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For more details about more members of the Iranian women's football team seeking asylum in Australia, check out this story from Victoria Pengilley.
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Bangladesh has begun receiving diesel from suppliers including China and India, with officials saying the country now has enough fuel to cover about one month of demand.
Arrangements under way for another month, after the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted shipments, including to the massive garments industry.
The South Asian nation of 175 million people, which relies on imports for roughly 95 per cent of its energy needs, has imposed fuel rationing for vehicles, restrictions on diesel sales and closed universities as the war on Iran causes severe disruption to Middle East oil exports.
Reporting with Reuters
In Beirut, where there has been escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israli conflict with Iran, the first aid from the European Union and UNICEF has arrived.
Ambassador of the European Union to Lebanon, Sandra De Waele, was there when the shipment arrived at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.
Reuters photographer Khalil Ashawi captured these photos.
Meanwhile, Spanish Foreign MinisterJose Manuel Albares said an Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon would be a "tremendous" mistake.
Albares, who also said Madrid demanded Lebanese militia Hezbollah cease its rocket launches toward Israel, announced Spain would send humanitarian aid worth 9 million euros ($14.7 million) to Beirut.
Police say shots were fired at the US consulate in Toronto.
Toronto police on X said they responded to reports of shots at 5:29am, local time, adding that evidence was found of a discharged firearm and that no injuries were reported.
Representatives for the US consulate in Toronto and the US Department of State did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In another post, police said they had no information on a potential suspect and were on scene investigating the incident. They did not provide details of any motive.
Separately, on Sunday, an improvised device exploded in Norway at the US embassy in Oslo, and police were still searching for a suspect, with a possible link to the Iran war among the lines of inquiry.
Reporting with Reuters
Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has brushed off threats by US President Donald Trump to hit the Islamic republic harder if the flow of oil stops through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
"Iran is not afraid of your empty threats," he wrote in a post on X.
"Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation.
"Take care of yourself not to be eliminated!"
Reporting with AFP
Getting back to the press conference by Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine now.
General Caine tells reporters that while Iranian forces were fighting, they were not more formidable than the United States had thought.
"I think they're fighting, and I respect that, but I don't think they're more formidable than what we thought," he says.
He says the US military would look at a range of options if it was tasked with escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
"If tasked to escort, you know, we'll look at the range of options to set the military conditions to be able to do that," General Caine says.
We have a further development from our reporter Victoria Pengilley on the situation involving the Iranian women's football team.
The ABC understands at least seven members of the team have now sought asylum in Australia, including five who were granted asylum yesterday.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, who was at Sydney airport where the team arrived this evening from the Gold Coast the airport, confirmed more members had asked to stay.
He said Border Force made multiple representations to the team before departing Sydney, including private meetings with the team.
General Caine says the United States is carrying out strikes against Iranian mine-laying vessels.
The war has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas transport, leaving tankers unable to sail for more than a week and forcing producers to halt pumping as storage fills.
He says the US has sunk or destroyed more than 50 naval ships in the first 10 days of the campaign against Iran.
"[U.S. Central Command] continues today to hunt and strike mine-laying vessels and mine storage facilities," General Dan Caine tells reporters.
Donald Trump on Monday threatened to escalate the war with Iran if it blocked oil shipments from the Middle East, even as he predicted a quick end to the conflict.
Reporting with Reuters
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are hold a briefing on Iran.
Hegseth says today would be the most intense day of strikes against Iran in the campaign so far.
He tells reporters today would bring the most fighter jets and bombers against Iran.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed that more members of Iran's women's football team have sought asylum in Australia.
Five of the 13-player squad were granted asylum on Monday amid fears they would face persecution if they returned home.
The remaining players departed Sydney International Airport for Kuala Lumpur this evening, though at least one is understood to have refused to board the flight.
Supporters broke into cheers when word spread that a further two players had chosen to stay in Australia.
Minister Burke says he plans to provide an update on Wednesday morning.