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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria; ANZ posts record profit; and Japan’s answers to the perfect power nap

The al-Tanf US military outpost in southern Syria
The al-Tanf US military outpost in southern Syria. The US says airstrikes it conducted are aimed at deterring attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria. Photograph: Lolita Baldor/AP

Good afternoon. The US says it carried out another airstrike targeting Iran-linked sites in Syria – the third in less than three weeks – amid concerns of a regional escalation of the Israel-Hamas war.

In Gaza, the al-Shifa hospital is “no longer functioning”, the World Health Organization says, with 36 babies at risk of dying after fuel ran out. Israeli forces have closed in on the hospital while accusing Hamas of placing its headquarters in bunkers under the building. Hamas denies the claim.

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