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The Australian prime minister is in the Philippines for the ASEAN summit.
Overnight, Anthony Albanese met with Vietnam's Prime Minister, Lê Minh Hưng, where he said he would raise the case of detained Melbourne activist Hiep Tran.
Mr Tran has been charged with planning to carry out terrorist activities, allegations which US-based pro-democracy group Viet Tan have strongly denied.
Political correspondent Naveen Raziq has more from Manilla.
RAZIK: "Hiep Tran's family claim the 50-year-old was abducted in Cambodia in what they call an act of transnational repression.
On Sunday night, the Prime Minister met with his Vietnamese counterpart, a major Australian trading partner, confirming he will canvas diplomatically the case of the pro-democracy activist."
ALBANESE: "I'll engage diplomatically on behalf of Mr Tran. That is what Australians do, and we've been quite successful. If you look around the world, whether it is the Bali Five, whether it is Julian Assange, whether it be the pharmacist from Cabramatta who was released from Vietnam, and other Australians who have found themselves in difficult situations overseas."
RAZIK: "Earlier on Sunday, the prime minister signed a major defence agreement with host nation, the Philippines, in Manila.
Southeast Asian leaders say Myanmar has failed to comply with a 2021 peace plan, with its military and other armed groups continuing to attack civilians, prompting the bloc to extend a ban on the country's leader attending its annual summits.
The rebuke by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations came as they opened their summit meetings in Manila on Sunday.
It followed a review of the military-backed government's progress on the five-point plan.
The bloc's chair, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, says the ban on Myanmar will remain in place until the country makes meaningful progress towards the agreement.
"Cessation of hostilities, we want to see how Myanmar response to that because right now there's still certain bombings and displacement of Myanmar people so step-by-step, we give it to them, how they're going to tackle this issue, and we’ll monitor that and for us that is what we have say a progress based approach."
A warning this story contains references to sexual assault.
A woman has waived her right to anonymity to allege she was raped by British comedian Russell Brand when she was 16.
Mia Latter, previously identified only as "Alice" in media reports, has told The Sunday Times she was groomed, controlled and sexually abused by Brand, allegations he has previously denied.
Brand, who previously acknowledged having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old when he was 30, is now serving a 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for separate rape and sexual assault convictions.
Ms Latter says she is speaking out to push for stronger age-of-consent laws and greater protections for teenagers involved with much older adults.
Meanwhile, Brand has been transferred from London's Wandsworth prison to lower-security HMP Littlehey, after authorities reportedly determined a tougher facility would pose a risk to his safety.
If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. In an emergency, call 000.
Bahrain has been hit by the second Iranian drone attack in three days, ending an extended lull in strikes during the middle east war.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp have said they were targeting a US air defence radar system at Bahrain's Riffa air base in response to what it describes as hostile US actions.
Sirens rang out and authorities posted several alerts on social media urging residents to seek shelter.
Bahrain's military says it intercepted the attacks, preventing them from reaching their intended targets.
Police in France have detained 219 people during nationwide protests over education and the high cost of living.
Demonstrators in some cities set rubbish bins alight and threw objects at police with incidents reported in Marseilles, Grenoble and Lyon.
It's the fifth weekend in a row of mass protests with at least 24,000 people taking to the streets in Paris alone and more than 100,000 overall.
Mourners in Gaza have held a funeral for slain Hamas commander Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Younis.
He was killed in an Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza just after midnight Saturday.
Hamas later confirmed his death in a statement.
Mourners performed funeral prayers before carrying his body through the streets.
The Israeli military said Abu Younis had been directing plans "to advance and carry out terror attacks".
His predecessor was also killed in an Israeli strike two months earlier.
Five business and industry groups have written an open letter to Senators urging them not to pass proposed discretionary trust tax changes in their current form.
The letter says Labor's proposed legislation will cause significant harm to housing supply and small family businesses.
It's signed by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Council of Small Business Organisations, the Housing Industry Association, Master Builders Australia, and the Property Council of Australia.
The letter says around 350,000 small family businesses operate through discretionary trusts, including builders, tradespeople, retailers, hospitality operators and small developers.
And to sport, in the Rugby World Cup,
Australia has successfully defended its titles against New Zealand in both the men's and women's competition.
Isaah Yeo led Australia to the 32-12 win over the Kiwis.
He says the team worked hard for this result - the team's fourth title in a row.
"I just felt like we got better throughout the whole tournament. It would have been so easy to listen to the outside noise. Because everyone sorts of just expects Australia to hit the ground running every time. But really that's not the case, you need to actually (run) combinations. The boys hadn't played footy at the start of the tournament for 5 or 6 weeks, if they weren't a part of the final series. So we just felt like our best footy was going to be in the back end of the tournament."
Earlier, the Jillaroos claimed a 34-10 win over New Zealand - to also win the team's fourth consecutive World Cup title.
Jamie Chapman was named player of the match, after her hat-trick in the first half.
