June 25, 2025 • 11 mins
Donald Trump has doubled down on the success of his strikes in Iran, after American media cast doubt on how much damage was actually done to the nuclear sites.
Police have attended a house in Sydney’s northwest after it was peppered with bullets.
A Sydney high school student has been suspended over a shocking social media post. The teen is seen in this photo posing with a sports jersey bearing Adolf Hitler's name.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We start with developing news overseas this morning, and Donald
Trump has doubled down on the success of his strikes
in Iran after American media cast doubt over how much
of the nuclear sites were actually damaged. Our team of
reporters is bringing you the latest developments this morning. First
to US correspondent Rob Scott in Washington, DC. Rob Trump
says he has achieved complete obliteration.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah, that's right, Eddie. The President is now on his
way back to Washington after taking what was a victory
lap at the NATO summit at the Hague, where he
was widely lauded for those strikes that took out Iran's
nuclear facilities and then led to the ceasefire between Iran
and Israel. The President while he was there pushing back
very strongly against reports circulating here in America that leaked
(00:50):
intelligence documents suggested that perhaps those strikes weren't as bad
as the President had led on, and perhaps they only
set Iran's nuclear ambitions back by a couple of months.
But the present and says that that report was incomplete
and it was taken just one day after those bunker
buster bombs were dropped. He says since then, there's been
a lot more intelligence gathered, including from people who have
(01:11):
seen the sites, and he has doubled down on his
comments that they were completely obliterated. The White House even
releasing a statement from Israel's Atomic Energy Commission which described
the strikes as devastating, saying that it destroyed Fordoh's critical infrastructure,
rendering it inoperable.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
What we blew it up is blown up the Kingdom.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Come the state is obliterated, and we think everything nuclear
is down there.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
They didn't take.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
It out now.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Mister Trump has also revealed that the US will hold
talks with Iran next week, presumably over its future ambitions
surrounding nuclear power and nuclear weapons, but he says he's
not necessarily looking for any sort of agreement from Iran
to come out of those talks, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And it seems Donald Trump has had another win in
the Netherlands as all NATO members agree to boost their
defense spending.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
But that's not all.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Trump's walking your way with Ben Downey is in the
Netherlands with the details then the President shared a friendly
moment with the NATO chief.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Well, Eddie, that's one way of putting it, certainly, and
that was quite explosive moments throughout this NATO summit, But
perhaps the one that took the cake was the NATO
Secretary General today referring to Donald Trump as Daddy, after
Trump referenced the f bomb of the targeted both Israel
and Iran for the ceasefire that nearly didn't get off
the ground. Mark Ruter there praising the president's ability to
(02:38):
wrangle the two nations as he referred to them as children.
Now Ruter has a reason to be so falling over
Donald Trump after, as you say, he secured that spending
commitment from all NATO nations of five percent of their
GDP on defense as well, a long term goal of
Donald Trump's and the reason that this summit it was
held at the Hague. Ruder also praised Trump's midnight hammer
(03:00):
bombing run on he runs a nuclear facilities that came
under questioning today as well. Trump went on to likening
that bombing run to the dropping of the atom bomb
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But as explosive as those comments were,
this from the Secretary General today took the cake.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
And then Daddy has sometimes strong language, you have to
use a certain word Mark.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Ritter, the NATO chief. Who is your friend? He called
you daddy earlier. Do you regard your NATO allies as
kind of children?
Speaker 5 (03:36):
No, he likes me.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
I think he likes me.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
If he doesn't, I'll let you know. I'll come back
and I'll hit him hard. Okay, he did. He did it.
