A two-metre bronze whaler inside a new shark barrier at Cottesloe Beach has been freed after a 27-hour operation, but the probe into the animal allegedly being shot with a speargun continues.

We brought you reports earlier that one person had been killed following a Russian attack in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia (see 2.05pm post). The region's governor has now reported ...

As talks continued in Qatar, the Israeli military carried out strikes across the enclave, killing at least 17 people, Palestinian medics said.