost his career. He'll return to
preseason training this month and is free to play next season.
Traffic controllers are reviewing system warnings following two terrifying near
misses at Melbourne Airport. A new report by the safety
regulator found pilots hadn't realized the runway was shorter than usual,

(07:37):
just two kilometers instead of three point six. Malaysia Airlines
and Bamboo Airlines jets came within meters of hitting runway
workers resurfacing the tarmac in September twenty twenty three. Both
airlines have since overhauled safety procedures. All Right checking Wednesday's
weather our Brisbane mostly sunny, heading for twenty seven degrees,

(07:58):
sunny in Sydney today twenty two ross clearing to a
sunny day in Canberra a top of twenty degrees. Melbourne
mostly sunny and twenty windy with rain. In Hobart heading
for sixteen Adelaide sonny in twenty four sunny. Also for
Perth thirty four degrees and Darwyn thirty four with a
possible thunderstorm