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A former US fighter pilot could be sent back to the country of his birth after the Federal Court rejected his bid to avoid extradition. Dan Duggan, who’s now an Australian citizen, is accused of unlawfully training Chinese military pilots - an offence that carries a penalty of 65 years in prison. His lawyer Howard Adams says the Australian government has been waging a fight for his extradition on behalf of the US.

Scientists in Europe have issued a dire warning about one of the world’s most important ocean currents, saying their predictions about its possible collapse are looking more likely. It could mean bitterly cold winters and summer droughts in Europe and dramatically alter rainfall on the farmlands we rely on to feed us. UNSW professor of oceanography Matthew England says the slowdown or collapse of the amok current could see Australia experiencing prolonged La Niña weather cycles. 

 It’s taken years for Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi to find the words to talk about her time inside one of Tehran's most notorious prisons, Evin, but now she’s turned it into a film, Roya, screening at the Persian film festival.