The US says it's planning serious talks with China after advantaged surface-to-air missiles were deployed in the South China Sea. US and Taiwanese officials say China has deployed a missile system on the Spratly Island, which are also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. China's foreign minister Wang Yi says the reports are a western media invention. Australia's foreign minister Julia Biship who's in Beijing at the moment has also raised concerns as has the US. 

 

 

Back home. And Queensland's parliament has overnight passed new laws that will stop drinks being served after 3 am. Doctors and police have welcomed the lockout measures, which will come into effect from July, but the night club industry warns jobs will go. 

 

 

And Apple is challengeing a US court ruling that helps the FBI break into the locked mobilephone of a terrorist involved in the S massacre. Prosecutors want the Apple to disable the auto erase function, which clears the phone after ten unsuccessful passcode attempts.