Good morning. Here's what's happening now: Australia has joined more than 20 countries in the race to find a prehistoric ice core that could reveal why the cycle of ice ages slowed down a million years ago. Read more about the million year ice core here A bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral has killed 25 people and injured another 49. It's one of the deadliest attacks against a minority in Egypt in recent history Donald Trump says he does not believe reports Russian hackers intervened in the US election on his behalf. He's called the intelligence findings "ridiculous" Twins Kara and Jenna are 24 years old, but due to their intellectual disabilities, parents Sue and David still have to care for them as though they're small children. The twins are on a waiting list to get into a residential care home, but their parents say they worry they'll be caring for their children until they're "in their graves". Here's what's coming up: 10:00am AEDT: A man is expected to appear in a Brisbane court charged with manslaughter after an October incident where two construction workers were crushed to death on a job site 11:30am AEDT: Dylan Voller — the teen filmed being teargassed in the NT's Don Dale youth detention centre — is due to give evidence at a royal commission 12:00pm AEDT: A preliminary report into South Australia's state-wide black-out will be released by the Australian Energy Market Operator 12:45pm AEDT: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will speak to the Lowy Institute about Australia's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council in 2018-2020 Nigeria church collapse 'kills at least 160' | Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapse onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, a hospital director says. | | Syrian activists say IS has recaptured Palmyra | Islamic State militants reportedly seize the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra despite a wave of Russian airstrikes, as government troops wage a major offensive against rebels in Aleppo. | | Blast inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral kills at least 25 | A bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral kills 25 people and injures another 49, according to Egyptian state television, making it one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority in recent memory. | | Wreck of 1840s slave ship mapped in 3D | The wreck of a nearly 300-year-old former slave ship lying just off the coast of Perth is scoured by maritime archaeologists using new technology to help learn more about Australia's underwater past. | | About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Add or remove topics | Unsubscribe | Contact Us | |
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