Australia sends urgent aid to Nepal | ABC News Top Stories

An Australian military aircraft has left Queensland for flood-ravaged Nepal, carrying specialist personnel and emergency aid.The death toll from last week's flash flood tragedy has passed 950, while grave fears are held for several thousand people still unaccounted for, including 43 Australians.A huge rescue and recovery operation has seen emergency crews working around the clock to try to find survivors.House prices across Australia are expected to continue falling over the coming months, according to analysis by property data firm Cotality.More than 90 per cent of capital city suburbs across the country have recorded a declining property market over the past three months.Sydney saw the biggest drop in August, falling 1.4 percent, followed by Melbourne and Canberra.Cotality says the possibility of another rate hike, negative real wage growth, and persistently low levels of new housing supply mean the downward trend is not expected to let up any time soon.Donald Trump says strikes on Iran will be "limited", but warns it doesn't mean the US won't "smack them".The US President has spoken a day after both sides traded strikes for the first time in a month.American forces attacked two rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they were due to deploy sea mines in the vital oil shipping channel.In response, Iran struck US military bases in Jordan.For more news at any time you can follow the ABC News Top Stories podcast.