Very affect you, Daddy here, my daddy.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Unbelievable really, but it is what we've come to expect,
after all, from the US President when he's on the
world stage at summit's like this at the Hague.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Daddy.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
It is quite bizarre when there's such so much at stake,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Thank you? Ben.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Coverage continues in the Middle East, where the Seaspire remains intact,
by that of Jacqueline Robson in Tel Aviv, Jackie. It
is a relief for residents, a huge relief.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
How are things on the ground there, well.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
Anie, People returned to work and to school today for
the first day out of the state of emergency. The
Bengarian airport here in Tel Aviv has now resumed to
full capacity, and we saw a second Australian repatriation flight
leave earlier today. We are now revealing we are now
hearing more details about Israel's campaign on Iran, The IDF
(04:37):
chief has revealed that there were ground commandos in Iran
as well as that very effective air force campaign. He
says that they took out all of the targets that
they were intending to plus some. And Israel's Prime Minister
has also convened a cabinet meeting today declaring that this
was a victory, but also admitting they went further trying
(04:59):
to undermine the Iranian regime. He says they started hitting
raging targets, including the Even Prison which is notorious for
holding political prisoners and foreign nationals, quite controversial. We know
the French Foreign Minister was very upset about that too.
French nationals inside that prison when it was hit by
the Israeli Air Defences air forces as well. Benjamin ETTNYA
(05:24):
who says now and he admits that it is the
Iranian people that need to decide if there is a
regime change.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Eddie right, Jackie, Ben Rob thank you all will come
back to soon. During Sunrise Live back Home and Breaking News.
Firefighters in Melbourne, Southeast I've taken the upper hand against
a massive inferno at a business in Hallem. The blades
broke out just after midnight. You can see dozens of
fire crews at the scene. They're tackling that blade from
the ground, also from the air.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Towers of flame were seen.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Shooting through the roof of the building, with a huge
amount of smoke too, choking nearby streets. It's not yet
clear what sparked that fire. Breaking news in Sydney where
our house has been peppered with bullets in the city's northwest.
Police were called to the scene on Nanga Crescent in
North Kellyville after eleven last night. They found a home
sprayed with bullets, striking windows and walls. Nobody was at
(06:15):
home at the time, with the residents moving out several
weeks ago. A car was also found torch minutes later
in nearby Browse Hill. The shooter and the arsonists remain
on the run. Were Towns along South Australia is coastline
are picking up the pieces after wild storm was battered
the state for a second time in a month.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Several jetties were destroyed, with forty.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Homes in the southeast town of Kingston still without power
more than twenty four hours after the wild weather.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
Pretty much the entire footpath was flooded, waves crashing up
against the building.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
We had to prepare everything that the sandbags ready.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Repair work to the coastline is expected to take days.
There are fears of traffic chaos in Sydney's northwest this morning,
with a maid road closed at Carlingford after a crane
started to lean due to damaging winds. At least three
hundred and fifty workers were safely evacuated from the building
site after the crane broke off its mounting support. Some
(07:13):
locals were told to leave their homes because of the
impending danger. It's understood engineers will continue their assessment of
the site this morning. Pennett Hills Road, a major artery,
remains closed. A jury in Aaron Patterson's murder trial has
been told they do not need to accept the opinions
of expert witnesses, rather their testimony where pieces of evidence
(07:35):
they could accept or reject.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Justice Christopher Beale said the.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Jury are the judges of the facts in determining if
the mother of two was guilty of allegedly murdering her
three relatives. The jury will today continue to hear Justice
Bill Finish instructing them with Friday, expected to be the
first day of jury deliberations. Former newscaster Antonette Latoufe has
won her wrong full termination suit against the ABC. A
(08:03):
judge ruled that she was illegally sacked having a political opinion,
awarding her seventy thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
The public broadcaster.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Forked out over a million dollars in their failed defense.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I regret the way that it was handled. I don't
think that is a good use of taxpayers money.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
ABC's chief also said we extend our sincere apologies to
miss Latouff and wish her well in her future endeavors.
A Sydney high school student has been suspended for a
shocking social media post. The teens seen in this photo
posing with a sports jersey with Adolf Hitler's name on it.
