Australia live news: Albanese meets Commonwealth leaders at Buckingham Palace; Australians in Syria to launch legal challenge

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The prime minister also met UK counterpart Rishi Sunak for talks on Aukus, trade and climate

Australian women and children held in Syrian detention camps are set to launch a legal challenge to compel the Australian government to bring them home.

There are at least 40 Australians – 10 women and 30 children – held within the Roj camp in north-east Syria.

We have assembled a high-calibre legal team to prepare an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of these Australians, who have now been trapped in the camps for more than four years.

Save the Children has been encouraging the Australian government at every available opportunity to bring home the remaining Australians, and working to avoid the prospect of legal action.

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