00:01U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Australia had agreed to grant asylum to some of Iran's visiting
00:09women's football team,
00:10whose players refused to sing the national anthem while playing there during the Middle East War.
00:15A few hours earlier, Trump had urged Australia to grant them asylum,
00:20saying Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran national women's soccer team to be forced back
00:28to Iran.
00:29Iran's women's team lost its last group match against the Philippines on Sunday,
00:34and teams ousted during the group stage usually leave within days.
00:38The squad arrived in Australia for the Continental Championship last month before the war in the Middle East broke out
00:45on the 28th of February.
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