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In this bulletin, President Trump says US doesn't have obligation to support NATO countries.
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The coalition eruders consideration of fuel excise cut, and in football Iran's men's national
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team stage symbolic protest against strike on girls' school.
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With all the latest from the SBS Newsroom, I'm Katrina Sterent.
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United States President Donald Trump says the US does not have an obligation to support
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NATO countries, raising further questions about US commitment to the mutual defense provisions
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Speaking at an investment forum in Miami, Mr. Trump expressed his disappointment that NATO
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was not providing material support for the US in its war with Iran.
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Because we spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on NATO, hundreds of protecting them.
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And we would have always been there for them, but now based on their actions, I guess we
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That sounds like a breaking story, yes, sir.
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Is that breaking news?
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I think we just have breaking news.
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But that's the fact.
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I've been saying that why would we be there for them if they're not there for us?
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They weren't there for us.
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European allies were not consulted ahead of the unprovoked US-Israeli attacks last month,
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if many leaders opposed to the action.
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Federal opposition leader Angus Taylor is urging the Prime Minister to adopt a coalition proposal
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to halve the fuel excise for three months.
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While the Albanese government has not flatly rejected the idea, Treasurer Jim Charmer
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said on Tuesday, it's not something that we have been considering.
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Mr. Taylor says the move will potentially save motorists 26 cents a litre.
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For a hard working family, that is a tradey family, for instance, they'll be spending
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up to $50 a week, that they won't have to spend if our proposal is put in place.
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And that's around $16 million every single day that Australians are paying.
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They wouldn't have to pay if this government did its job and made sure that fuel was
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affordable for all Australians.
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However, the OECD has warned against such measures, saying there will come at a greater
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cost to the budget than more targeted measures.
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They must say the move would cost taxpayers $6 billion over six months and increase demand
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Indonesia has started to implement new regulations to ban children under 16 from access to digital
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platforms, following similar measures introduced by Australia last year.
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After approval in March, Indonesia has become the first country in Southeast Asia to ban
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children from having accounts on social media platforms, such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
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Indonesia's government says the restrictions will be implemented gradually until all platforms
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are in compliance with the measure.
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In Jakarta, Mother Lenny Senuria says she understands why the measure is needed.
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Nowadays when we see kids sitting in a restaurant, they have a phone right in front of them.
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It's clear that they're addicted.
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They won't eat unless they're given a phone and they throw tantrums if they aren't.
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Maybe this is one of the reasons the government sees that children are focused on mobile phones
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People time is supposed to be a time for us to chat with the people around us.
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And in football, Iran's men's national football team wore black armbands and held school bags
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as their anthem played ahead of a friendly match against Nigeria in Turkey.
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The players held pink and purple bags with ribbons on them in protest of strikes that killed
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over 175 people, children and teachers at a girl's school on the first day of US-Israeli
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Iran were playing a friendly against Nigeria ahead of the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada
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with their participation in the tournament still in doubt due to the conflict.
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Mehdi Mohamed Nabi, a vice president of the Iranian Football Federation,
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says the players decided to stage the protest as a symbolic gesture of solidarity with the victims.
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Our youth in Minab were bombed twice in a row in a brutal manner.
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This not only caused grief for families, but the whole country,
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including our national team players, were all deeply affected.
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Today, through this symbolic act, they expressed solidarity with the children of Minab.
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They also sent a message to the world that genocide and the killing of children are profoundly wrong
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and that it is a grave injustice.
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And that's all this evening's latest from the SBS Newsroom. I'm Katrina Starritz.