World Today: Prosecutors File 19 Additional Charges Against Bondi Shooter
News from Australia opens World Today on Wednesday, 10 June 2026.
Naveed Akram has been charged with 19 additional offences. Akram initially faced 59 charges following the shooting he carried out whilst Jewish worshippers were holding a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach, which killed 15 people last December. The initial charges included 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing an act of terrorism.
On Wednesday (10/06), his lawyer, Leonie Gittani, said that the brief of evidence for 19 additional charges had been filed. According to court records, the new charges include 10 counts of ‘shooting with intent to murder’, six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder. ‘There is still a long road ahead, there are still briefs and many other documents to be handed over,’ Leonie said, explaining that Naveed has not yet entered a plea as it is ‘still in the early stages’.
United States attacks Iran after its helicopter was shot down. US President Donald Trump said his country launched strikes against Iran in response to the downing of an American Apache helicopter. Iranian media reported explosions in several cities on Iran’s southern coast, around the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said its military ‘will not leave any attack or threat unanswered.’ Iran’s Mehr news agency, citing sources and local residents, reported the sound of explosions ‘occurring again’ around Jask, a city along Iran’s southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state broadcaster IRIB also said on Telegram that several explosions were heard in the city.
Eight people killed in southern Lebanon. Israel struck the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 30, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The health ministry described it as one of Israel’s deadliest bombings in Tyre since the war between Israel and the Hezbollah group erupted on 2 March. The strike occurred as the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for the entire city of Tyre, including the Christian quarter in the northwest, which had so far been spared from damaging airstrikes. Many Lebanese Shia Muslims have sought refuge in those areas because Israeli strikes have pummelled the Mediterranean coastal regions over the past fortnight. The ‘Doctors without Borders’ agency and Christian leaders in the city are calling for the area to be spared from further attacks.
Northern Ireland police urge calm after Belfast stabbing. British leaders are appealing for calm following the arrest of a man, identified as an asylum seeker, accused of a brutal stabbing on the streets of Belfast that sparked anti-immigration protests. Police said the victim, a man in his forties, was taken to hospital with serious injuries to his eye, face and back after being attacked on a street in Northern Ireland. A 30-year-old Sudanese man, whose name was not released, has been detained and charged with attempted murder, possession of a knife in a public place, and threats to kill. Protesters gathered in Belfast, where bins were set alight and a bus was torched.