Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as wildfires continue to cause widespread destruction across parts of the United States.
In Washington state, three fires around Spokane have destroyed about 850 buildings and forced roughly 67,000 people to evacuate. In California, the Gann Fire has burned more than 7,000 acres, damaged several structures and triggered evacuation orders.
Greece battles mega fire
Meanwhile in Greece, volunteers have rescued more than 280 animals from a major blaze near Athens. Rescue organiser Elena Dede described the conditions as overwhelming.
"We literally couldn't move because there was so much heat and the fire was so aggressive, it was changing directions all the time and we knew that something really massive and big will happen. It was a mega fire and it was really hard for every volunteer and every person involved, really to survive the smoke and the stress," she said.
Melbourne shopkeeper dies after alleged attack
A Melbourne shopkeeper has died after he was allegedly attacked while trying to stop a group of young shoplifters. Police say 60-year-old Van Viet Truong went to help another retail worker during an incident at Sunshine in Melbourne's west on Saturday. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition but died yesterday afternoon.
Four teenagers are charged with offences including violent disorder and intentionally causing serious injury, while charges against a 13-year-old boy have been withdrawn.
Trump hints at possible oil price rise
US President Donald Trump says oil prices may need to rise again, despite predicting they'll fall sharply once the war with Iran ends. Speaking in Las Vegas, Mr Trump says oil has dropped to around 75 US dollars a barrel. It comes as the war with Iran continues to disrupt global oil supplies and keep pressure on prices.
Mr Trump did not explain whether he was referring to further military action against Iran or another measure that could drive oil prices higher. "When oil goes down, and it's going to go down very rapidly, and is happening very soon - already happening, if you look. Today, it's $75, down to 75. It's dropping. And we may have to send it up again. We may have to - you know what happens when we send it up. But we hope we don't have to," he said.
Ceuta struggles with migrant children
Charities and local residents in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta are helping register unaccompanied migrant children, after around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco last week. Spanish authorities say about 70,000 people have since returned to Morocco, but the local government says 1,100 unaccompanied minors remain.
The Secretary of Humanitarians Without Borders, Ana Maria Sanchez Garcia, says volunteers are also trying to help pregnant women. "There's pregnant women, underage girls alone in the streets. We are trying to provide care for them and listen to them, and to try to see what solutions we may provide," she said. Under a 2025 Spanish immigration law, unaccompanied minors must be transferred from overstretched territories within 15 days of their case files being completed.
Inquiry hears of online racism
A federal inquiry into racism toward Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has heard a First Nations advocacy group deletes hundreds of racist comments from its social media pages weekly. The inquiry is continuing its hearings in Melbourne today and has heard from Djaran Murray-Jackson, the co-chair of Gellung Warl, a first people's representative body in Victoria.
Mr Murray-Jackson says the extremes of violent racism are being experienced in his community and online. "During 2023, we reached out to Meta with examples of 300 accounts that we'd blocked. Meta responded to us saying that they did not deem the comments were racist. That racism online has only gotten worse with an uptick of bots based overseas spreading hate. We now delete hundreds of comments per week on Gellung Warl's social media accounts that spread overtly racist rhetoric, with a targeted political agenda," he said.
Infantino apologises but remains FIFA President
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has apologised for errors made in his controversial plans to sell-off stakes in competitions to private investors. He remains the world's football governing body President, after receiving the backing of senior directors in Morocco. Following mounting backlash of his aborted proposal, Infantino summoned emergency talks with members of the management board.
But Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney says he doesn't have confidence in Infantino. "The idea that proper governance is not to disclose to your closest advisers, your chief operating officer, your fellow board members, something of consequence that you're even considering, let alone proposing, you know that that's fatal, should be fatal, and you lose confidence in that individual," he said. Earlier, European football's governing body UEFA said it has lost confidence in Infantino, accusing FIFA of putting the game's "soul" up for sale and threatened a boycott.
The proposal was designed to create a commercial subsidiary of close to AUD $28 billion (USD $20 billion). It would have seen close to AUD $6 billion (USD $4.2 billion) raised to sell stakes in the World Cup and other FIFA competitions to private investors.
