June 23, 2025 • 9 mins
Iran has attacked the United States with Tehran launching a missile strike on the largest American military base in the Middle East.
Anthony Albanese has confirmed he supports America's action in Iran more than a day after news of the strikes broke.
There are calls this morning for YouTube to be added to Australia's landmark social media ban.. which will be launched later this year.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We start this morning with major breaking news. Iran has
now attacked the United States. Early this morning, Terehran launched
a missile strike on the largest American military base in
the Middle East. The attack on the base in Katar
payback for Donald Trump's strike on Iran's nuclear science. Missiles
were also fired on a US base in Iraq. Let's
(00:25):
go to our team of reporters. First to Marley Hogan
in Washington, DC. Marley, morning, to you. Iran vowed to retaliate.
Did this attack cause casualties damage? What can you tell us?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Eddie, Good morning. We've been waiting to see how Iran
would respond, and it appears that they have now made
their move. The US Defense Department confirming that that Bass
in Qatar did come under attack, but there have been
no casualties reported. The US Defense Department saying that at
short and medium range missiles were used in those attacks
guitars the other Katari government saying that its air defenses
(01:02):
were able to intercept those missiles. Now, the target was
the Ludd Air Base. It is the largest military installation
in the Middle East. Around ten thousand US military troops
and civilians are based there. Now, there were indications that
America knew that this attack was coming. They sent out
messages to their personnel to their citizens to shelter in place.
(01:25):
The Guitar government shut its airspace earlier in the day.
On top of that, Iran has now said that it
will not leave any attack on its sovereignty unanswered. But
really this is looking more like a symbolic attack because
there are signs that the even Iranian officials let the
US know that this attack was coming. Iran needed to
(01:47):
be seen as responding to those strikes on its key
nuclear facilities, but as it is weakened at the moment,
this is really appearing to be a symbolic attack. We
haven't heard from Donald Trump yet in respects to this
attack on the air base in Qatar. What he has
done is put a message on social media complaining about
the media and its assessment about the damage done to
(02:10):
those key nuclear sites in Iran. Donald Trump is right
now in the West Wing. He did have a meeting
with his national security team, so we are waiting for
updates on that.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Eddie, all right, thank you, Marlin Nada Jaqueline Robinson in
Tel Aviv, Jackie, Israel and Iran have again exchanged some
tit for tat missile strikes.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Yes, Eddie, it's been another day of back and forth
missile fire with a controversial hit by Israel. One run's
controversial and notorious even prison. It holds many political detainees
and foreign nationals, which has angered France. Its foreign minister
says this is completely unacceptable. There are two French nationals
(02:53):
inside that prison. It's unclear exactly how many prisoners have
been hurt. But while also launching strikes on Reijing targets,
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard headquarters and also a clock at
doomsday clock that's in Tehran that counts down to Israel's destruction.
(03:14):
But Iran has also fired back, hitting a industrial area
in Ashdod near a power station. And it was during
that missile fire that Australians were due on a repatriation
flight that has now been thwarted and stalled over to tomorrow.
It's expected they will take a military flight to Dubai.
But in a major development, Israel has now reopened its
(03:37):
airspace so people can now book commercial flights. Eddie.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
That is some good for those good news for those
Australians trying to get home. Nada Ben Downey, who's in
the Netherlands ahead of a NATO summit. Ben the meeting's
agenda is likely to be dominated by the conflict in
the Middle East.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Absolutely, Eddie, This NATO someone was already being billed as
the most important one since the end of the Cold War,
and that's when the focuses on Ukraine and Russia. Now
world leaders coming here holding their collective breadths for the
precarious state the globe now finds itself in, as well
as the prospect of having to deal with the more
unpredictable Donald Trump. What he's demanding of the thirty one.
