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Good morning and welcome to the national news blog from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Follow along for rolling coverage of breaking news from Australia and around the world.

Here’s what you need to know this morning:

• Charges are yet to be laid three days after Kumanjayi Little Baby’s accused killer, Jefferson Lewis, 47, was arrested on Thursday. Lewis was flown to Darwin for his own protection following his arrest, and has since been released from hospital into police custody.
• The Trump administration has ​bypassed congressional review to approve billions of dollars of military sales to Middle Eastern allies.
• The Liberal Party claimed victory in the Nepean byelection in Victoria on Saturday night, but the results suggest a complicated road ahead to November’s statewide poll.
• US President Donald Trump told lawmakers that American military operations in Iran have “terminated” as he skirts a deadline to gain congressional approval for the war that began two months ago.
• Trump said he was “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal, after saying he would stick with the “incredible” naval blockade of Iranian ports amid concerns that the vital Strait of Hormuz would not reopen anytime soon.
• And King Charles has visited the Caribbean nation of Bermuda, after concluding his four-day tour of the US.