Iran warns of retaliation after Trump ‘end of civilisation’ threat | Morning News Bulletin 8 April 2026

Trump's rhetoric inappropriate for a US president, Albanese says

Hours before Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, the United States president threatened that "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again".

Iran warns of retaliation after Trump ‘end of civilisation’ threat | Morning News Bulletin 8 April 2026

Iran says retaliation will go beyond the region if US crosses a red line; Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith to appear in court today charged with war crimes; And in sport, decorated cricketer David Warner charged with drink driving.

If a civilisation dies tonight, it will be Trump’s America

An increasingly unhinged US president has threatened an extinction-level event to end his disastrous war of choice with Iran – it is a dark moment that surely marks the beginning of the end of the American century, says Alexander Larman