Searches will resume this morning for five people still missing, four in Tasmania and one man New South Wales, as a result of the massive storm cell that lashed Australia's east coast. Floodwaters are still threatening Tasmania, with rivers in the state's south still rising
New DNA technology has confirmed Aboriginal Australians as the continent's first people. A 2001 paper had suggested Australia's oldest human remains, found at Lake Mungo, were from an extinct lineage of modern humans that occupied the continent before Aboriginal Australians. Researchers say the new analysis overturns that claim
The UN atomic watchdog says North Korea appears to have reactivated a plant used for reprocessing plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. The observations were made through satellite imagery and echo claims made by John Hopkins University last week
The Brexit debate has divided the United Kingdom. Four Corners has spoken to the people of rural Somerset, one of the regions at the forefront of the push for the UK to leave the European Union on June 23.
Here's what's coming up:
9:00am AEST: The youngest Australian to ever climb Mount Everest, Alyssa Azar, returns home after her record breaking climb
9:30am AEST: Six-time Australian Olympic shooter Michael Diamond is due to face court on alleged drink driving and firearms offences. The matter could jeopardise his place on the Olympic team for Rio
3:00pm AEST: Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr will hand down the ACT budget
Five people remain missing and three people are known to be dead, as the massive storm cell that devastated parts of the east coast causes record flooding in Tasmania.
Drone footage reveals the extent of damage to waterfront properties at Collaroy, where the beach has been washed away and buildings are teetering on the edge of collapse.
In a show billed as the "Tussle in Tamworth", the Q&A audience bombarded Barnaby Joyce and the rest of the panel with tough questions about rural issues such as CSG mining and the NBN.
If Hillary Clinton wins the California primaries, Democrat rival Bernie Sanders' last shred of leverage will be lost, writes Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel.
North Korea appears to have reactivated a plant for reprocessing plutonium for use in nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog says, citing satellite imagery and echoing recent comments from a US think-tank.
Prosecutors believe a mother is not to blame for her son entering a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, saying the boy "scampered off" before zookeepers killed the endangered animal.
A prestigious Indian hospital says it was duped by traffickers into removing the kidneys of victims believing they were relatives of needy patients, after five people were arrested for the crime.
Doreen Collyer is described as a "devoted grandmother, mother and loving wife" by her husband after she was attacked and killed by a suspected five-metre shark off the Perth coast.
A man who posed as an English teacher to sexually abuse babies and young children at Malaysian orphanages and shelters is jailed for life after being identified by Brisbane police posing as the administrator of a paedophilia website.
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