Morning Mail: Trump says US extending Iran ceasefire, Coalition’s byelection blitz, The Deb defies doom

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Donald Trump has said that the US is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request while he waits for a unified proposal from Iran, as Tucker Carlson meanwhile apologises for misleading his viewers into voting for the US president. Locally, the Coalition has launched a blitz of negative attack ads against One Nation in an effort to turn the Farrer byelection campaign, Australia is being urged to do more to protect Chinese students from political repression back home, and why Rebel Wilson’s The Deb isn’t that bad, despite tanking at the box office. Campaign blitz | The Coalition has launched a negative ads campaign against One Nation ahead of the Farrer byelection, with the Liberals setting up a Facebook page and website accusing the rightwing party of having “no solutions”. Despite this, the Liberals and Nationals will preference One Nation ahead of the independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe in the 9 May byelection. Timor-Leste questions | Timor-Leste’s opposition has questioned how foreign investors in a