Australia news live: Tropical Cyclone Narelle poised to hit Queensland coast within hours with wind gusts up to 250km/h

Tropical cyclone expected to make landfall in far north Queensland within hours. Follow today’s news live

Waves of near-record heights smash Cairns coastline

One of the challenges posed by Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle is the lack of weather monitoring infrastructure in remote parts of Cape York.

Winds of that speed are pretty hard to imagine if you haven’t experienced them before. They are just so, so strong, capable of uprooting really large trees or completely stripping them of their branches …

It can also cause extensive damage to properties in the path of those very strong wind gusts as well as power outages.

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Trump’s window for face-saving exit may be closing now – Responsible Statecraft

  1. Trump's window for face-saving exit may be closing now  Responsible Statecraft
  2. Analysis: Trump faces legacy-defining dilemmas in Iran | CNN Politics  CNN
  3. Trump’s Changing Statements On Iran Explained  The Hill
  4. There is plenty of scope for the Iran war to intensify  The Economist
  5. Opinion | Can Military Excellence Save Us From Trump’s Incompetence?  The New York Times
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US states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding

Lawsuit says rescission of endangerment finding – which ruled greenhouse gases threaten public health – was illegal

A coalition of 24 states, alongside a dozen cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the bedrock scientific determination underpinning virtually all US climate regulations.

The new lawsuit, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Thursday, is being led by the states of Massachusetts, California, New York and Connecticut. It argues that the Environmental Protection Agency’s February rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding – which the White House described as the “single largest deregulatory action in US history” – was illegal.

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‘Time to End the Pause’ – Zelensky Sends Delegation to US Amid War in Middle East – Kyiv Post

  1. ‘Time to End the Pause’ – Zelensky Sends Delegation to US Amid War in Middle East  Kyiv Post
  2. US, Ukrainian negotiators to discuss drone deal in Miami on Saturday  Reuters
  3. Ukraine Will Raise Drone Deal Offer in US Talks, Zelenskiy Says  Bloomberg.com
  4. Zelenskyy says Ukraine wants timeline for next round of Russia talks  Al Jazeera
  5. Ukraine may restart peace process as Iran war escalates and EU aid remains blocked  Euronews.com
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