Other part of nations is that they increase their defense
(04:16):
spending up to five percent of their GDP in Australia
as well, even though it's not a partner nation to
increase its defense spending as well. For the majority of
those nations, that's doubling their defense spending as the US
tries to move out of the European continent and focus
more on the Pacific and now seemingly the Middle East
with this Israel Iran conflict, and what's happened as well
(04:36):
is with these latest strikes today, the NATO Secretary General
has said that the us IS attack on that four
to dough nuclear base in Iran was not in breach
of international military law.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Take a listen. My biggest fear of it would be for
Iran to own and be able to use and deploy
a nuclear weapon. And this is a consistent position of
needs or Iran should not have its hands on a
on the nuclear weapon. So and I would not agree
that this is against international law what third US did.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
But fractures are already emerging. French President Emmanuel Macron is
saying that these strikes on the Forder nuclear facility, there
was no basis inside international law for these strikes. Something
I'm quite a precarious meeting between those two world leaders
when todder Drum's expected to touch down here at the
Hay tomorrow night, daddie.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Okay, thank you, Ben and to all of our reporters.
We'll check back with you soon during sunrise. But Comantheony
Abernizi has confirmed he supports America's action in Iran, more
than a day after the news of the strikes broke.
This to Alberzi convened the National Security Committee meeting, but
remained tight lipped at a press conference repeatedly saying this
was unilateral action taken by the United States. The PM
(05:53):
affirmed Donald Trump stands the stance that Iran cannot be
allowed to hold a nuclear weapon. To breaking news in
Cities West Now and a man has been attacked by
machette wielding thieves in a horror home invasion in Seven Hills.
The fifty six year old victim confronted the four men
after they broke into his home around three this morning.
(06:14):
They stabbed him in the arm before fleeing. The victim
has been taken to hospital where he remains right now
and police are launching a major man hunt to track
down his attackers. Also breaking news in Sydney, a car
has been found torched in the city's west. The deep
suv was found dumped and burning out of control on
the side of the road in Guildford around one o'clock.
(06:36):
Cruz put out the blaze, but the car has been destroyed.
A crime scene has been set up with a man
hunt underway now for the arsonist. Police in Brisbane, Southwest
have set up a crime scene after a home in
Annala went up in flames around midnight. It's honestood the
home has been badly damaged by the blaze. Not yet
known if anyone was inside. The home is at the
(06:58):
corner of Rosemary and a Zaia Streets, and will have
more information as it comes into the newsroom This morning.
A q's triple mushroom murderer Aaron Patterson could learn her
fate within days. With the trial set to begin its
ninth week, the jurors will today hear the judge begin
giving his directions. Under Victorian law, only twelve jurors are
(07:20):
required to decide the verdict, with two set to leave
by ballot in coming days. The final twelve will remain
in a group, including overnight, for as long as it
takes to decide on a verdict. If the jury can't
make a decision, it may lead to a hung jury
and then a retrial. There are calls this morning for
YouTube to be added to Australia's landmark social media ban,
(07:42):
which will be launched later this year. Live out of
Josh Martin in Canberra, Josh wanting to you. The E
Safety Commissioner is warning the platform is harmful.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Morning Eddie. Yes, the under sixteen social media ban is
due to begin in December. A cries TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit x,
Facebook and Instagram to comply, but in November last year,
the government said YouTube would be exempt, controversially due to
the educational and health benefits of the site, But the
E Safety Commissioner is challenging that decision and is advising
(08:12):
the government put YouTube back on the list. Julie in
mean Grant says it's the most popular site with ten
to fifteen year olds. The E Safety Commissioner has done
a survey and says thirty seven percent of kids said
their most harmful recent experience took place on YouTube. She's
going to address the National Press Club today. It'll be
interesting to see if the government responds and listens. I'm
(08:33):
sure parents will be following this one closely, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah, they certainly. Well, thank you.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Josh.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Victoria's controversial new energy rules, originally meant to take effect
next year, have been delayed to twenty twenty seven after
furious public backlash. Alongside the delay, new reforms mean hundreds
of thousands of residents will no longer have to switch
from gas heating to electric should installation be too expensive.
Landlords will face harsher rules with gas heaters at the
(09:00):
end of their life to be replaced with split system
air conditioning. Adelaide is bracing for wild winds and big seas.
Today a big weather system has moved in, bringing showers
and fierce gusts. Sea levels are n't expected to reach
last month's record levels, but they won't be far off.
