Big Brother is returning to its original Dreamworld house and live format, but as the social experiment gears up for its latest season, we're asking whether it's possible to protect contestants while still delivering on the drama.

Plus, we break down what "forever chemicals" are, where they're hiding in your home, and the new Australian breakthrough that could finally help get rid of them.

And in headlines today Israel's military has launched an attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, where the Palestinian militant group has its political base; Victoria has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to introduce treaty legislation to parliament, paving the way for a formal agreement between the state's Indigenous people and the government; Brittany Higgins has been ordered to pay the bulk of her former boss's legal costs after losing a defamation case; Prince Harry will personally donate more than a million pounds to the BBC Children in Need charity, one of the largest individual sums publicly given by a member of the royal family

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