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Triple-zero software 'hanging by a thread'

Triple-zero software 'hanging by a thread'

A power outage forced operators to use pen and paper to dispatch emergency services, prompting calls for a system overhaul.

Alleged arsonist charged over deadly LA wildfire

Alleged arsonist charged over deadly LA wildfire

Alleged arsonist charged over deadly LA wildfire

Alleged arsonist charged over deadly LA wildfire

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with igniting the January fire that destroyed Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighbourhood.

Man shot dead in public, car found ablaze minutes later

Man shot dead in public, car found ablaze minutes later

Man shot dead in public, car found ablaze minutes later

Man shot dead in public, car found ablaze minutes later

A man is dead after a public-place shooting and a car was found alight nearby soon after, as police investigate possible links.

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Destructive island bushfire sparked by holiday campfire

Destructive island bushfire sparked by holiday campfire

A blaze that destroyed thousands of hectares of an island's national parkland was sparked by a campfire lit by a holiday visitor during a total fire ban.

Search continues as Indonesia building toll rises to 49

Search continues as Indonesia building toll rises to 49

Indonesian rescuers have recovered dozens of bodies after the collapse of a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school.

Helicopter training flight ends in fatality and injury

Helicopter training flight ends in fatality and injury

One man is dead and another has serious injuries after a helicopter training flight ended in tragedy outside a suburban airport.

Deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a 'terrorist attack'

Deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a 'terrorist attack'

British police have declared that a deadly rampage at a synagogue that killed two people on the holiest day of the Jewish year was a terrorist attack.

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Philippines ends quake rescues, focuses on displaced

Philippines ends quake rescues, focuses on displaced

Philippines ends quake rescues, focuses on displaced

Philippines ends quake rescues, focuses on displaced

Attention has now turned to helping survivors of a deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines, after rescue efforts were called off.

Two dead, suspect shot in attack near UK synagogue

Two dead, suspect shot in attack near UK synagogue

Two dead, suspect shot in attack near UK synagogue

Two dead, suspect shot in attack near UK synagogue

Two people are dead and three others are seriously wounded after a car and stabbing attack near a synagogue in Manchester in northern England.

'Unacceptable': second triple-zero Optus outage slammed

'Unacceptable': second triple-zero Optus outage slammed

'Unacceptable': second triple-zero Optus outage slammed

'Unacceptable': second triple-zero Optus outage slammed

A second Optus triple-zero outage in as many weeks has raised the ire of a premier as calls mount for the government to empower regulators rather than telcos.

Typhoon Ragasa aims at China after lashing Taiwan, HK

Typhoon Ragasa aims at China after lashing Taiwan, HK

Typhoon Ragasa aims at China after lashing Taiwan, HK

Typhoon Ragasa aims at China after lashing Taiwan, HK

Millions of people in southern China are in Typhoon Ragasa's sights after the most powerful cyclone of 2025 battered Hong Kong and killed 14 people in Taiwan.

Telco 'cowboys' not held to account after prior outage

Telco 'cowboys' not held to account after prior outage

Telco 'cowboys' not held to account after prior outage

Telco 'cowboys' not held to account after prior outage

A reliance on self-regulation has turned the telco sector into the wild west, an expert warns as Optus reels in the aftermath of another serious outage.

Fourth death during Optus triple zero outage confirmed

Fourth death during Optus triple zero outage confirmed

Fourth death during Optus triple zero outage confirmed

Fourth death during Optus triple zero outage confirmed

A West Australian has become the fourth confirmed death linked to an Optus outage that prevented customers from calling triple zero.

Three die as Optus triple-zero glitch impacts hundreds

Three die as Optus triple-zero glitch impacts hundreds

Three die as Optus triple-zero glitch impacts hundreds

Three die as Optus triple-zero glitch impacts hundreds

Optus has apologised to telco customers as an outage that blocked triple-zero calls to hundreds of people in three states is linked to three deaths.

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'Tragedy': Dad fatally mauled by 'obviously huge' shark

A man killed by a shark while surfing leaves behind a wife and young daughter as beaches remain closed while authorities probe the species involved.

'My superhero': touching funeral tributes for slain cop

Heartbroken family and friends have farewelled the first of two fallen police officers, with a guard of honour stretching hundreds of metres.

Commandos airdropped to rescue Afghan quake survivors

Dozens of commandos are landing where helicopters can't as rescue efforts continue in eastern Afghanistan after a massive earthquake killed over 1400 people.

Afghanistan's earthquake death toll crosses 1400

Rescuers are struggling with mountainous terrain as they try to get to remote villages after a major earthquake in Afghanistan that's killed over 1400 people.

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Israel security meet to discuss plan to seize Gaza City

Israeli air strikes have pounded Gaza City as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet prepares to meet to discuss its planned offensive.

Tributes flow for 'vibrant, bright' school crash victim

A talented student about to hit her teens has been identified as the girl who died in a bus rollover and is being remembered for her infectious personality.

Freeman manhunt: the modern history of bush fugitives

High-profile modern fugitives have lived in remote areas and bushland to evade police, with accused cop killer Dezi Freeman capable of doing the same.

Loud bangs heard as police return to scene of slayings

Onlookers have described hearing loud bangs similar to gunshots as police return to the scene where a dangerous fugitive gunned down two officers.

More aid seekers killed, Gaza City braces for offensive

Four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid via a military zone south of Gaza City, a hospital and eyewitnesses say.

More than 300 people dead in Pakistan after floods

Hundreds have been killed in the deadliest downpour of the monsoon season in Pakistan's northwest, with the search on for more missing people.

Families in Gaza drink water that makes them sick

People in Gaza are struggling to secure enough water for drinking and sanitation as a heatwave takes hold.

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