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French police are questioning nine people in custody after a suspected Islamist sympathiser beheaded a school teacher in broad daylight on the street in a Paris suburb, police sources say.

An emergency declaration has been revoked in the northern Brisbane suburb of Sandgate after police investigated a suspicious device and found it to be inactive.

Jacinda Ardern has won a historic victory in the New Zealand election, securing a thumping mandate and, likely, a parliamentary majority for Labour's second term.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS* Victoria has reported just a single COVID-19 case and no deaths, a "remarkable achievement" according to health chief Brett Sutton.

A man will face court accused of deliberately ramming and injuring two women with his utility outside a West Australian hotel.

An infant has been rescued from the wreckage of a crash which claimed the life of a 29-year-old woman on the NSW Central Coast.

Authorities have warned against complacency after a third NSW pub was closed for a week following repeated breaches of coronavirus health orders.

Disgraced former NSW MP Daryl Maguire has admitted breaching public trust and misusing his public office in his business dealings with property developers.

Premier Daniel Andrews has offered Victorians hope there will be a significant easing of restrictions soon, after only two new coronavirus cases and no deaths.

Australian cotton growers could be the latest victims of increasingly bitter trade tensions with China.