Australia politics live: PM urged to call Trump about execution livestream; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serving more than five years in jail. Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan were detained in Baghdad in 2021 after flying in for a meeting with bank officials to resolve a dispute with his engineering firm, CME Consulting. We were innocent when we were…
Where: Australia, Iraq, Ukraine
Exact coordinates
australia: -25.270, 133.780
iraq: 33.220, 43.680
ukraine: 48.380, 31.170
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