Some parts could see up to fifty millimeters of rain
across the next twenty four hours. Let's check tuesday's weather
(09:24):
now a shower to in Brisbane and twenty four a
shower too in City in twenty one rain in Camber
and fourteen showers developing in windy in Melbourne and fifteen
a shower too in Hobart and fifteen as you mentioned,
showers and those strong winds in Adelaide, and fourteen partly
claud in Perth, and nineteen partly cloudy in Darwin and
(09:44):
thirty one degrees
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We start this morning with major breaking news. Iran has
now attacked the United States. Early this morning, Terehran launched
a missile strike on the largest American military base in
the Middle East. The attack on the base in Katar
payback for Donald Trump's strike on Iran's nuclear science. Missiles
were also fired on a US base in Iraq. Let's
(00:25):
go to our team of reporters. First to Marley Hogan
in Washington, DC. Marley, morning, to you. Iran vowed to retaliate.
Did this attack cause casualties damage? What can you tell us?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Eddie, Good morning. We've been waiting to see how Iran
would respond, and it appears that they have now made
their move. The US Defense Department confirming that that Bass
in Qatar did come under attack, but there have been
no casualties reported. The US Defense Department saying that at
short and medium range missiles were used in those attacks
guitars the other Katari government saying that its air defenses
(01:02):
were able to intercept those missiles. Now, the target was
the Ludd Air Base. It is the largest military installation
in the Middle East. Around ten thousand US military troops
and civilians are based there. Now, there were indications that
America knew that this attack was coming. They sent out
messages to their personnel to their citizens to shelter in place.
(01:25):
The Guitar government shut its airspace earlier in the day.
On top of that, Iran has now said that it
will not leave any attack on its sovereignty unanswered. But
really this is looking more like a symbolic attack because
there are signs that the even Iranian officials let the
US know that this attack was coming. Iran needed to
(01:47):
be seen as responding to those strikes on its key
nuclear facilities, but as it is weakened at the moment,
this is really appearing to be a symbolic attack. We
haven't heard from Donald Trump yet in respects to this
attack on the air base in Qatar. What he has
done is put a message on social media complaining about
the media and its assessment about the damage done to
(02:10):
those key nuclear sites in Iran. Donald Trump is right
now in the West Wing. He did have a meeting
with his national security team, so we are waiting for
updates on that.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Eddie, all right, thank you, Marlin Nada Jaqueline Robinson in
Tel Aviv, Jackie, Israel and Iran have again exchanged some
tit for tat missile strikes.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Yes, Eddie, it's been another day of back and forth
missile fire with a controversial hit by Israel. One run's
controversial and notorious even prison. It holds many political detainees
and foreign nationals, which has angered France. Its foreign minister
says this is completely unacceptable. There are two French nationals
(02:53):
inside that prison. It's unclear exactly how many prisoners have
been hurt. But while also launching strikes on Reijing targets,
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard headquarters and also a clock at
doomsday clock that's in Tehran that counts down to Israel's destruction.
(03:14):
But Iran has also fired back, hitting a industrial area
in Ashdod near a power station. And it was during
that missile fire that Australians were due on a repatriation
flight that has now been thwarted and stalled over to tomorrow.
It's expected they will take a military flight to Dubai.
But in a major development, Israel has now reopened its
(03:37):
airspace so people can now book commercial flights. Eddie.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
That is some good for those good news for those
Australians trying to get home. Nada Ben Downey, who's in
the Netherlands ahead of a NATO summit. Ben the meeting's
agenda is likely to be dominated by the conflict in
the Middle East.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Absolutely, Eddie, This NATO someone was already being billed as
the most important one since the end of the Cold War,
and that's when the focuses on Ukraine and Russia. Now
world leaders coming here holding their collective breadths for the
precarious state the globe now finds itself in, as well
as the prospect of having to deal with the more
unpredictable Donald Trump. What he's demanding of the thirty one.
Other part of nations is that they increase their defense
(04:16):
spending up to five percent of their GDP in Australia
as well, even though it's not a partner nation to
increase its defense spending as well. For the majority of
those nations, that's doubling their defense spending as the US
tries to move out of the European continent and focus
more on the Pacific and now seemingly the Middle East
with this Israel Iran conflict, and what's happened as well
(04:36):
is with these latest strikes today, the NATO Secretary General
has said that the us IS attack on that four
to dough nuclear base in Iran was not in breach
of international military law.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Take a listen. My biggest fear of it would be for
Iran to own and be able to use and deploy
a nuclear weapon. And this is a consistent position of
needs or Iran should not have its hands on a
on the nuclear weapon. So and I would not agree
that this is against international law what third US did.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
But fractures are already emerging. French President Emmanuel Macron is
saying that these strikes on the Forder nuclear facility, there
was no basis inside international law for these strikes. Something
I'm quite a precarious meeting between those two world leaders
when todder Drum's expected to touch down here at the
Hay tomorrow night, daddie.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Okay, thank you, Ben and to all of our reporters.
