The Australian government has announced a further $3 million in humanitarian assistance to people in the Nepal-Tibet region.

Meanwhile, more than a dozen aid, charity and humanitarian organisations have launched a joint appeal to support communities devastated by floodwaters.

More than 800 people have died while more than 3,000 remain missing, including 43 Australians.

Iran's ​Revolutionary Guards says it's launched ballistic missile attacks ⁠on two US bases ​in ‌Jordan in ‌response to an American strike ‌on a strategic island in Iran.

The United States launched strikes against two targets on Larak Island and the Americans are claiming that they detected the Iranian military preparing two rocket launchers to fire mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

There's been a fragile ceasefire between the two sides - and these are the first US strikes on Iran since late July.

Many Australians are unknowingly purchasing tampered gift cards from supermarkets, where the credit is drained before they can spend it.

An ABC investigation has revealed there's been a bust in Sydney over Apple gift cards sold in Coles supermarkets.

Adam Parks who heads up an investigative unit for US Homeland Security says it's a global phenomenon.

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Australia's tobacco excise is increasing again this week, pushing the price of legal cigarettes and smoking products up even further.

The excise - or the tax consumers pay on tobacco products - has more than quadrupled over the past fifteen years, making cigarettes $50 or more a packet.

There's currently a a big political fight over the excise; some are calling for it to be cut because they argue the huge costs are fuelling the illicit tobacco market

The number of missing Australians in the Himalayan flooding disaster has risen to 43, with more than 800 people have killed and thousands more missing. 

Australia has sent personnel and emergency aid to support rescue efforts, and international specialists are working to reach 350 workers who may have survived in underground tunnels.

The number of Australians unaccounted for in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster has risen to 43.

Extra Australian personnel have been deployed to Nepal to support the recovery effort and meet with relatives of the missing people.

The floods have killed more than 800 people.

Efforts to free more than one-hundred workers stuck underground at a hydroelectric dam are being hampered by heavy rain and rising river levels.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is touring Victoria today, after spending the weekend revealing some of One Nation's plans on energy policy.

The party is also celebrating its first lower house seat in Western Australia, after picking up the once Labor-safe seat of Secret Harbour.

Ms Hanson says her party will build on its by-election victory, targeting more seats in the forthcoming Victorian state election.

Unnamed sources say US forces have struck two Iranian launchers ‌on Iran's Larak Island ‌in the first military action in more than a month

Forces with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were reportedly observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait.The IRGC says the attack ⁠killed and wounded ‌several Iranian fighters ‌and civilians, and has vowed to respond ‌and punish those ⁠responsible.

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42 Australians remain among the thousands of people still missing after Wednesday's massive mudslide and flash flood in the Himalayas.

Rescue efforts are being hampered by difficult weather and rising water levels, as emergency crews work to reach some of the worst-affected areas... including a hydropower project site in Nepal where hundreds of people are believed to be trapped in underground tunnels.

The Red Cross estimates more than 90,000 people may have been affected by the disaster.

One Nation is celebrating its first lower house seat in Western Australia, after picking up the once Labor-safe seat of Secret Harbour.

Pauline Hanson says her party will build on its by-election victory, targeting more seats in the forthcoming Victorian state election.

She's touring the state today, after spending the weekend revealing some of One Nation's plans on energy policy.

An Australian man currently serving a 13-year prison sentence in Russia after being captured while fighting for Ukraine has given his first interview since being convicted.

Oscar Jenkins says he joined Ukrainian forces in 2024 because it was "the right thing to do".

He also revealed that he'd previously considered fighting in Myanmar agains the military junta and also joining the Israeli defence force.

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WA Labor has been defeated in a state by-election that's been branded a "litmus test" for One Nation in the west.

The ABC's chief election and data analyst Casey Briggs called the seat of Secret Harbour in Perth's south for One Nation's Luke Herdegen a little over four hours after votes began to be counted.

So what does it mean for our political landscape across the country?

At least 680 people have been killed in the floods in Nepal and Tibet and almost three thousand are still missing, as international tunnel experts join search efforts.