Australia's bushfire season is off to a worrying start with out of control blazes burning in multiple states and a barrage of high temperatures incoming.
Adrian Black
The UN's food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across west and central Africa
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It is understood the house was completely engulfed with flames when they arrived just after 8am.
Jessica Evensen
After a record number of heat-related call-outs last week, St John WA is reminding West Aussies how to best be prepared for the impending heatwave and how to identify signs of heat stress.
Hannah Cross
Members of the public desperately tried to help a driver who died after his car hit a tree in Margaret River.
Caleb Runciman
Last December, the horror blaze destroyed three homes and severely damaged a fourth — including the Moody’s family home of 20 years.
Residents have been urged to leave immediately or take shelter as two out-of-control bushfires rage, creating dangerous conditions for firefighters.
Adrian Black and Holly Hale
Swedish police say they have boarded a Chinese vessel at the centre of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches.
Seven fire crews are currently on scene battling the out-of-control blaze.
Homes are under threat and residents have been told to evacuate as an out-of-control rages near Carabooda and Yanchep.
Police said the eight-year-old suffered critical injuries while the 11-year-old boy’s injuries were serious.
Detectives are investigating after a man arrived at a southern suburbs chemist with a gunshot wound.
Organisers of a funfair at an Islamic school in Nigeria have been arrested after several children were killed in a stampede.
Dyepkazah Shibayan
The woman sustained critical injuries and was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital where she died three days later.
Caitlin Vinci
A crash involving an Indian naval boat and a passenger ferry has left at least 13 people dead off the coast of Mumbai, officials say.
Police were called to the scene in Perth’s northern suburbs on Wednesday after reports two children had been hit by a 4WD.
One person has died and 20 people have been rescued after a boat capsized off the coast of Mumbai, officials say.
Workers came to the man’s rescue, smashing the truck’s sunroof to pull him out.
Jessica Evensen and Nick Overall
Two water bombers are on their way to a serious blaze in Beverley, where people have been told to leave the area or prepare to defend their homes.
Eliza Kavanagh
A woman has been freed after being trapped inside a cave in northern Italy since Saturday.
The bushfire was first reported at 1.38pm on Tuesday afternoon, but was declared ‘contained and under control’ by about 8pm.
Two elderly people were taken to hospital following a serious crash in Narrogin in which a car smashed through a brick wall.
Firefighters have brought a bushfire under control that forced an advice level warning in Bornholm, about 30km west of Albany, on Tuesday.
Cameron Newbold
Volunteer fire units and emergency services are still working to contain an out-of-control bushfire about 5km from Darkan, which has already burnt 800ha.
Hannah Whitehead
