Australia news live: Tropical Cyclone Narelle dips below category-five strength hours before hitting Queensland coast

Tropical cyclone expected to make landfall in far north Queensland within hours. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIran’s foreign affairs ministry has suggested the country’s two remaining footballers who sought asylum in Australia are being forced to remain in the country.Five of the seven members of Iran’s women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia last week later changed their mind and have returned to the country. Australia’s Iranian diaspora has raised concerns that the country’s regime may have pressured some players to return home.They didn’t seek asylum. They were forced to. They were coerced to. They didn’t do it voluntarily.They were invited to go to a room under the pretence of clarifying the doping or something like that. And then they put the paper beside them.... you can be given asylum. Continue reading...