We start with breaking news from iraq. An air strike at Baghdad Airport has reportedly hit high profile targets linked to iran. Iraqi state tv says one of those killed was the powerful Iranian Military commander, Qassim Soleimani. So far theres been no official comment from iran. Iraqi police said a total eight people had been killed in an attack, which came hours after the us defence secretary mark esper said washington might have to carry out pre emptive action to protect american lives in the middle east. Its breaking news but this would be a huge escalation in tensions between the us and iran if it is targeted strikes are just a reminder that reportedly, in strikes against iran in iraqi Qassim Soleimani has been killed. More to come on that in the rest of the programme. The Australian Navy is beginning the evacuation of more than eight hundred people from the town of mallacoota in victoria, which has been almost entirely encircled by wildfires. Its part of a major operation to get
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