AAP Rolling News Bulletin for June 9 at 1100
Honours (CANBERRA)
More than 900 Australians are being lauded after receiving honours on the King's Birthday list for services praised as shaping the nation.
Former Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman, gender equality advocate Natasha Stott Despoja and philanthropist Janet Calvert-Jones are among those appointed Companions of the Order of Australia (AC), which is the nation's highest civilian honour.
All up, 34 Australians received honours through the military division, 149 received meritorious citations and 63 conspicuous accolades, with a further 702 recognised in the general division.
Soldiers will perform 21-gun salutes in both Sydney and Melbourne for the King's Birthday public holiday on Monday, where one blank howitzer round will be fired every 10 seconds until all 21 have been expended.
Late doctor and former Victorian Liberal MP Katie Allen was appointed an Officer of the Order, credited with changing how pediatric food allergy is treated after authoring more than 400 publications in leading medical journals. She died in December at the age of 59 after developing a rare form of cancer.
Federal (CANBERRA)
Frustrated Australians want a cut to migration as anger among voters continues to fuel a surge in support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation, the Nationals say.
Fresh polling has shown the right-wing party pull ahead of Labor, as the coalition continues to lose its standing with voters.
Pointing to economic issues as a factor behind the rise in populism, Anthony Albanese issued a warning about the potential for political violence.
Calling for a "united" Australia, the prime minister on Monday promised to reduce the nation's migration intake.
Nationals Leader Matt Canavan said people felt like they were going backwards economically.
"What these polls show is that people are very frustrated and angry about their elected representatives not listening to them," he told Sky News on Tuesday.
Mideast (CAIRO)
Israeli strikes have killed six Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip, health officials say, as Israel's military expanded the area under its control, according to residents.
The reports came as mediators in Cairo said they were pressing on with efforts to salvage a fragile US-brokered ceasefire deal that has ended major clashes but left many key points unresolved.
Medics said two people were killed when an Israeli strike hit near a tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave.
In the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, medics said three Palestinians, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli air strike that hit near a group of people digging a well. Later on Monday, an Israeli air strike near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, killed one person and wounded three others, medics said, taking Monday's death toll to six.
Quake Phil (MANILA)
At least 35 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines, prompting tsunami warnings across parts of the region which were lifted again a few hours later.
The quake struck at 7.37am on Monday and registered a magnitude of 7.8, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
The tremor's epicentre was located southwest of Maasim town in Sarangani province, on the southern island of Mindanao, Phivolcs said.
Four people remain missing and a total of 144 were injured, according to official figures.
Thirty-one of the fatalities were from the Sarangani region, General Santos City and South Cotabato while four were from the Davao region.
The tremor was also felt in parts of Indonesia, particularly on the island of Sulawesi where a tsunami warning was also issued.
Ukraine (BERZGALE)
A French military Rafale fighter jet has shot down a drone that entered NATO member Latvia's airspace from Russia, the latest in a series of such security incidents along Europe's eastern border regions.
The Latvian army, without saying who launched the drone, said it entered from Russia "as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare".
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, in a post on X, hailed "swift decision-making and professional action" over the incident.
A French army spokesperson confirmed French warplanes had shot down an unidentified drone and a NATO official said: "It shows once again NATO's determination and ability to deter and defend."
The final decision to shoot down the drone was taken by NATO command, Latvian defence minister Raivis Melnis told reporters.
Iran (DUBAI/JERUSALEM)
Iran and Israel say they have halted attacks on each other following an appeal from US President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop shooting".
The wave of attacks over the past 24 hours marked the most direct confrontation between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire, threatening to wreck US efforts to reach an agreement with Iran to end their more than three-month war.
Oil prices pared gains when Iran's military said its first wave of strikes on Israel was over.
The US dollar retreated from its highest level in nearly two months.
A source briefed on the matter told Reuters that Israel had also decided to halt its attacks on Iran.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that the final objective in the peace negotiations between Iran and the US is "just about to be achieved," asking all sides in the conflict to exercise restraint.
Legal: Waden (BRISBANE)
A man accused of murdering his American girlfriend gave different reasons for why she stopped going to gym classes, claiming she fled creditors or immigration enforcement, a jury has heard.
Mark Sheridan Waden, 50, allegedly killed Priscilla Brooten and buried her body in a trench before dumping it at a Brisbane rubbish tip almost a year later.
Ms Brooten, a 46-year-old US citizen who was staying in Australia without a valid visa, vanished from the home she shared with Waden in Brisbane's northern suburbs in July 2018.
A Brisbane Supreme Court jury heard testimony from several of Ms Brooten's friends on Monday during the second week of Waden's murder trial.
Laetitia Penfold said she met the American for yoga and Zumba classes three or four times a week up until June or July 2018.
