Updated June 12, 2026 — 10:49am,first published June 12, 2026 — 9:38am10.49amPerth convenience store robbed at knifepoint, police allege By Thieves have targeted a tobacco store in Perth’s south-east overnight, with detectives and forensic teams spending the early hours of this morning investigating the incident. The Free Choice tobacconist, along Archer Street in Carlisle, was broken into around midnight by two unknown men.WA Police have alleged that one of the men involved in the incident was armed with a knife.The pair stole cash and a number of other items from the store before fleeing on foot.9News Perth has reported there was no damage to the shopfront, and the staff member working at the store during the incident was not harmed. The alleged offenders were both wearing black hoodies and black tracksuit pants – one wearing a balaclava and the other using a medical mask to hide their faces. They remain on the run, and officers are urging anyone with information to come forward. 9.38amConvenience stores across WA shut down over illegal vapes, tobacco By Close to 40 stores have been shut down across Perth over the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes under new laws pushed through state parliament last month.Convenience stores in Hamilton Hill, Perth, are closed under new laws aimed at halting the sale of illicit tobacco and vapes.Cameron MylesHealth authorities now have the power to close down shops for up to 90 days if they were found to be stocking the illegal products.Health Minister Meredith Hammat revealed that 39 stores had been closed in entertainment hotspots like Fremantle and Northbridge and in the suburbs during question time in parliament on Thursday afternoon. “The first closure order happened the day after the laws were proclaimed, and that closure order was given effect in Kalgoorlie,” she said. 9.38amAcross the nation and around the worldBy Here’s what’s making headlines today: President Donald Trump said the US and Iran could sign a peace deal as soon as this weekend that would reopen shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran countered that it had not reached a final decision on an agreement.US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Thursday (US time).BloombergLabor is ramping up its economic argument against Pauline Hanson as it prepares to fight an election within the next two years against both One Nation and the Coalition, as Opposition Leader Angus Taylor scrambles to kill off talk of a partnership with Hanson.Australia’s privacy commissioner has placed an extraordinary gag order over her determination into a complaint about American Express, after a sustained campaign by the credit card company to keep the details secret.Britain’s defence minister has quit in frustration over cuts to spending on national security in an extraordinary move that has thrown the government into crisis and added to pressure for a leadership challenge to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer.9.38amToday’s weatherBy 9.37amGood morning WA By Morning all and welcome to Friday’s live blog.Making headlines, a state-first trial aimed at saving WA’s prized reefs hit a snag after Cyclone Narelle tore through the north of the state in March.But scientists focused their efforts further south in Coral Bay, where millions of corals were given a helping hand and placed back onto the reef.Read more here.The coral restoration project was organised in just a few months. WA Marine Science Institution chief-executive Luke Twomey said it was “quite incredible” his team had managed it.Terra Australis Nyinggulu1 of 1