{"id":590550,"date":"2026-04-07T04:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T04:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:48:08","slug":"australias-most-decorated-soldier-arrested-over-alleged-war-crimes-local-media-say-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590550\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#039;s most-decorated soldier arrested over alleged war crimes, local media say &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9pVVNhRnRBR285Qk0zd2RfbkEzUU9CYTQ2R0FKUkNHQkNFeHVNMHNNTktVa182QXJWYUFyVklWLVVxV3k3Nm4xa2IzTzNmSmVmYkMyek1WcHZnZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia&#8217;s most-decorated soldier arrested over alleged war crimes, local media say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQVkZ3VnVVejQ2dFE5MjVnYnpRSlZib2R6bllIRWJrY25fQ0swaXhaWl82QzRIcGRJS201U01KdF9sUVZUT3ZMd1RaOGxUSFN2V1Rfd0FuZE41RU9UbE1yOTBkUENwRC1zNVRpTHpzZWxTaW9PUkV3Snd4bWM4eU92WFFNV3JXS0NDQjZqUkdibFB0akwxRmRieUFhbUs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith expected to be charged with war crimes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQNU1HeFhBTjNabDdQYlI0UTlqYVdON1FmcWZSSWRoRDNZakZzeXBNQlZDZUE2N29HYjRkMlI3a2ZwWVFCVm9CbV9LTkpVaDdhUjlac0NuNEhITjI1bVgtbHdHbV9taWRVNGhGcnBQS2xXM29ScF9mTGpfX2tabkV0ZktYM2tmalNKbVNYWUdualk5NGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia\u2019s most decorated soldier arrested over alleged war crimes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPQ19HbXlXemMtU3IxMTlDMmJxS2xKX2Z2U2tta184ZFlxYVFMQ2t2cmkzZ1RFMGlIS0k3MTEzUnJILTlxUjVDRzRXeXZCZGFMTEYzd1NtdFZvOUVpM2dkbVU0NHZHMlZEaWp0NFlFMDdDUTZtOXJCRFhWaWNfcllreFJBVlBFWVRzNl9kZVUzRzhURW9xN0ZkVkdVcHBvSVExa01hQXA2ZW5VWW5zaGxIdTNmR0dQVmxDOFh2bHZEVHh0SlN6N3ByZGsyTXF4LWM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith arrested: former Australian soldier to be charged with five war crime murders in Afghanistan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxNanlxX1REVjhKVEw5VzJLczRMMG95RkszYzhUSWY2YjBtTHNYMWxZQlVfeEFmc1NQYlhoY3Q4ZzVPd1JnQ0ktSjg0S2hFTU8xMEZZSlhuc3pzZWQySGFGQUc4MmxfQ0gzRUFjQUpFM1dER2hYNEJ4d3FFVTB6bHk0bUFJLUNGSGVBdjc2R1ZEQ0xxaWhkU1hoalkyb0Q1UnZjVTFISVlLQkdaR3ZwenVZOGhvRUhXTzM3UDQyRVc4cDRoQVA4NWhaczY0NVJraTJ1NDRmNHdrS2gzRUtNT1NOTVBOWlM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hanson \u2018will not abandon\u2019 Roberts-Smith<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s most-decorated soldier arrested over alleged war crimes, local media say&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBen Roberts-Smith expected to be charged with war&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-590550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}