WA coastal communities prepare for severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle | ABC News Top Stories

The Bureau of Meteorology says Perth is unlikely to see a direct hit from severe tropical

cyclone Narell, but heavy rain and damaging winds are still forecast.

The storm has been upgraded to a Category 4 system, and is due to cross the WA coast

on Friday night or Saturday around the Gascoine region, residents north of Calbaria being urged

to prepare while tourists have been asked to leave the area.

Washington is urging Iran to accept a peace deal while threatening to hit the country harder

than ever if it doesn't.

Iran reportedly sees the US peace plan as unacceptable, and instead has issued five conditions

to end the war, including financial reparations and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

It's also still denying that any negotiations are taking place, but US President Donald

Trump says they're too afraid to admit talks are underway because they fear they'd be

killed by their own people.

In the union representing ABC employees, it says it's not ruling out further industrial

action.

A third of staff have now returned to work after a majority rejected the ABC's latest pay

offer and walked off the job for 24 hours.

ABC managing director Hugh Marks says calls for a 4.5% pay increase per year for staff

would be unmanageable, but the media, entertainment and arts alliance says more strikes could happen

if management doesn't come to the table.

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