{"id":788970,"date":"2026-07-09T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:26:12","slug":"australia-news-live-us-launches-strikes-against-iran-telstra-investigating-second-network-fault-indian-pm-kicks-off-australian-visit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788970\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: US launches strikes against Iran; Telstra investigating second network fault; Indian PM kicks off Australian visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, and thank you for tuning into our national news live coverage for Thursday, July 9. Here\u2019s what\u2019s been making headlines today.<\/p>\n

Telstra outage: Just hours after the telco said it resolved an outage that crippled its mobile services for much of yesterday, Telstra was urgently investigating a second network fault<\/a> last night that was stopping some calls from connecting, including to Triple Zero. In South Australia, police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a death that occurred while the telco was down.<\/p>\n

Transport: As a result of the Telstra outage, Victoria\u2019s V\/Line services have continued to be affected this morning, and in NSW, regional trains on parts of the Southern Highlands line and Hunter line are being replaced by buses for a second day.<\/p>\n

Politics: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have spent the day in discussions about maritime co-operation and security, among other topics. Modi, one of the world\u2019s most powerful leaders, arrived in Melbourne last night and is currently hosting over 30,000 people at an event in Marvel Stadium.<\/p>\n

Middle East at war: The US military has launched fresh strikes on Iran. It comes just hours after US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire was over following Iranian attacks on American military sites in the Gulf.<\/p>\n

State of Origin: NSW defeated Queensland 30-12 on Wednesday night\u2019s decider at Brisbane\u2019s Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, and thank you for tuning into our national news live coverage for Thursday, July 9. Here\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-788970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788970","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=788970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}