A state of emergency has been declared in the Australian capital city Canberra and its surrounding areas due to the threat of bushfires.
It will run for 72 hours, giving authorities more powers to order evacuations, close roads and take control of private property.
Officials said an uncontrolled fire in the region's south is burning over more than 18,500 hectares.
It is the first time that a state of emergency has been announced for the Australian Capital Territory since 2003, when fires destroyed almost 500 homes.
An extreme heatwave is currently sweeping across the country, with high temperatures and dry winds expected to spark more bushfires over the weekend.
Since September, bushfires have killed 33 people and an estimated 1 billion native animals, with 2,500 homes destroyed.
US and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on Monday, in a show of military force and strengthening ties as regional tensions rise.
Family members of three tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor's office in Baja California said in a statement on Sunday.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on that would keep the group in power and pose a threat to Israel.
Pakistan recorded its highest April rain since 1961, receiving more than double the usual rainfall for the month, according to the country's Meteorological Department.
Thousands of Israelis have protested demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the remaining Israeli hostages brought home from Gaza.
Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing the Interior Ministry's database.
The death toll from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 56, local authorities said on Saturday morning, while dozens still have not been accounted for.
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