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Simone Biles suffered a defeat in the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics after two errors allowed Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade to snatch an unexpected gold medal.

Half a lifetime since becoming an Olympic teenage sensation, Melissa Wu plunges into the record books again by diving for Australia in a record five Games — and reaching a fifth 10-metre platform final.

Fox's sweep the canoe slalom medals in Vaires-sur-Marne, with Noémie stepping out of her sister's enormous shadow to claim a joyful gold medal.

British prime minister Keir Starmer has announced that a "standing army" of specialist police will be deployed in response to riots across the country.

Nina Kennedy reaches the Paris Olympics pole vault final after a chaotic qualifying round that left two British stars in tears. Meanwhile, Matt Denny powers into the discus final and teenager Torrie Lewis wins at the Olympics for the first time.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed the country's pilots have "already started" flying F-16 fighter jets.

There were tears at the final whistle as the Hockeyroos Olympic campaign ended at the quarterfinal stage with a narrow loss to China.

The head of ASIO says the targeting of Australia's youth and the rise of a violent mix of ideologies that defy logic are among the major reasons Australia's terror threat has been raised.

Police say the pilot was killed when separatist rebels rounded up those on board the helicopter when it landed in an isolated area. 

Edna Galas Flores Norton reached speeds of up to 150kph before a head-on collision on the Albany Highway that killed Nicole Weeden in 2022.

Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country after weeks of deadly protests.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has softened criticism of planned government mining supports that he slammed in May.

One of Australia's biggest gas projects is at risk of being rejected by Western Australia's environmental watchdog.

The man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot twice by police. 

Queensland coal miner Chris Schloss, who died at work, is being remembered as a best mate and advocate who fought to save the onsite camp he called home while at work.

A young worker who fell asleep and crashed a ute pulling an overloaded horse float after a long day tending to the animals is given a suspended jail term over the 2023 incident which injured her co-workers.

Left-handed batter Graham Thorpe played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005.

Brittany Higgins's legal team rejects claims Linda Reynolds's former staffer chose the senator to be the "villain" in her story of a political cover up.

Wildlife officers have euthanased a 4.9-metre crocodile and warned people against feeding the animals after videos emerged on social media.

Newly independent senator Fatima Payman has signalled she plans to use her bargaining power in the Senate to secure funding for local projects in exchange for her vote on contentious government legislation.

Keep up with how many medals Aussie athletes have won today — and where Australia sits on the leaderboard. 

An inquiry into the deaths of four army personnel last July has heard the wife of one of the victims, Captain Danniel Lyon, was asked not to hold his funeral on Fathers' Day in consideration of her "future partner".

Noémie Fox — on Olympic debut — storms to victory in the women's kayak cross final, adding to the two gold medals won by her sister Jess earlier in the Paris Games. Follow live.

The Elizabeth Magistrates Court hears a man accused of snatching a baby from a pram on a bus in Adelaide's north tightened his grip on the one-year-old when the mother tried to take her child back.

After experiencing what analysts call a "Goldilocks scenario", Australian stocks just suffered their biggest fall since the pandemic lockdown era and global financial markets are nervous.