Federal (CANBERRA)
Australians don't feel like the system is working for them, the prime minister says, as fresh polling shows Pauline Hanson's One Nation is the most popular party for the first time.
The Newspoll survey recorded a four-point rise in One Nation's primary vote to 31 per cent, while Labor dipped one point to 30 per cent and the coalition fell two points to 18 per cent.
It follows fierce criticism of Labor's controversial tax reform in the May budget, with the coalition opposing the changes, and the Greens yet to indicate they will support the legislation.
Anthony Albanese said his government will continue to focus on making a practical difference to people's lives.
"Many people feel that the system isn't working for them, that they're working for the economy, not the economy with them," he told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
In finance ...
OpenAI (NEW YORK CITY)
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has confidentially filed for a US initial public offering, joining rival Anthropic in a push toward the stock market as investors seek exposure to the artificial intelligence boom.
OpenAI did not disclose the size or terms of the offering, and said a timeline has not yet been determined.
"It may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company," it said in a statement.
Reuters had reported that the AI giant is targeting a valuation of up to $1 trillion in a stock market debut that could come as early as September.
At that valuation, OpenAI would set the stage for a trio of trillion-dollar valuation companies debuting rapidly and is seen as the most consequential test of investor appetite for high-growth technology stocks in the recent decade.
Markets (NEW YORK CITY)
Wall Street's major indices have advanced as chipmakers bounced back from a sharp sell-off last week while investors took comfort from signs of cooling tensions in the Middle East.
Intel shares jumped 8.5 per cent.
The Information reported that Alphabet had tapped the company to make 3 million in-house chips while Nvidia was evaluating their technology.
The S&P 500 tech sector index gained 1.9 per cent while the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index advanced 4.6 per cent, rebounding from Friday's sharp decline that wiped out $US1 trillion ($A1.4 trillion) in market value for US-listed chipmakers.
Shares of Nvidia and Broadcom rose 1.7 per cent and 2.8 per cent respectively while Micron Technology soared 8.7 per cent.
Expectations of tighter monetary policy and underwhelming results from Broadcom last week had raised concerns that the sector was growing too fast, prompting traders to retreat after a strong run this year.
In entertainment ...
Arts Festival (MELBOURNE)
Capital city arts festivals are usually evening affairs, but in a city of early risers, this one kicks off at dawn.
Brisbane Festival artistic director Ebony Bott's inaugural program features 160 productions across three weeks in September, of which almost 120 events will be free to attend.
"The beautiful thing about different festivals in each city across Australia is that they need to respond to the rhythm of the city they're in," Bott said.
The program begins each day as the sun rises, with attractions such as yoga and early morning DJ sets from New York's DAYBREAKER movement.
The festival is also re-establishing its former hub at South Bank with a temporary village in the riverside forecourt, designed as a nod to the 2032 Olympic Village.
Guthrie (LONDON)
Savannah Guthrie has shared an emotional plea to "bring her home" amid the ongoing search for her missing mother.
The NBC Today show presenter's 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home on February 1 and police have been treating her disappearance as a kidnapping.
While Guthrie previously admitted she does not think her mother is still alive, she refuses to stop looking for her.
In a post on Instagram, Guthrie shared a picture of Jesus' ascension with "Oh my, my soul it cries out, soul, it cries out", written over the top.
In a heartbreaking addition, Guthrie wrote on the bottom: "Bring her home," alongside a heart emoji.
According to reports, ransom notes were sent to local media outlets - furthering rumours that Nancy was taken against her will.
In sport ...
RL Origin NSW (SYDNEY)
NSW have dropped Haumole Olakau'atu for the second State of Origin match and called Dylan Lucas into the starting side for his Blues debut.
Coach Laurie Daley announced on Tuesday morning that Mitchell Moses would start in the halves next to Nathan Cleary, despite a hamstring injury that clouded his availability.
But the biggest shock is the omission of in-form Olakau'atu, who drops out to pave the way for Newcastle second-rower Lucas to start next to Hudson Young.
Olakau'atu is the new 20th man, the extended squad role filled by Lucas in the victorious series opener.
After being named in the squad on Sunday night, Canterbury captain Stephen Crichton drops out with a shoulder injury and will be replaced by Mark Nawaqanitawase.
RL Origin NSW (SYDNEY)
NSW coach Laurie Daley is rolling the dice on the fitness of Mitchell Moses after recalling the Parramatta captain to his Blues side for game two of the State of Origin series.
Moses was named in Daley's squad on Monday despite having failed to play for the Eels since he was ruled out of the May 27 series opener in Sydney less than 48 hours before kick-off.
The Parramatta playmaker suffered a minor hamstring strain in the lead-up to game one and was replaced at five-eighth by Canberra's Ethan Strange.
Strange played a key role in the Blues' 22-20 victory but Moses' inclusion is expected to force the Canberra youngster to the bench for next Wednesday's clash at the MCG.
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