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Today's headlines include:

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith could face life in prison after he was arrested over alleged war crimes.
Electric-vehicle sales have reached a new high in Australia, as motorists respond to surging fuel prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
Two severe cyclones are causing havoc in the South Pacific, bringing wild weather to parts of Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
And today’s good news: NASA’s Artemis II mission has begun its journey back to earth after a history-making spaceflight around the moon.

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