The Daily Telegraph reports a student at South Sydney High
(08:43):
School shared the picture alongside of visiting international student, capturing
the post gotta be the best jersey.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Trade out there.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
It's understood the visiting student gifted the Sydney Boy the shirts.
Two teens from Sydney's Hunter region have been arrested and
one has been charged following a high speed crash allegedly
stolen carn In Newcastle, six teenagers aged between fourteen and
sixteen were taken to hospital after crashing the Honda Jazz
following a police pursuit.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
It's alleged the.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Teens broke into a home stealing the car before the crash.
A fifteen year old boy has been charged with four
offenses including break and enter, car theft and breach of bail.
Stranded travelers impacted by the Israel and Iran conflict to
finding themselves unable to rebook flights, some waiting more than
a day at Doha International Airport and Guitar following those
(09:36):
widespread flight cancelations.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
It has been fourteen hours since I've been trying to
get my boarding class.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Our flag got canceled at three when we came straight here.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
We wait in the line for seven hours. Its groundle travelers,
so the lack of communication and staff available to handle
the flight cancelations has been dismal.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Defaunt this morning is warning of.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Further flight cancelations and disruptions at little notice for tensions
remaining high in the region. The first Australian made rocket
to be launched from here at Home is set for
takeoff in less than a week. Gilmore Space Technologies has
locked in a launch window at the start of next
month after previous delays at its North Queensland site. Two
(10:17):
launchers have been attempted so far, but they failed because
of bad weather and.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Technical issues with the rocket.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
A rescue team in Queensland's Morton Bay has free to
Humpback whale after it got tangled up in fishing nets.
The seawell team found the eight meter whale near North
Stradbroke Island, cutting it free.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Within twenty minutes.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
The happy Humpback then swimming away to continue its migration.
We're checking Thursday's weather now Brisbane sunnay in twenty degrees,
Sydney becoming cladi in sixteen, Canbra morning frost, partly Cladion eleven,
Melbourne shower two and thirteen fourteen in Hobart partly cladion,
air Adelaide, partly cladi in fifteen, Perth sonny in twenty
(10:58):
and Darwin mostly sunny and thirty two
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We start with developing news overseas this morning, and Donald
Trump has doubled down on the success of his strikes
in Iran after American media cast doubt over how much
of the nuclear sites were actually damaged. Our team of
reporters is bringing you the latest developments this morning. First
to US correspondent Rob Scott in Washington, DC. Rob Trump
says he has achieved complete obliteration.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah, that's right, Eddie. The President is now on his
way back to Washington after taking what was a victory
lap at the NATO summit at the Hague, where he
was widely lauded for those strikes that took out Iran's
nuclear facilities and then led to the ceasefire between Iran
and Israel. The President while he was there pushing back
very strongly against reports circulating here in America that leaked
(00:50):
intelligence documents suggested that perhaps those strikes weren't as bad
as the President had led on, and perhaps they only
set Iran's nuclear ambitions back by a couple of months.
But the present and says that that report was incomplete
and it was taken just one day after those bunker
buster bombs were dropped. He says since then, there's been
a lot more intelligence gathered, including from people who have
(01:11):
seen the sites, and he has doubled down on his
comments that they were completely obliterated. The White House even
releasing a statement from Israel's Atomic Energy Commission which described
the strikes as devastating, saying that it destroyed Fordoh's critical infrastructure,
rendering it inoperable.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
What we blew it up is blown up the Kingdom.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Come the state is obliterated, and we think everything nuclear
is down there.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
They didn't take.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
It out now.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Mister Trump has also revealed that the US will hold
talks with Iran next week, presumably over its future ambitions
surrounding nuclear power and nuclear weapons, but he says he's
not necessarily looking for any sort of agreement from Iran
to come out of those talks, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And it seems Donald Trump has had another win in
the Netherlands as all NATO members agree to boost their
defense spending.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
But that's not all.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Trump's walking your way with Ben Downey is in the
Netherlands with the details then the President shared a friendly
moment with the NATO chief.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Well, Eddie, that's one way of putting it, certainly, and
that was quite explosive moments throughout this NATO summit, But
perhaps the one that took the cake was the NATO
Secretary General today referring to Donald Trump as Daddy, after
Trump referenced the f bomb of the targeted both Israel
and Iran for the ceasefire that nearly didn't get off
the ground. Mark Ruter there praising the president's ability to
(02:38):
wrangle the two nations as he referred to them as children.
