Bulletin world briefing: Iran ‘recruiting children for defence’ and Israel’s new death penalty law

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1. Iran recruits 12-year-old children to ‘defend the homeland’
2. Israel’s new death penalty law that ‘targets’ Palestinians
3. Italy blocks US planes from landing at airbase en route to Middle East
4. The unusual phenomenon that turned Australian skies blood red
5. Stranded humpback whale makes bid for freedom in Baltic Sea