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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 Top Stories Scientists step up search for 'holy grail of climate change' Australian scientists in Antarctica hail a $45-million funding boost as a "game-changer" that will allow them to step up their search for the "holy grail of climate science" — the Million-Year Ice Core. 'Callous and insensitive': Labor lashes Cormann's domestic violence leave remarks The Federal Opposition accuses Finance Minister Mathias Cormann of being "callous and insensitive" for suggesting that mandated domestic violence leave would be "another cost on the economy". 'It's like she's a three-year-old': What life's like when your children never grow up "We've seen the other kids in the town go off to university and get jobs and get married. We've still got our 24-year-olds doing the same thing. I'm still showering, packing lunches." Sue and David Hillier still have to care for their twin girls, who have intellectual disabilities, as if they're small children. Trump dismisses 'ridiculous' reports Russia intervened in US election US President-elect Donald Trump rejects as "ridiculous" reported US intelligence findings that Russia intervened in the presidential election on his behalf through targeted hacking. 'I worry about being locked in cupboards': The fear of returning to care The thought of going into aged care is distressing for someone like Ellen Bucello, who was subjected to neglect and abuse in state care as a child. 'We will have vengeance': Defiant Turkey mourns dead after blasts Turkey vows vengeance against Kurdish militants it says were likely behind twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 in what appeared to be a coordinated attack on police outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul. 'Watershed for travel': London soon to be just 17 hours away Seventeen-hour flights from Perth to London will begin in 2018, Qantas boss Alan Joyce says, marking the first time Australians can fly direct to Europe. 'Volunteering without leaving home': Call for Canberra kitten carers Love cats but can't commit to having a pet in the long term? This could be the perfect solution. 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. 'Is this literature?' Bob Dylan likens his experience to Shakespeare in Nobel speech Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan compares the pressures he faces when writing lyrics to those that confronted literary great William Shakespeare 400-plus years ago, in his Nobel Prize for Literature acceptance speech. 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. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum 'We are about to die': Pleas for help in Syria go unheeded By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill Michelle Grattan: Has Turnbull's credibility deficit reached a point of no return? By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Why 'living within our means' is a great con By Claire Connelly The impeachment of Park Geun-hye a story of a father and daughter By North Asia correspondent Matthew Carney Just In Is India's currency recall working? December 12, 2016 - 6:54 am 'Volunteering without leaving home': Call for Canberra kitten carers December 12, 2016 - 6:24 am Why is one plaque on the Australians of the Year Walk covered in perspex? December 12, 2016 - 6:24 am World • Is India's currency recall working? • What is the Million-Year Ice Core — and why should we care? • Disaster preparedness 'helped save lives' in quake-hit Solomons Business • 'I bleed America': Trump picks Australian to join business team • No tax paid by more than a third of large companies • World-first PNG seabed mining project forges ahead Politics • Trump dismisses 'ridiculous' reports Russia intervened in US election • 'Callous and insensitive': Labor lashes Cormann's domestic violence leave remarks • Venezuela seizes 4m toys to give children at Christmas Sport • Roar end draw run with big 4-0 win over Adelaide United • Teenager Molineux the star as Renegades avenge Strikers defeat • Year of the Underdog: Grandstand Radio's 2016 Review Science and Tech • What is the Million-Year Ice Core — and why should we care? • Scientists step up search for 'holy grail of climate change' • 'Amazing untapped resource': How pets help manage mental illness Environment • What is the Million-Year Ice Core — and why should we care? • Scientists step up search for 'holy grail of climate change' • Wedge-tailed eagle, brolga parts seized in $500k haul Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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