Iran-US Tensions Escalate, Fuel Shortages Hit Australia

0:00It's April 3rd. This is Sydney News today, your AI-powered local news. ABC verified video of an Iranian ballistic missile slamming into Pettitikva, Central Israel about 20 kilometers from Tel Aviv. This hit came amid back and forth strikes, with US President Donald Trump posting online about taking down what he called Iran's biggest bridge and pushing for a quick deal from Tehran. Trump kept up the heat, threatening to hit bridges next, then electric plants, saying the US military hasn't even started on what's left in Iran. He's claiming the mission's almost done after weeks of pounding their steel plants and infrastructure, while Iran's allies like Yemen's Houthis fired. More missiles at Tel Aviv, down under, fuel shortages are biting hard ahead of Easter 410 stations out of diesel, 145, without unleaded petrol, worst in new South Wales were farmers needed for sewing. Energy Minister Chris Bowen says, 53 shipments with 3.7 billion leaders are en route from

1:02Asia, the US, and Mexico to refill. Pumps fast. French President Emmanuel Macron told Trump to get serious and stop the daily chatter, plus slammed his personal digs. X nuclear deal negotiator, Robert Malley, called Trump's talk delusional, warning against normalizing threats of war crimes as thousands lay dead. Across the region, Iran over 3,000, Lebanon 1,345, and more. Meanwhile, Omani Supertankers made it through the Strait of Hormuz hugging their coast, first sanctioned compliant ones since the war kicked off, hinting at progress and talks. UN Security Council delayed the vote on defensive force there till Saturday, and Australia gears up as tensions simmer without end.