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America’s inflation level hit 4 per cent for the first time in three years in May, driven by surging gas prices from the Iran war.

The exchange of fire between the US and Tehran presented a new test for the increasingly tenuous ceasefire in the volatile region.

A sinking feeling is likely to loom large over AUKUS discussions between Penny Wong, Richard Marles and their UK counterparts following damning revelations regarding the British submarine force.

AARON PATRICK: Footage of an immigrant violently stabbing a man on a Belfast street is increasing hostility in Britain towards immigration, strengthening One Nation’s counterpart, the Reform UK party.

The architect of a scathing British report on AUKUS says a high-profile rescue mission by leaders would reinvigorate the agreement — but one retired Admiral describes that as ‘putting lipstick on a pig’.

Authorities are calling for calm as groups called for anti-immigration protesters to take to the streets of Belfast following a serious stabbing.

Australia and Germany are deepening defence and security cooperation as concerns grow over Iran, Ukraine and instability in the Indo-Pacific.

When asked about the IDF’s occupation in Lebanon, a former Israeli general was blunt: “Is it going to last 10 years or more? I don’t know.”

Iran’s military has announced that ‌its first wave of attacks on Israel since a ceasefire in April is over, although it has threatened to resume the strikes if Israel continued attacks on Lebanon.

Monday’s latest missile attacks marked the most serious crossfire since the increasingly tenuous April 8 ceasefire was reached as Yemen’s Houthi rebels also re-entered the fray.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected in ​North Korea for talks with ​leader Kim Jong-un, ​as Beijing tries to draw Pyongyang ‌back into its orbit.

Iran has reportedly launched missiles at Israel for the first time since an April ceasefire, raising fears of a wider regional conflict and jeopardising efforts to revive peace talks.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The last time China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, travelled to North Korea, that country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, was reeling from sanctions and failed nuclear talks with the United States.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement comes a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels. 

The Iranian-backed militants rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon’s government, describing it as ‘surrender, defeat and achieving the enemy’s goals’.

The agreement depends on the co-operation of the Iranian-backed militia. The ceasefire could remove a significant obstacle in the talks between the US and Iran.

The US Government has announced a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon has been brokered, with new pilot zones to be created for the Lebanese Armed Forces to control. 

China has barred four New Zealand politicians from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau for a year after they visited Taiwan in May.