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Authorities ‘urgently following up’ to see if any Australians affected by Air India crash
Air India confirmed the nationalities of passengers on board the plane that crashed in Ahmedabad yesterday.
The 242 individuals onboard included two pilots and 10 cabin crew. The passengers included 217 adults, 11 kids and two infants, based on Reuters.
Of them, 169 had been Indian nationals, 53 had been Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, Air India mentioned. A number of individuals died on the bottom on the web site of the airplane’s crash.
There was one survivor, a Briton.
The Division of Overseas Affairs mentioned final night time it was “urgently following up” to find out if any Australians had been affected by the incident.
The Guardian has reached out for extra data this morning.
Catie McLeod
Marles once more says ‘completely appropriate’ for US to evaluate Aukus
The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, downplayed the potential for the Trump administration’s Aukus evaluate to jeopardise the trilateral safety settlement.
Marles, who can also be the defence minister, was questioned about the way forward for the nuclear-powered submarine deal on the ABC’s 7.30 final night time, after the US defence division introduced a 30-day evaluate of the settlement.
Marles primarily caught to his speaking factors throughout the interview, whilst host Sarah Ferguson put stress on him over whether or not the US has the capability to assemble sufficient typical submarines to fulfil its finish of the Aukus association, even earlier than Australia is because of begin constructing nuclear-powered vessels of its personal.
Ferguson mentioned the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defence for coverage, Elbridge Colby, had doubts about Aukus and the US’s capacity to supply sufficient submarines to service its personal navy. She famous the US had by no means been capable of produce multiple typical Virginia-class submarine a yr, when it might want to supply two a yr to allow them to be made obtainable to Australia.
Marles insisted the challenges had been “well known”, saying:
We have to get to that time within the early 2030s. That’s the time-frame. Proper now, we’re assured that we will meet that. And we’re seeing actual progress – will increase in each manufacturing and sustainment – related to what we’re doing with Aukus and what the People themselves are doing.
That’s what is ready out within the settlement that we have already got with america, which types a part of the treaty that we now have between the US and the UK.
I believe it’s fully applicable for this administration to take a look at all the info and figures round that.
Albanese units off for G7 assembly in Canada
Tom McIlroy
Anthony Albanese is leaving Canberra this morning to attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Canada early subsequent week, a visit that may embody stops in Fiji and america. A gathering with US president Donald Trump might happen on the sidelines of the assembly in Kananaskis – however it’s but to be formally locked in.
The prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the European Union can even be on the summit.
On Friday, Albanese will meet in Nadi along with his Fijian counterpart, Sitiveni Rabuka, for talks on local weather change and regional safety in Nadi. In Seattle over the weekend he’ll meet with enterprise leaders to debate know-how and synthetic intelligence.
As soon as in Canada early subsequent week, Albanese will take part in G7 discussions on international vitality, crucial minerals, safe provide chains and infrastructure. The prime minister mentioned:
Visiting Fiji so quickly after the election is a deliberate resolution to bolster my authorities’s Pacific priorities and to change views with my pricey good friend prime minister Rabuka, a revered Pacific statesman.
I’m honoured to be invited by prime minister Carney to attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta as a key companion.
I look ahead to working productively with world leaders to debate how we sort out among the most difficult points dealing with Australia, our area and the world
Welcome
Good morning, Nick Visser right here to information you thru right this moment’s breaking information. Right here’s what’s on the playing cards this morning:
Prime minister Anthony Albanese will depart Canberra this morning en path to the G7 assembly in Canada early subsequent week. The journey will embody stops in Fiji and the US, with all eyes on a possible sideline assembly with Donald Trump, though nothing has been confirmed.
The Division of Overseas Affairs expressed condolences to these affected by the Air India crash within the metropolis of Ahmedabad final night time. The Australian excessive fee and consulate normal are “urgently following up” with native authorities to find out if any Australians had been affected.
Defence minister Richard Marles once more downplayed the US evaluate of the Aukus submarine deal, telling the ABC final night time he believes it’s “completely appropriate” for the Trump administration to look into it.
Keep on with us.
