The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission has splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and have been recovered by a team that helped the astronauts exit the Orion capsule.

The capsule with four astronauts on board landed in waters off San Diego at 10.07am, Australian Eastern Standard time, with commander Reid Wiseman saying al four members of the the crew were in excellent shape.

It concludes a history-making 10-day mission, where the Artemis II crew travelled further into space than anyone before them and became the first people to observe the shadowed, far side of the moon.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed Australia's reserves for petrol and jet fuel have fallen.

Providing his daily update, Mr Bowen says the nation has 38 days' worth of petrol, 31 days' worth of diesel, and 28 days' worth of jet fuel in reserve, a decrease of one day for petrol and two days for jet fuel.

The reserve for diesel has risen by two days.

The energy minister has assured Australia is as well placed as possible amid the ongoing oil crisis.

US President Donald Trump says he's optimistic ahead of peace talks with Iran in Pakistan.

Iran's delegation has arrived in Islamabad but has again insisted on a ceasefire in Lebanon as a pre-condition.

Earlier US President Donald Trump took to social media to say the only reason the Iranians were alive was to negotiate a deal.

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NASA's Artemis II moon mission has returned safely back to Earth in a 'perfect bullseye splashdown' after orbiting the far side of the moon. Australia had a role, and is contributing to future missions too.

The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II misson spacecraft have successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a ten-day mission around the moon.

Mission control centre declared the moment it touched the ocean as a perfect bullseye splashdown and a perfect descent for integrity.

The Orion spacecraft reached speeds of around 38-thousand-625 kilometres per hour, with the heat shield the only thing protecting them crew from temperatures of about two-thousand 700 degrees Celsius.

NASA lost contact with the crew for a tense six minutes, as expected, because of a plasma build-up blocking radio frequencies, before re-establishing contact with Commander Reid Wiseman.

US President Donald Trump says Iran must agree to abandoning its nuclear weapons program if peace is to be achieved in the Middle East.

Vice President JD Vance is leading the American delegation for peace talks with Iran in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Iran has issued a number of preconditions, including that Israel stop its air strikes in Lebanon that have killed more than 300 people this week.

Tehran has also demanded that Iranian assets be unfrozen and for more control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave Singapore today after signing a bilateral agreement on energy.

It includes a commitment for Australia and Singapore to meet each other's energy needs as the conflict in the Middle East continues.

But the joint statement does not have an explicit commitment to guarantee supply.

Singapore is Australia's biggest supplier of petrol and second biggest supplier of diesel and jet fuel, while Singapore gets a third of its LNG from Australia.

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The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission spacecraft are preparing to splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a ten-day mission to the moon within the next hour.

The capsule is re-entering the earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 40,000 kilometres per hour, experiencing temperatures close to 3,000 degrees celsius.

The spacecraft will be retrieved by the US Navy in the Pacific Ocean off California.

US President Donald Trump says Iran must agree to abandoning its nuclear weapons program if peace is to be achieved in the Middle East.

Vice President JD Vance is leading the American delegation for peace talks with Iran in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Iran has issued a number of preconditions, including that Israel stop its air strikes in Lebanon that have killed more than 300 people this week.

Tehran has also demanded that Iranian assets be unfrozen and for more control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave Singapore today after signing a bilateral agreement on energy.

It includes a commitment for Australia and Singapore to meet each other's energy needs as the conflict in the Middle East continues.

But the joint statement does not have an explicit commitment to guarantee supply.

Singapore is Australia's biggest supplier of petrol and second biggest supplier of diesel and jet fuel, while Singapore gets a third of its L-N-G from Australia.

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Josephine Asher with your top stories on this Saturday morning.US Vice President JD Vance has warned Iran against trying to "play the US" as he heads to Pakistan for negotiations aimed at ending the Middle East war. The temporary ceasefire appears to be on the brink of collapsing, with each side accusing the other of breaking the terms of their agreement.Iran's parliamentary speaker says a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran's blocked assets, must be fulfilled before negations in Islamabad can begin. Israel has continued its deadly strikes on Lebanon on day three of the ceasefire, after killing hundreds of people in several strikes this week.The Lebanese government has now announced it will meet Israeli officials in Washington next week to discuss a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.The prime minister has wrapped up his brief visit to Singapore, signing an agreement for Australia and Singapore to meet each other's energy needs.At their bilateral meeting yesterday, Anthony Albanese and prime minister Lawrence Wong signed a new commitment to make "maximum effort" to keep the fuel and gas flowing between the two nations.While not legally binding, Mr Wong assured Australia, his country has no plans to restrict exports. even as oil supplies tighten amid the Middle East conflict.NASA's Artemis-two mission is due to splashdown off the US west coast just hours from now to conclude humanity's furthest ever journey into space.After a 10-day mission that broke records and included the first ever flyby of the far side of the moon, the Artemis II crew is beginning the most dangerous phase of their mission... the descent back to earth.After they re-enter the earth's atmosphere, the capsule will deploy parachutes at an altitude of almost 7 kilometres.They're expected to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, just after 10-am Australian eastern standard time. Tropical Cyclone Maila is fizzling out as it moves through the Solomon Sea.The severe weather system peaked as a Category 5 storm earlier this week but has weakened substantially to a Category 1. Maila is currently sitting about 800 kilometres east of Port Moresby. The weather bureau says the slow-moving storm is likely to weaken below cyclone intensity before reaching the far north Queensland coast.For more news at any time you can follow the ABC Top Stories podcast.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong have agreed to co-ordinate their nations' response to the global fuel crisis stemming from the conflict in the MIddle East.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the country is in talks with Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to share drone defence expertise and technology.

The Artemis II astronauts are preparing for their return to earth, as their historic 10 day voyage around the moon nears its conclusion.

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