The police raid in northern Paris yesterday stopped a terrorist group planning new attacks, according to the city's top prosecutor. The seven-hour standoff left at least two dead and eight under arrest, but suspected mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was not among them.
Islamic State says it used a can of soft drink to bomb the Russian plane in Egypt. It has published a photo of the can and what appeared to be a detonator and switch.
Esperance is mourning the farmer and three backpackers killed by the bushfires still burning out of control near the town. ABC reporter Mark Bennett says the backpackers, two aged 31 and one aged 19, were caught in the flames after trying to rescue a horse.
Here's what's coming up today:
9.00am AEDT: The Senate committee looking at changes to family payments is holding hearings in Canberra
9.30am AEDT: Treasurer Scott Morrison is expected to speak to the media after a visit to an ASX office in Sydney
10.30am AEDT: The National Gallery will announce a new acquisition for its Tom Roberts exhibition
10.30am AEDT: The Climate Council will release a report on the length and severity of bushfire season in Australia
12.15pm AEDT: We expect to hear from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, who is in Jakarta
12.30pm AEDT: The first official session of the APEC summit begins in Manila
1.00pm AEDT: BHP holds its annual general meeting in Perth. We're expected to hear its damage assessment of the Brazil dam collapse
2.00pm AEDT: Bluescope Steel holds its annual general meeting in Sydney
A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a police raid that sources say foiled a jihadi plan to hit Paris's business district, days after attacks that killed 129 across the French capital.
Islamic State's official propaganda magazine publishes a photo of an improvised explosive device that it says brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai peninsula last month, killing all 224 on board.
Four people killed in a bushfire north of Esperance are identified as a local farmer and three backpackers from Germany, Norway and Britain, as conditions ease on WA's south coast.
Federal Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee head Dan Tehan says moving Syrian president Bashar al-Assad aside within the next six months could help bring stability to fight IS.
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten pledges to reinstate the Closing the Gap targets aimed at reducing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in jail.
Tasmanian MPs vote 15-9 in favour of same-sex marriage in a motion which does not deliver legislative change but is designed to send a message to Canberra.
Astronomers observe up to three newborn planets evolving from a disk of gas and dust particles circling a distant Sun-like star, the first to be seen that are still forming.
In the wake of the attacks in Paris, federal cabinet minister Scott Morrison says he expects Christians will be the focus of the Australian government's Syrian refugee program.
Online activist group Anonymous claims to have taken down more than 5,500 Islamic State-affiliated Twitter accounts in response to the terror attacks on Paris.
Former Wallabies captain George Gregan pays tribute to "rugby's first superstar" Jonah Lomu, remembering the classic encounters and humble personality that made the man so loved.
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