Australia police shoot man and injure three bystanders

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionPolice examine the shopping district where police shot a man and three innocent bystanders Four people have been injured when police opened fire on a man holding a knife at a busy shopping centre in Sydney, Australia. Three women aged between 60 and 82 were hit by bullets and bullet fragments after two officers fired at the man. The 23-year-old man, who allegedly approached officers with the knife,...

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Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Three people are dead and more are missing after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast. Storms continue to batter southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Erosion at Sydney's Collaroy Beach has forced the evacuation of multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger of collapsing. In Tasmania, where major flood warnings have been issued for seven rivers, two...

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