Iran Foreign Minister minister meets European counterparts
The Iranian Foreign Minister has been in Geneva to meet with European counterparts, who are hopeful an "off-ramp" can be negotiated within the two-week window set out by US President Donald Trump.
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SBS Australia
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Morning News Bulletin 22 June 2025
Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts . TRANSCRIPT Reports the US is relocating B-2 bomber aircraft as Donald Trump considers a potential airstrike in Iran The grandfather of an Indigenous man who died in police custody writes a letter to the Prime Minister In cricket, Sam Konstas replaces Marnus Labuschagne ahead of Australia's opening Test match against the West Indies The United States is reportedly moving B-2 bomber aircraft to the Pacific island of Guam - as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran. According to US media reports and tracking data, multiple B-2 bomber aircraft have left their base in Missouri, headed for Guam. It is unclear whether the bomber deployment is tied to tensions between Israel and Iran. The B-2 is capable of striking Iran's deeply buried nuclear facilities. The Pentagon has not responded to a request for comment. Israel and Iran have exchanged more strikes, as the conflict enters its second week. Israel is claiming it has killed three of Iran's commanders - Saeed Izadi, Behnam Shahryari and Aminpour Judaki. Iran has not confirmed the deaths. This man in Iran says he wants to see the fighting stop. "I'm not in that situation to decide which one has the winning point at the moment. I just think about my family, my people, and that's it. No matter for me the names - Iran, Israel, I don't know, United States. We are thinking about peace and we hope it happens. The only thing that is important is people. People should be safe." The grandfather of a 24-year-old Indigenous man who died in police custody has drafted an open letter to the prime minister calling for the federal government to step in and address problems in the Northern Territory's justice system. The senior Warlpiri leader's grandson Kumanjayi White died after being forcibly restrained by two plain clothes officers inside a supermarket in Alice Springs in May. In the letter, Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves wrote that the justice system in the Territory was "in crisis", telling Prime Minister the federal government has total power over the NT - and saying "this madness must stop." The letter addressed to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese came amid protests in Sydney and Alice Springs demanding justice for Mr White. Pope Leo has recognised the work of South American journalists who uncovered sexual abuse by leaders of a dissolved Catholic group. The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae group, founded by Catholic laity and priests in 1971, was investigated by the Vatican, which concluded in 2017 that its leader, layman Luis Fernando Figari, abused along with three other former members, 19 minors and 10 adults between the 1970s and 2000s. In Lima, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu read the leader written by the Pope, ahead of the premiere of a theatrical production that exploring the abuse scandal. "I want to thank those who have persevered in this cause, even when they were ignored, disqualified and even legally persecuted. In this time of deep social tensions, defending free and ethical journalism is not only an act of justice, but a duty of all those who long for a solid and participatory democracy." In cricket, Sam Konstas says he is ready to go again after being picked to play for Australia in their opening Test match against the West Indies on Wednesday. The 19-year-old has replaced Marnus Labuschagne in the squad following the latter's poor form in the recent World Test Championship final. Konstas made a stormy entry to the Tests against India at last year's Boxing Day Test match and scored a half century that contained some audacious shots against the world's best fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. The opening batter says he still reflects on the moment but has also been working to further improve his game. "To be honest I've been watching it quite a bit. Even some of my mates still send it to me but yeah I still can't believe it. I don't know what was going through my mind at that time but no I thought it was the right time in the moment and yeah it was good fun. It was my first few Test matches... the emotion probably got to me with the crowd and obviously it was good reflecting having a bit of time off, trying to strengthen my game up and yeah hopefully we get to win the start in the next Test match." The three-Test series against the West Indies starts this Wednesday in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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Iran Foreign Minister minister meets European counterparts The Iranian Foreign Minister has been in Geneva to meet with European counterparts, who are hopeful an "off-ramp" can be negotiated within the two-week window set out by US President Donald Trump.
West Australian
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- West Australian
Israel says it has hit southwestern Iran military sites
Israel says it has killed a veteran Iranian commander during attacks by both sides that have included multiple Israeli strikes in southwestern Iran. The more than week-long air war between Israel and Iran continued with reports of strikes on an Iranian nuclear facility. The White House said it was weighing whether to back Israel in the conflict while Turkey, Russia and China have urged de-escalation. Two US officials on Saturday told Reuters B-2 bombers were being deployed to Guam. While they did not disclose details on numbers of B-2s, which can carry weapons designed to destroy targets deep underground, one of the officials said no orders had yet been given to move the aircraft beyond Guam. Israeli military officials said they had completed another series of strikes in southwestern Iran, having targeted dozens of military targets. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met UK, French and German counterparts, plus the European Union, on Friday in Geneva in search of a path back to diplomacy and a possible ceasefire. Proposals made by the European countries, however, were "unrealistic," the senior Iranian official told Reuters, saying that insistence on them would not bring agreement closer. "In any case, Iran will review the European proposals in Tehran and present its responses in the next meeting," the official said, adding that zero enrichment was a dead end and Iran would not negotiate over its defensive capabilities. Israel launched attacks on June 13, saying Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, while Iran says its atomic program is only for peaceful purposes. Israel is widely assumed to possess nuclear weapons, which it neither confirms nor denies. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that Saeed Izadi, who led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' overseas arm, was killed in a strike on an apartment in the city of Qom. Calling his killing a "major achievement for Israeli intelligence and the Air Force," Katz said Izadi had financed and armed the Palestinian militant group Hamas ahead of its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. The Revolutionary Guards said five of its members died in attacks on Khorramabad, according to Iranian media. They did not mention Izadi, who was on United States and United Kingdom sanctions lists, but said Israel had also attacked a building in Qom amid initial reports of a 16-year-old killed and two people injured. At least 430 people have been killed and 3500 injured in Iran since Israel began its attacks, Iranian state-run Nour News said, citing the health ministry. In Israel, 24 civilians have been killed by Iranian missile attacks, according to local authorities, in the worst conflict between the longtime enemies. More than 450 Iranian missiles have been fired towards Israel, according to the Israeli prime minister's office. Israeli officials said 1272 people have been injured since the beginning of the hostilities, with 14 in serious condition. At a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) in Istanbul, Araqchi said Israel's aggression, which he said had indications of US involvement, should stop so Iran can "come back to diplomacy". "It is obvious that I can't go to negotiations with the US when our people are under bombardments under the support of the US," he told reporters on the sidelines, before meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. The top Iranian diplomat said US involvement in the conflict would be "very dangerous". US President Donald Trump has said he would take up to two weeks to decide whether the United States should enter the conflict on Israel's side, enough time "to see whether or not people come to their senses," he said. Gulf Co-operation Council ambassadors expressed concerns to United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi about the safety of nuclear facilities close to their countries and "dangerous repercussions" of targeting them, Qatar state news agency said. Israel said it was attacking military infrastructure. Early on Saturday, air raid sirens were triggered across parts of central Israel and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with missile interceptions visible over Tel Aviv and explosions echoing. An Iranian drone strike pierced a hole through the side of a two-storey residential building in northern Israel, according to the national emergency service. There were no reports of casualties. Those killed in Iran include the military's top echelon and nuclear scientists. Israel said it also killed a second commander of the Guards' overseas arm, whom it identified as Benham Shahriyari, during an overnight strike. Iranian Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarqandi said Israel has attacked three hospitals during the conflict, killing two health workers and a child, and has targeted six ambulances, according to Fars. Asked about such reports, an Israeli military official said that only military targets were being struck, though there may have been collateral damage in some incidents. An Iranian missile hit a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Thursday.
