and Albanese's G7 balancing act
͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌     
Israel ‘not finished’ attacking Iran, Albanese’s G7 balancing act, and unaffordable ‘affordable’ housing | The Guardian

Support the Guardian

Power independent journalism

Morning Mail - The Guardian
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, with the US president, Donald Trump, at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
17/06/2025

Israel ‘not finished’ attacking Iran, Albanese’s G7 balancing act, and unaffordable ‘affordable’ housing

Martin Farrer Martin Farrer
 

Morning everyone. Iran has signalled that it wants to find a way out of its conflict with Israel, but Israel says its attacks on Iran are not yet finished. The situation in the Middle East is changing by the hour amid efforts by European leaders at the G7 summit to move towards a ceasefire – and Anthony Albanese has a ringside seat on the sidelines in Canada, where he is treading a tricky diplomatic path.

At home we bring you a significant investigation into alleged racism and discrimination in mainstream maternity services. Plus: the future direction of the NSW Liberals could be decided today and new research shows that First Nation people lived in the Blue Mountains high country during the last ice age.

Australia

Bobbi Lockyer half-submerged in the surf looking at camera against a amazingly vivid purple-orange sunset

Birth rights | A medical emergency during the birth of Bobbi Lockyer’s fourth child, and a lack of support before and after it, has traumatised Lockyer. She is one of more than a dozen First Nations women who spoke to Guardian Australia as part of an investigation into alleged racism and discrimination in mainstream maternity services.

Take shelter | New evidence has revealed that people lived in caves in the Blue Mountains during the last ice age 20,000 years ago when the high country was treeless, frozen and – until now – believed to be too hostile for human habitation.

Summit steer | Anthony Albanese will be treading a delicate path at the G7 summit as he tries to pivot gently towards building more alliances while trying to avoid controversy with Donald Trump, writes our chief political correspondent, Tom McIlroy, who is with the prime minister in Canada. Our US politics blog has what’s happening in Kananaskis.

Liberal crunch | The fate of the New South Wales Liberal party will be decided at a crunch meeting today when the party’s federal executive will weigh up whether to end or extend its control over the division.

Rent shock | A two-bedroom apartment in Bondi Junction that is part of an “affordable” housing scheme run by the NSW government has been listed at $1,100 a week to rent, as advocates warn that programs designed to help low-income earners are increasingly out of reach.

Advertisement

World

Mohammad Reza Azimi is stuck in Iran after the airspace closed on Friday following Israeli airstrikes.

Iran-Israel crisis | The UK and France are leading efforts at the G7 summit in Canada to engineer talks with Iran although Israel is opposed to the idea as it continues to trade bombing attacks with the Tehran regime for a fourth day. Israel has issued an evacuation order to residents of a large part of Tehran, warning them of the imminent bombing of “military infrastructure” as its foreign minister says it has not finished its operation in Iran. More than 300 Australians have asked for help to leave Iran after becoming stranded there because of the crisis, but many such as Mohammad Reza Azimi (pictured) are torn about what to do. The crisis could also reignite inflation in Australia with the oil price climbing sharply, economists fear. Follow developments live and also check out our visual explainer on the conflict.

Crash clues | Investigators are preparing to study the pilots’ last words for clues as to the cause of last week’s Air India plane crash after recovering the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage.

Political killing | A man accused of dressing up as a police officer and shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers in their homes – killing one and her husband – allegedly showed up at the houses of two other legislators the same night.

‘Looting America’ | Donald Trump has launched a mobile phone service and $499 gold smartphone, the latest monetisation of his presidency by an empire run by his sons which is being compared to the “looting of America”.

‘Museum’s nightmare’ | An Italian museum has contacted the police after two clumsy tourists almost wrecked a work of art while posing for photos.

 
Have your say
Join our research panel to share your thoughts on The Guardian's advertising and commercial partnerships. You'll also go into the running to win one of three $50 vouchers each month.
Join now
 
Tracking Pixel

Full Story

David beckham

Arise, Sir David Beckham

Zoe Williams talks about the decision to give David Beckham a knighthood, and what its says about the UK’s honours system that it took so long.