Now Ruter has a reason to be so falling over
Donald Trump after, as you say, he secured that spending
commitment from all NATO nations of five percent of their
GDP on defense as well, a long term goal of
Donald Trump's and the reason that this summit it was
held at the Hague. Ruder also praised Trump's midnight hammer
(03:00):
bombing run on he runs a nuclear facilities that came
under questioning today as well. Trump went on to likening
that bombing run to the dropping of the atom bomb
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But as explosive as those comments were,
this from the Secretary General today took the cake.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
And then Daddy has sometimes strong language, you have to
use a certain word Mark.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Ritter, the NATO chief. Who is your friend? He called
you daddy earlier. Do you regard your NATO allies as
kind of children?
Speaker 5 (03:36):
No, he likes me.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
I think he likes me.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
If he doesn't, I'll let you know. I'll come back
and I'll hit him hard. Okay, he did. He did it.
Very affect you, Daddy here, my daddy.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Unbelievable really, but it is what we've come to expect,
after all, from the US President when he's on the
world stage at summit's like this at the Hague.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Daddy.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
It is quite bizarre when there's such so much at stake,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Thank you? Ben.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Coverage continues in the Middle East, where the Seaspire remains intact,
by that of Jacqueline Robson in Tel Aviv, Jackie. It
is a relief for residents, a huge relief.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
How are things on the ground there, well.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
Anie, People returned to work and to school today for
the first day out of the state of emergency. The
Bengarian airport here in Tel Aviv has now resumed to
full capacity, and we saw a second Australian repatriation flight
leave earlier today. We are now revealing we are now
hearing more details about Israel's campaign on Iran, The IDF
(04:37):
chief has revealed that there were ground commandos in Iran
as well as that very effective air force campaign. He
says that they took out all of the targets that
they were intending to plus some. And Israel's Prime Minister
has also convened a cabinet meeting today declaring that this
was a victory, but also admitting they went further trying
(04:59):
to undermine the Iranian regime. He says they started hitting
raging targets, including the Even Prison which is notorious for
holding political prisoners and foreign nationals, quite controversial. We know
the French Foreign Minister was very upset about that too.
French nationals inside that prison when it was hit by
the Israeli Air Defences air forces as well. Benjamin ETTNYA
(05:24):
who says now and he admits that it is the
Iranian people that need to decide if there is a
regime change.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Eddie right, Jackie, Ben Rob thank you all will come
back to soon. During Sunrise Live back Home and Breaking News.
Firefighters in Melbourne, Southeast I've taken the upper hand against
a massive inferno at a business in Hallem. The blades
broke out just after midnight. You can see dozens of
fire crews at the scene. They're tackling that blade from
the ground, also from the air.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Towers of flame were seen.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Shooting through the roof of the building, with a huge
amount of smoke too, choking nearby streets. It's not yet
clear what sparked that fire. Breaking news in Sydney where
our house has been peppered with bullets in the city's northwest.
Police were called to the scene on Nanga Crescent in
North Kellyville after eleven last night. They found a home
sprayed with bullets, striking windows and walls. Nobody was at
(06:15):
home at the time, with the residents moving out several
weeks ago. A car was also found torch minutes later
in nearby Browse Hill. The shooter and the arsonists remain
on the run. Were Towns along South Australia is coastline
are picking up the pieces after wild storm was battered
the state for a second time in a month.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Several jetties were destroyed, with forty.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Homes in the southeast town of Kingston still without power
more than twenty four hours after the wild weather.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
Pretty much the entire footpath was flooded, waves crashing up
against the building.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
We had to prepare everything that the sandbags ready.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Repair work to the coastline is expected to take days.
