Good afternoon. The explosive Fox News-Dominion defamation case in the US has been delayed – and might not happen at all. The trial will begin a day later than scheduled amid reports of a late push by Fox to settle the case out of court.
Meanwhile, a military operation to free a New Zealand hostage in West Papua has left six Indonesian soldiers dead, with about another 30 missing. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot from New Zealand, was abducted by West Papuan rebels in February.