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Donald Trump has urged the Australian government to grant asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s football team, amid reports that they refused to return home following the team’s elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup and were taken into the protection of Australian police.
As my colleague Martin Farrer reports, speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/09/white-house-dhs-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-updates
Author : Coral Murphy Marcos (now); Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
Publish date : 2026-03-09 22:08:00
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