There are fears of traffic chaos in Sydney's northwest this morning,
with a maid road closed at Carlingford after a crane
started to lean due to damaging winds. At least three
hundred and fifty workers were safely evacuated from the building
site after the crane broke off its mounting support. Some
(07:13):
locals were told to leave their homes because of the
impending danger. It's understood engineers will continue their assessment of
the site this morning. Pennett Hills Road, a major artery,
remains closed. A jury in Aaron Patterson's murder trial has
been told they do not need to accept the opinions
of expert witnesses, rather their testimony where pieces of evidence
(07:35):
they could accept or reject.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Justice Christopher Beale said the.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Jury are the judges of the facts in determining if
the mother of two was guilty of allegedly murdering her
three relatives. The jury will today continue to hear Justice
Bill Finish instructing them with Friday, expected to be the
first day of jury deliberations. Former newscaster Antonette Latoufe has
won her wrong full termination suit against the ABC. A
(08:03):
judge ruled that she was illegally sacked having a political opinion,
awarding her seventy thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
The public broadcaster.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Forked out over a million dollars in their failed defense.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I regret the way that it was handled. I don't
think that is a good use of taxpayers money.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
ABC's chief also said we extend our sincere apologies to
miss Latouff and wish her well in her future endeavors.
A Sydney high school student has been suspended for a
shocking social media post. The teens seen in this photo
posing with a sports jersey with Adolf Hitler's name on it.
The Daily Telegraph reports a student at South Sydney High
(08:43):
School shared the picture alongside of visiting international student, capturing
the post gotta be the best jersey.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Trade out there.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
It's understood the visiting student gifted the Sydney Boy the shirts.
Two teens from Sydney's Hunter region have been arrested and
one has been charged following a high speed crash allegedly
stolen carn In Newcastle, six teenagers aged between fourteen and
sixteen were taken to hospital after crashing the Honda Jazz
following a police pursuit.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
It's alleged the.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Teens broke into a home stealing the car before the crash.
A fifteen year old boy has been charged with four
offenses including break and enter, car theft and breach of bail.
Stranded travelers impacted by the Israel and Iran conflict to
finding themselves unable to rebook flights, some waiting more than
a day at Doha International Airport and Guitar following those
(09:36):
widespread flight cancelations.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
It has been fourteen hours since I've been trying to
get my boarding class.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Our flag got canceled at three when we came straight here.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
We wait in the line for seven hours. Its groundle travelers,
so the lack of communication and staff available to handle
the flight cancelations has been dismal.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Defaunt this morning is warning of.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Further flight cancelations and disruptions at little notice for tensions
remaining high in the region. The first Australian made rocket
to be launched from here at Home is set for
takeoff in less than a week. Gilmore Space Technologies has
locked in a launch window at the start of next
month after previous delays at its North Queensland site. Two
(10:17):
launchers have been attempted so far, but they failed because
of bad weather and.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Technical issues with the rocket.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
A rescue team in Queensland's Morton Bay has free to
Humpback whale after it got tangled up in fishing nets.
The seawell team found the eight meter whale near North
Stradbroke Island, cutting it free.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Within twenty minutes.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
The happy Humpback then swimming away to continue its migration.
We're checking Thursday's weather now Brisbane sunnay in twenty degrees,
Sydney becoming cladi in sixteen, Canbra morning frost, partly Cladion eleven,
Melbourne shower two and thirteen fourteen in Hobart partly cladion,
air Adelaide, partly cladi in fifteen, Perth sonny in twenty
(10:58):
and Darwin mostly sunny and thirty two
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