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Zoe SmithSenior Producer

Zoe Smith is a Network News senior producer and night editor. She has over 20 years of experience in journalism and has worked at digital and print mastheads across Australia and the UK.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: National Guard soldiers walk down the steps to the Capitol Visitors Center with the U.S. Capitol dome behind them on the east front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. After last week's riots at the U.S. Capitol Building, the FBI has warned of additional threats in the nation's capital and in all 50 states. According to reports, as many as 25,000 National Guard soldiers will be guarding the city as preparations are made for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th U.S. President. Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

US Capitol police arrest man found with loaded gun, ammo

A man has been arrested after attempting to pass through a police checkpoint in Washington with fake inaugural credentials.

UpdatedCoronavirus

Guests pictured arriving from the Grand Chancellor to The Westin due to the UK strain of Covid-19, Brisbane 13th of January 2021. (Image/Josh Woning)

Fresh mutant strain fears; new quarantine plan slammed

Victorians who isolated in a Queensland hotel plagued by the UK COVID variant will be tested again, as a new regional quarantine plan was attacked.

True Crime

In this handout booking photo provided by the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department, death row inmate Lisa Montgomery appears in a booking photo released 20 December 2004 in Kansas City, Kansas. - In 2004, Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman to death and used a kitchen knife to remove the unborn baby from the victim's uterus so she could kidnap the girl. Sixteen years on, the United States is preparing to execute her, and experts are still studying the case so they can understand what prompts such a crime -- and how to prevent it in future.

US executes first woman in 70 years

An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby has been executed by lethal injection. WARNING: Graphic

Coronavirus

Wodonga Victoria, AUSTRALIA - Herald Sun - 2nd January, 2020:Hume Freeway check point on the Victorian side of the border near Wodonga after midnight when the border closed to people traveling from NSW to Victoria.This family was turned around.BYLINE - Simon Dallinger

Victoria’s ‘traffic light’ plan for interstate travel

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has introduced a new border permit system as NSW records three new local cases.

Royals

COMP IMAGE - DO NOT USE LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex ride by carriage down the Mall during Trooping The Colour, the Queen's annual birthday parade, on June 08, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Queen’s peace offering to Meghan and Harry

The Queen has invited Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to her 95th birthday celebrations in the first royal reunion since Megxit.

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Outgoing US president Donald Trump's video on Twitter after a day of violence in the nations capitol . Screen grab from Twitter account of Donald Trump

Trump impeachment to proceed: Pelosi

The Democrats are forging ahead with plans to impeach Donald Trump, while Mike Pence ‘will attend’ Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Celebrity Kids

Simon Pryce with his eight months pregnant wife Lauren Hannaford at the Opening Night of Pippin held at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in Pyrmont.Picture: Christian Gilles

‘Happy and blessed’: Red Wiggle welcomes first child

Simon Pryce and wife Lauren Hannaford have revealed the meaning behind their baby boy’s name in an emotional post.

UpdatedCoronavirus

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos January 01 2021.Prime Minister Scott Morrison during his first political press conference in Parliament House Canberra, for 2021.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

PM’s warning as COVID vaccinations set for February

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is likely to begin its Australian rollout sooner than expected, but Scott Morrison has warned COVID-safe practices will remain.

World

‘Above the law’: Assange denied bail

Julian Assange has been denied bail after prosecutors argued he had no respect for the rule of the law.

News

Meghan Markle, Scott Morrison and Joe Biden.

Aussie psychics reveal shock predictions for 2021

From Joe Biden’s leadership to Meghan Markle’s potential baby news, some of Australia’s most renowned psychics share their big predictions for 2021.

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