Ben Roberts-Smith has given his first statement since he was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder last week.

The attacker, who took hostages inside a supermarket, was killed after a shoot-out with police, officials say.

The pontiff says his remarks have been misinterpreted after a spat with the US president.

The Mexican president says there were never tensions over Spanish colonisation, which had become a thorny issue.

The US argues that the waiver is meant to ease the energy supply crunch sparked by the US-Israel war with Iran.

Police say a preliminary investigation shows it may be a case of an "unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses".