9.32amEden Hill house destroyed by fire By Firefighters have been called out to a house fire in Eden Hills this morning, after a home was engulfed by flames. A house fire in Eden Hill on Tuesday morning.9 News PerthThe incident occurred around 4am on Northmoor Road. The single storey brick home was destroyed by the fire, with the roof collapsing into the centre of the house. There were no reported injuries. 9.32amAcross the nation and around the worldBy Here’s what’s making headlines across the nation and around the world today: Barnaby Joyce was about to answer a question on the ABC about whether he was comfortable with where his party leader, Pauline Hanson, was taking him, when he roared at a dog off-camera.Joyce roars at the offending dog.ABCBillions of dollars have been wiped from the budget deficit and government debt thanks to the ongoing strength of commodity prices and the nation’s jobs market, but consumers face more pain as the war against Iran risks a fresh spike in petrol prices beyond $2 a litre.Radio network ARN has cancelled its new flagship program The Long Weekend after just six episodes, but it will retain one of the show’s high-profile hosts, Eddie McGuire, for a new twice-weekly sports program after the other, Karl Stefanovic, was sacked.Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a potential new front against the US in its war with Iran and raising the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.9.32amToday’s weatherBy 9.31amWelcome to our live news blog By Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Tuesday, July 21. Making headlines today, a prominent Perth property developer has appeared in the Supreme Court for the first of an earmarked 13-day trial into allegations he was defamed after being accused of trying to secure a deal to dump millions of tonnes of toxic soil in the Peel region.Perth developer Greg Poland arrives at court on Monday for the first day of hearings in his defamation case against WAtoday.Colin MurtyStrzelecki Group chairman Greg Poland quit his role as deputy chairman of the Peel Development Commission in 2019, following questions from WAtoday to several government ministers regarding that allegation.Meanwhile, City of Melville residents say they are “floored” by a surprise backflip that could derail a decade of planning for public open space on prime land in a riverfront suburb.1 of 1