By KYLIE STEVENS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 22:53 BST, 22 June 2025 | Updated: 01:05 BST, 23 June 2025

Welcome Daily Mail Australia’s live news blog. We kick off Monday with some HUGE news about one of Australia’s biggest rock bands.

Help arrives for Aussies stranded in Israel and Iran

An urgent rescue mission is underway to bring back Aussies trapped in Iran and Israel, amid growing tensions between the two nations.

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) planes have arrived in the Middle East ahead of repatriation flights for stranded Australians.

Two RAAF C-17 Globemaster jets touched down in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, Nine News reported.

A small group of Aussies has already been bussed across the border from Tel Aviv into Amman in Jordan.

About 1200 Aussies in Israel were seeking help, while another 1500 stranded in Iran had registered for assistance, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

Those impacted are urged by the Australian government to remain updated with the latest information, which can change at short notice.

‘We are continuing planning to support Australians seeking to depart Iran, and we remain in close contact with other partner countries,’ Wong said.

‘At this stage, our ability to provide consular services is extremely limited due to the situation on the ground. The airspace remains closed.’

The RAAF's eighth C-17A Globemaster arrives at RAAF Base Amberley. *** Local Caption *** On 2 November 2015, the eighth C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force touched down at its home of RAAF Base Amberley, completing its delivery flight from the United States. This aircraft, A41-212, is part of a two aircraft purchase that was announced by the Federal Government in 201514836809

AC/DC are coming home!

Rock icons AC/DC will return Down Under later this year for their first Aussie tour in a decade.

The nationwide Power Up Tour kicks off at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 12.

The band will then head to Sydney’s Accor Stadium on November 21, perform at the bp Adelaide Grand Final on November 30, Perth’s Optus Stadium on December 4 and end the tour at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on December 14.

Joining AC/DC on the tour will be Australian rock band Amyl and the Sniffers.

Tickets will go on sale at staggered times on Thursday, June 26, through Ticketek.

The band has sold 200 million albums worldwide since their first live concert more than half a century ago.

The current line-up consists of founding member Angus Young, frontman Brian Johnson, rhythm guitarist Stevie Young, drummer Maat Laug, and bassist Chris Chaney.

14831697 Huge sign AC/DC is set to announce an Australian tour after rumours the rock band would return to home turf - and what city will be their first stop? NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 21: Brian Johnson and Angus Young of AC/DC perform during the Power Up tour at Nissan Stadium on May 21, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Man fighting for life after horror stabbing in suburban street

A man has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after he was stabbed in Adelaide’s inner-north.

Emergency services were called to Belford Avenue in Devon Park about 4.30am on Monday.

A man, 28, found at the scene with stab wounds was rushed to hospital with critical injuries.

Police cordoned off the street as an investigation was launched.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers.

The incident has shocked the quiet neighbourhood.

‘This is usually a quiet, peaceful area … I can’t believe something like this has happened here,’ one resident told the Adelaide Advertiser.

Accountant charged over alleged role in organised crime network

A Sydney accountant has been charged with using his professional position to facilitate criminal activity for a prominent organised crime network.

The accountant, 43, is allegedly responsible for facilitating money laundering and fraud on behalf of members of the crime group through his tax practice.

He was charged with two counts of publishing false or misleading material to obtain an advantage, and two counts of making a false document to obtain a financial advantage.

One of his clients – an alleged member of the high-profile organised crime network – was also charged with alleged mortgage fraud.

Penny Wong finally reveals Australia’s stance on Trump’s Iran strikes

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed that the Albanese Government supports the United States’ military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, marking a significant shift in tone after Canberra initially stopped short of endorsing the attack.

The Albanese government on Sunday offered no endorsement of Trump’s decision to unleash B-2 bombers to ‘obliterate’ three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites, with a spokesperson instead calling for ‘de-escalation, dialogue, and diplomacy’.

But after the Coalition offered its full support for the ‘proactive action’, the government has now given its backing to Trump’s military intervention.

Manhunt for teens as pregnant woman loses unborn child in horror crash

Highway patrol officers tried to pull over a Holden Commodore at Wallsend, west of Newcastle, early Sunday morning.

The Holden Commodore sped away and was spotted crossing onto the wrong side of the road a short time later in North Lambton, where it crashed into a Hyundai sedan.

A 55-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai, who was on holiday from India, died at the scene.

Her pregnant 28-year-old daughter, who was driving the Hyundai, was rushed to John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition, where she has since lost her unborn child.

The male driver, 19, of the Holden Commodore, and a female front passenger, 17, fled the scene before police arrived.

Police have appealed for information to locate the pair.

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