The H5 strain of bird flu has been detected in a mammal in Australia for the first time.

Sydney's AFLW team has won its game over Essendon at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with a record crowd turning out for the women's game after a week of controversy embroiling the club. 

Tensions between the US and Canada are intensifying, with both sides imposing tit-for-tat tariffs.

The deadly H5 bird flu virus has been detected in a mammal in Australia for the first time.

Some Sydney Swans supporters are expected to walk out of the SCG today as the club holds a double-header.Inside Canada, support continues to grow for the Prime Minister Mark Carney to impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States.The Weather Bureau says Australia will potentially experience both record heat and rain as El Nino develops into Spring.

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At least 16 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded after several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine.

Officials say 22 children are among the wounded in the attack in the city of Kryvyi Rih.

The strikes on the shopping centre came half an hour apart, in a so called double-tap attack.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says people are still trapped under the rubble.

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A lawyer representing a third woman involved in the Sydney Swans sexual assault scandal says a potential civil lawsuit is being considered.

Law firm Slater and Gordon say they've been engaged by a woman who joined players at Melbourne's Pullman Hotel after the Swans' win against Essendon last Sunday.

Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault at the hotel, which the ABC understands centres on an allegation a player touched one of the women without her consent.  

No arrests have been made and no charges laid.  

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Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, says it's in the national interest for more states and territories to join the federal government's gun buyback scheme.

The ACT has become the second jurisdiction to agree to take part, after New South Wales signed up last week.

The Commonwealth unveiled the scheme following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack - but some states such as Queensland are refusing to support it.

Mr Burke says the government is working with the states in good faith.

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Ukrainian officials say 22 children are among the scores of people wounded in a Russian drone attack on a shopping centre.

The daylight strike in the city of Kryvyi Rih left at least 16 people dead and more than 120 wounded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the attack came in two waves, half an hour apart, in a bid to target emergency services.

This man says he did his best to help the injured.

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Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, says it's in the national interest for more states and territories to join the federal government's gun buyback scheme.

The ACT has become the second jurisdiction to agree to take part, after New South Wales signed up last week.

The Commonwealth unveiled the scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack - but some states such as Queensland are refusing to support it.

Mr Burke says the government is working with the states in good faith.

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US President Donald Trump says Washington is observing "what happens" as he threatens crippling economic sanctions targeting Iran.

Iran's Foreign Minister says that the so called crushing economic operation is "bound to fail".

Mr Trump says Iran has been militarily defeated and can't afford to pay its soldiers and police.

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