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US President Donald Trump says he's ordered the US Navy to block the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran collapsed.

Iran's been controlling the key oil shipping route and Mr Trump's been calling for it to open the channel.

But with the two countries failing to reach a deal to end the war, the US president now says America will stop all ships from moving through the strait, adding any Iranian vessel that attacks US ships will "be blown to hell."

Iran says it'll view any blockade as a breach of the fragile ceasefire agreed to last week.

Meanwhile, polls suggest Hungary is likely to have a new government soon, despite Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance backing long serving nationalist prime minister Victor Orban.

He is one of Europe's most right wing populist leaders and has been in power for 16 years - so this election is significant for the future of the region.

Counting in underway in the general election, with polls tipping the ruling party to lose.

Anthony Albanese will travel to Asia again to try to shore up Australia's fuel and fertiliser supply as the war in the Middle East continues.

Australia gets about 10 percent of its diesel and urea from Brunei, while Malaysia is Australia's third-largest source of refined fuel.

The Prime Minister will head to the two countries this week, after meeting with Singapore last week over the energy crisis.

The Queensland Government is pushing for new laws to crack down on AI deepfake abuse.

It's currently illegal to distribute AI-generated non consensual pictures, but it's not illegal to create them.

Under the proposed new rules, generating the images could attract jail time of up to three years.

And eight people will be recognised for their bravery during the Bondi Junction stabbing.

It's been two years since an attacker killed six people and injured ten more in the Sydney shopping centre. 

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