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Here are your headlines for today.
"ISIS Bride" rejects Islamic State and extremism.
One of the women known as a so-called "ISIS bride" said she rejected Islamic extremism and considered her time in Syria to have been 11 years of hell.
Zeinab Ahmad's lawyer made the assertions on her behalf on Monday as her application for bail entered its third day.
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Barrister Grace Morgan told Melbourne Magistrates Court her client does not support Islamic State.
"She rejects Islamic State. She has a deep anger towards it and to those men who enforced its ideals upon her," Morgan said.
The 31-year-old was charged with slavery offences in May after returning to Australia with other so-called "ISIS brides" and their children.
It's alleged Ahmad moved to Syria with her first husband Dawod in January 2015 and he became a member of Islamic State before he was killed in a drone strike in May 2016.
Federal police allege it was while she was living with her family in 2017 that Ahmad's father, Mohammad, bought a teenage girl as a slave for $US10,000.
The girl was allegedly repeatedly raped and beaten by Mohammad.
It's not alleged Ahmad assaulted the girl but the teen claims she was "treated very badly" by Ahmad and said her screaming was so loud during the alleged rapes and assaults that she believes Ahmad and other family members would have known what was happening.
Morgan told the court the slavery allegations were denied, but it could be years before the case reached trial.
She noted it was the first time the charge of crime against humanity for enslavement would be tried in Australia.
Aussies to wait for a decision on fuel tax cut as a peace deal is imminent.
Australians will soon find out whether a 32-cent-a-litre fuel tax cut will be extended after the US and Iran announced a deal to end the war in the Middle East.
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which in peacetime carries about one-fifth of the world's oil, sent global fuel prices skyrocketing and countries scrambling to find alternative sources.
In response, the government announced a three-month cut to tax on petrol and diesel, which is due to expire at the end of June.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a decision on whether the excise will be extended is imminent.
Albanese said Australia welcomed the peace deal between Iran and the US but warned removing sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz and restarting the trade of oil from the Middle East to the rest of the world would not happen overnight.
"Whilst we want to see the conflict end, and we hope that that has occurred, we also want to be very conscious of the fact that that doesn't mean that everything returned to normal in just a day, or indeed a week or even a month."
AFP to probe Gaza flotilla activists' claims of abuse by Israel.
Federal police have left the door open to investigating allegations a group of Australians were kidnapped, tortured and raped by Israeli authorities while they were trying to deliver aid to Gaza.
Eleven Australians took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza in May when they were detained in international waters at gunpoint, before being imprisoned and eventually deported from Israel.
Members of the group claim they experienced violence, sexual assault and abuse while in the custody of the Israelis.
Some of the Australian participants met with Foreign Minister Penny Wong and senior members of the Australian Federal Police on Monday afternoon at Parliament House.
During the meeting, they pressed for commitments from the federal government, including the expulsion of Israel's ambassador to Australia.
An AFP spokesperson said the organisation has begun inquiries into allegations made by a representative of the group.
Senator Wong has previously told parliamentary hearings she believed the testimonies of the Australian activists.
UK to introduce under-16s social media ban.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will ban social media sites for the under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms, in some of the most far-reaching online restrictions to date.
He said the move was about giving children their childhoods back and keeping young people safe.
"Thousands of parents say their children are addicted to social media," he said in a social media post.
"It can leave them trapped in a cycle of endless scrolling that displaces play, sleep and time with the family. It can harm their mental health and frankly, parents need our support."
Starmer said he'll introduce sweeping changes to social media regulation to better protect children's well-being online.
As well as cracking down on social media sites such as TikTok and Instagram, Starmer said he would take action against gaming and livestreaming services that allow children to talk to strangers.
He said he hopes the ban will be in force by early next year.
Australia was the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them in December from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
Norway Crown Princess' son found guilty of rape.
The stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon has been found guilty of two counts of rape and other crimes and sentenced to four years in prison.
Marius Borg Høiby, who joined the royal family when his mother Mette-Marit married Haakon in 2001, was acquitted on two other counts of rape.
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He faced 40 charges and had pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those of rape, while admitting to some lesser ones, and can appeal the verdict.
Seth Rogen rules out a James Franco reunion.
Seth Rogen said he has "no plans" to reconnect with James Franco.
The Studio star enjoyed a hugely successful partnership with his Freaks and Geeks co-star for many years, creating movies such as Pineapple Express, This Is the End, and Sausage Party together.
But their friendship collapsed after Franco was accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour by five women, four of whom were his acting students.
When asked about where his relationship stands with Franco today, Rogen told the New York Times he hasn't spoken to his former friend "in a long time" and has no intention of working with him again.
"I honestly think the nuance of it is too personal for me to get into right now. It is a very personal thing. There's the public-facing side of it, which I've spoken about, and I have the same stance publicly that I've had, and I think the proof is in the pudding — I have not worked with him in years. But the personal side of it is just so nuanced, and it involves people that I don't know if I should be dragging into this. I don't know what I would benefit from getting deeply into it."
Franco previously confessed that he thinks his friendship with Rogen is "over" and suggested he had made unsuccessful attempts to reconnect.
— with AAP.
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