We'll check back with you soon during sunrise. But Comantheony
Abernizi has confirmed he supports America's action in Iran, more
than a day after the news of the strikes broke.
This to Alberzi convened the National Security Committee meeting, but
remained tight lipped at a press conference repeatedly saying this
was unilateral action taken by the United States. The PM
(05:53):
affirmed Donald Trump stands the stance that Iran cannot be
allowed to hold a nuclear weapon. To breaking news in
Cities West Now and a man has been attacked by
machette wielding thieves in a horror home invasion in Seven Hills.
The fifty six year old victim confronted the four men
after they broke into his home around three this morning.
(06:14):
They stabbed him in the arm before fleeing. The victim
has been taken to hospital where he remains right now
and police are launching a major man hunt to track
down his attackers. Also breaking news in Sydney, a car
has been found torched in the city's west. The deep
suv was found dumped and burning out of control on
the side of the road in Guildford around one o'clock.
(06:36):
Cruz put out the blaze, but the car has been destroyed.
A crime scene has been set up with a man
hunt underway now for the arsonist. Police in Brisbane, Southwest
have set up a crime scene after a home in
Annala went up in flames around midnight. It's honestood the
home has been badly damaged by the blaze. Not yet
known if anyone was inside. The home is at the
(06:58):
corner of Rosemary and a Zaia Streets, and will have
more information as it comes into the newsroom This morning.
A q's triple mushroom murderer Aaron Patterson could learn her
fate within days. With the trial set to begin its
ninth week, the jurors will today hear the judge begin
giving his directions. Under Victorian law, only twelve jurors are
(07:20):
required to decide the verdict, with two set to leave
by ballot in coming days. The final twelve will remain
in a group, including overnight, for as long as it
takes to decide on a verdict. If the jury can't
make a decision, it may lead to a hung jury
and then a retrial. There are calls this morning for
YouTube to be added to Australia's landmark social media ban,
(07:42):
which will be launched later this year. Live out of
Josh Martin in Canberra, Josh wanting to you. The E
Safety Commissioner is warning the platform is harmful.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Morning Eddie. Yes, the under sixteen social media ban is
due to begin in December. A cries TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit x,
Facebook and Instagram to comply, but in November last year,
the government said YouTube would be exempt, controversially due to
the educational and health benefits of the site, But the
E Safety Commissioner is challenging that decision and is advising
(08:12):
the government put YouTube back on the list. Julie in
mean Grant says it's the most popular site with ten
to fifteen year olds. The E Safety Commissioner has done
a survey and says thirty seven percent of kids said
their most harmful recent experience took place on YouTube. She's
going to address the National Press Club today. It'll be
interesting to see if the government responds and listens. I'm
(08:33):
sure parents will be following this one closely, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah, they certainly. Well, thank you.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Josh.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Victoria's controversial new energy rules, originally meant to take effect
next year, have been delayed to twenty twenty seven after
furious public backlash. Alongside the delay, new reforms mean hundreds
of thousands of residents will no longer have to switch
from gas heating to electric should installation be too expensive.
Landlords will face harsher rules with gas heaters at the
(09:00):
end of their life to be replaced with split system
air conditioning. Adelaide is bracing for wild winds and big seas.
Today a big weather system has moved in, bringing showers
and fierce gusts. Sea levels are n't expected to reach
last month's record levels, but they won't be far off.
Some parts could see up to fifty millimeters of rain
across the next twenty four hours. Let's check tuesday's weather
(09:24):
now a shower to in Brisbane and twenty four a
shower too in City in twenty one rain in Camber
and fourteen showers developing in windy in Melbourne and fifteen
a shower too in Hobart and fifteen as you mentioned,
showers and those strong winds in Adelaide, and fourteen partly
claud in Perth, and nineteen partly cloudy in Darwin and
(09:44):
thirty one degrees
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