The Guardian Podcasts
Read more on The Guardian
right arrow

In-depth

Melissa Anderson is a clinician at the PCIT at Ingleburn Public School in Ingleburn, NSW, Australia

Bullying and what to do about it has become a major issue in New South Wales. But, as Caitlin Cassidy reports, some schools are already seeing positive results after introducing an enhanced version of parent-child interaction therapy, a “whole-systems” approach that brings families into the school environment with “dramatic” results.

Advertisement

Not the news

The Gruffalo from the children’s book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Sche

In our weekly series Ranked, it’s the turn of the Gruffalo author, Julia Donaldson, and her collection of children’s picture books (mostly with illustrator Axel Scheffler). What is her best? Is it the story of the mouse outwitting the monster? Or is it the Highway Rat?

Sport

Lord’sAustralia’s Pat Cummins (left) and Travis Head (centre) leave the field after day four of the ICC World Test Championship Final match at Lord’s, London.

Cricket | The International Cricket Council is ready to sanction four-day Tests in the World Test Championship to help smaller nations to play more games and longer series.

Football | A shortage of fans and decent games means football’s Club World Cup got off to a slow start, writes Jonathan Wilson.

Athletics | The father of the double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been found guilty of hitting the Norwegian runner’s younger sister, Ingrid, with a wet towel, and was handed a 15-day suspended sentence.

Media roundup

Employers want to introduce new Fair Work Commission clauses to remove some staff entitlements in exchange for allowing them to work from home, the Australian reports. The Victoria Liberal party are ready to dump two party elders after their comments about “assertive women”, the Age claims. Network Ten is cutting jobs in its Adelaide newsroom, according to the Advertiser.

What’s happening today

Politics | Anthony Albanese will be holding meetings with world leaders at the G7 summit in Canada, with a reception this morning.

Media | The University of Canberra releases its digital news report for 2025.

Melbourne | Initial directions hearing for man accused of Melbourne terror plot.

Sign up

Enjoying the Morning Mail? Then you’ll love our Afternoon Update newsletter. Sign up here to finish your day with a three-minute snapshot of the day’s main news, and complete your daily news roundup.

And follow the latest in US politics by signing up for This Week in Trumpland.

Brain teaser

And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day. Until tomorrow.

Contact us

If you have a story tip or technical issue viewing this newsletter, please reply to this email.

If you are a Guardian supporter and need assistance with regards to contributions and/or digital subscriptions, please email [email protected]

A message from Lenore Taylor, editor of Guardian Australia

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you move on, I wanted to ask whether you could support the Guardian’s journalism as we face the unprecedented challenges of covering the second Trump administration.

As the world struggles to process the speed with which Donald Trump is smashing things, here in Australia we regularly wake to more shocking news. Underneath it is always the undermining of ideas and institutions we have long deemed precious and important – like the norms and rules of democracy, global organisations, post-second world war alliances, the concept that countries should cooperate for a common global good or the very notion of human decency.

This is a moment the media must rise to, with factual, clear-eyed news and analysis. It’s our job to help readers understand the scale and worldwide ramifications of what is occurring as best we can. The global news-gathering and editorial reach of the Guardian is seeking to do just that.

Here in Australia, our mission is to go beyond the cheap, political rhetoric and to be lucid and unflinching in our analysis of what it all means. If Trump can so breezily upend the trans-Atlantic alliance, what does that mean for Aukus? If the US is abandoning the idea of soft power, where does that leave the strategic balance in the Pacific? If the world descends back into protectionism, how should a free trading nation like Australia respond?

These are big questions – and the Guardian is in a unique position to take this challenge on. We have no billionaire owner pulling the strings, nor do we exist to enrich shareholders. We are funded by our readers and owned by the Scott Trust, whose sole financial obligation is to preserve our journalistic mission in perpetuity.

Our allegiance is to the public, not to profit, so whatever happens in the coming months and years, you can rely on us to never bow down to power, nor back down from reporting the truth.

If you can, please consider supporting us with just $1, or better yet, support us every month with a little more. Thank you.

Lenore Taylor
Editor, Guardian Australia

Get in touch
If you have any questions or comments about any of our newsletters please email [email protected]
https://www.theguardian.com/uk
You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Morning Mail. Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396