Video shows a Russian missile attack on an administrative building in Kharkiv, in an indication invading forces are stepping up artillery barrages in Ukraine. Follow live.

As the flooding emergency continues in Queensland and NSW, Scott Morrison warns of potential impacts further south in East Gippsland and in the north of Tasmania. Follow live.

Russian troops have been advancing on Kyiv from Belarus to the north and Russia to the north-east. Advance lines are currently positioned just 25km from the city centre.

Yana Koshelyeva lived in Australia for years before returning to her country of birth, Ukraine. Now she's sheltering in Kharkiv, refusing to leave her family or beloved pets.

Sydney residents are told to brace for flooding, as the BOM warns 200mm of rain could fall in six hours and Premier Dominic Perrottet says "the worst could be yet to come".

EFTPOS, banking services and travel are affected by a major network fault which cut Tasmania off from the rest of the country.

Shelling continues to intensify across the country with a military base targeted in the town of Okhtyrka and residential buildings hit in Ukraine's second-biggest city.

The body of an elderly woman is found inside a flooded home at Lismore, as the flood emergency gripping northern NSW continues.

Three people are winched to safety off the roof of a property as floodwaters surge around them in a precarious operation that took 40 terrifying minutes today.

The rainfall totals Australia is witnessing at the moment are staggering. There is a lot to get your head around. Here are the answers to five quick questions about the floods.

In the past week parts of south-east Queensland received "scary" amounts of rain, dams from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast hit capacity, and the region dealt with major flooding.

Police say an 11-month-old baby boy was inside a white Toyota when it was stolen from Keysborough in Melbourne's south-east after his mother briefly left the vehicle.

While many people in south-east Queensland have been through flooding before, in 2011 or even in 1974, others will be navigating uncharted waters. Here's what you need to know before you start cleaning up.

The war in Ukraine suddenly has shifted from the battleground to the boardroom, the bourse and banks as Russian consumers prepare to enter their very own world of pain, writes Ian Verrender.

Ukraine's President has gone from downplaying the likelihood of a Russian attack to inspiring Ukrainians to fight against the invaders. Here's how that's happening.

Russia is accused of attacking a preschool with widely banned cluster munitions while civilians were sheltering inside, with Amnesty wanting the allegations investigated as a war crime.

A military convoy that would stretch from Sydney's CBD past Penrith is pushing towards Kyiv, with warnings a major attack on the capital is imminent.

The body of a 29-year-old from Roxby Downs, whose disappearance on Saturday sparked an extensive air and ground search, has been found in South Australia's outback.

Up to 50 people have been rescued after they were stuck on a bridge in northern NSW overnight, as thousands more homes are predicted to go under in the record-breaking flood event.

A police training expert tells the NT Supreme Court that the first shot fired by Constable Rolfe at Yuendumu man Kumanjayi Walker was justified, but the second and third fired seconds later were not reasonable or necessary. WARNING: This a...

A man who raped two women as they slept in swags and horse floats at South Australian equestrian events is sentenced to 11 years in jail, but could be eligible for parole in just over half that time.

Ukrainians are heading home from all corners of the globe to be with their people and to fight for their future, scrambling for whatever supplies they can carry as they attempt to cross the border from Poland.

In 1859 a massive solar storm knocked out the telegraph, but back then there was no electricity or internet. So what would happen if a storm that big hit today?

Alexander Matters pleads not guilty to three counts of rape and one of committing an act of indecency for alleged incidents in autumn last year.

Brandon Agostino fired a gel-blaster at people as they walked home from work or went for an early evening stroll in suburban Adelaide in May 2020.