US President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to the management of Melbourne’s Northland Shopping Centre, declaring the suburban retail hub “a hostile regime” and a “hotbed of terror” that may require military intervention.

Speaking from the White House in the wake of a coordinated US airstrike on Iranian nuclear installations over the weekend, the President confirmed his administration is now “actively considering options” for a similar operation in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. […]

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