Australia's Decorated Soldier Arrested Over War Crimes

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where the world meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Australia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Robert Smith, got arrested Tuesday morning at Sydney Airport over war crimes allegations from his time in Afghanistan. He's the former Special Air Service Corporal who left the defense force back in 2013 and earned the Victoria Cross, the nation's top military. Honor. A big defamation case wrapped up in 2023, where a court ruled he murdered four unarmed Afghans, marking the first time any court dug, and to claims against Australian troops like that. Robert Smith fought it hard, saying the incidents were lawful combat or never happened, and he lost his appeal last year, but no criminal charges. Stuck yet, since they need tougher proof. Australian Federal Police planned a brief immediate soon, and this saga keeps unfolding as more details drop on what comes next for the. 47-year-old vet.