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A white, blue and orange flydubai Boeing 737 aircraft flies against an overcast sky
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The UAE, meanwhile, says it will investigate the circumstances and motives of the incident, including whether it was linked ​to ‌any militant activity.

a young girl with her hair in a scrunchie cries as she holds a tissue to her face
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After 30 years on death row, the teenage killer was set to become the first woman executed in the US state of Tennessee in more than 200 years.

Hairdresser cutting a person's hair in salon
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Surcharge bans are supposed to save consumers money but retailers say they're being forced to put prices up and are finding ways around the reforms.

barrister Mark Dennis leaving a police station in sydney
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Australian and Cambodian police are jointly investigating accused paedophile Mark Dennis's network and links to a celebrated Cambodian charity following his death after being charged with possessing child abuse material.

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Front-on view of a fly with two eyes on the end of two long stalks.
An iridescent gold beetle on a green leaf.

Experts have nominated two butterflies, a pair of beetles, a signal fly and a glow-worm as 2026 ABC Insect of the Year finalists. Now you get to help decide the winner.

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Blurred traffic surrounds view of Big Banana
Young woman and man pose for phone selfie photo below Big Banana
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Businesses in Coffs Harbour are preparing for life without 35,000 vehicles driving daily through the city.

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Two rugby league players take the premiership trophy through a parade
A rugby league team celebrates winning a grand final
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Ahead of their first grand final in a generation, Newcastle is ready to hold the Knights closer to their hearts than ever before as team and city show why they are one.

Armed with shovels, rakes and chainsaws, a team of citizen searchers are scouring a stretch of unforgiving bushland in southern Western Australia with one objective: find the remains of four people they've never met.

Chantelle McDougall, her daughter Leela, Simon Kadwill and Tony Popic vanished from the outskirts of the small West Australian town of Nannup in 2007. They left a note saying they were travelling to Brazil, but their passports had not been used and their bank accounts were untouched.

Several school principals have been injured, harassed or assaulted during blockades at high schools. 

A yellow-coloured cheesecake covered in berries and plated up with ice cream.
A toasted sandwich cut in half with laksa ingredients showing through the top.
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From laksa cheesecake to toasties and deep fried ice cream, Darwin's annual laksa festival has something for all palettes. And while it might sound "weird", those cooking up a storm promise "it tastes way better than it sounds".

Founding thunderbird Sarah Sutter shows her daughter Jazmin the 1998 Commonwealth Bank trophy
A woman has short brown blonde hair, slicked back, while wearing a netball dress and defending a play
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Jazmin Mckay has joined the Adelaide Thunderbirds as the club's inaugural mother-daughter signing, following in the footsteps of her mother, a dual premiership T-Bird and gold medal winning Diamond player.

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