RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today

A NEWS producer has been accused of making a secret video of his girlfriend having sex with him on Valentine’s Day. What he did next was despicable.

Good morning, and welcome to our morning news coverage. We will be bringing you the best of what’s happening this morning, so you can get across the news quickly.

TODAY

• A news producer has been accused of making a secret video of his girlfriend and posting it on a porn site

• Sydney’s taxi network has ground to a halt this morning

• A preliminary report by the Dutch Safety Board has shed new light on the MH17 crash

• Apple has unveiled two brand new iPhones and an Apple Watch

• Watch video of the moment a guy pulls out of his garage just as a tornado hits

10am

That’s it for our live #RUSHHOUR news blog. You can get across the stories you need to know today below or go to news.com.au for the latest headlines.

9.30am

Almost 100 years since it disappeared, the Australian Navy is believed to have made a breakthrough in the search for a missing World War I submarine.

Considered the oldest mystery of naval history, the AE1 submarine was deployed and lost in September 1914.

Sky News is now reporting Navy sources say a ‘contact of interest’ has been located during a search of the area where it was lost near Papua New Guinea, but further investigation is required.

One of the last known photographs taken of HMA Submarine AE1 prior to her disappearance on 14 September 1914.

9.10am

Two police officers have been hailed as heroes after escorting an out-of-control truck to safety at the bottom of the South Eastern Freeway in Adelaide.

The officers were on a routine patrol on the freeway uptrack when they spotted the truck, with smoke coming from it, as it exited the Heysen Tunnels on Tuesday.

They made a U-turn, activated their lights and sirens, and alerted traffic management so that the

lights at the intersection were turned green to allow the truck, carrying a giant Caterpillar elevating scraper, to safely travel through the intersection at 70km/h while under police escort.

CCTV screen grab of a truck travelling through the intersection at the bottom of the South eastern freeway after losing its brakes.

8.50am

ASIO chief David Irvine has revealed security authorities are “actively considering” raising Australia’s terrorism threat level from “medium” to “high”.

The “medium” threat rating means a terrorist attack could occur in Australia and the “high” level is used when agencies believe an attack is likely.

The outgoing director-general told the ABC’s 7.30 Report he’s “actively considering” lifting the terror alert level to high in light of the situation in Syria and Iraq.

Here’s our report on the landmarks that terrorists would likely be trying to target.

ASIO chief David Irvine says Australia’s terrorism threat level could be raised.

8.40am

Acclaimed Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan has been short-listed for the most important English language literature award, the Man Booker Prize.

Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North, is one of six novels to be short-listed for the coveted $90,000 prize, which will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Guildhall next month.

Richard Flanagan short-listed for prestigious literary prize.

8.20am

Police are desperate to speak to 44-year-old grain farmer Geoffrey Hunt after his wife and three children were shot dead on a farm in Lockhart in rural NSW.

Police found the bodies of Mr Hunt’s wife Kim Hunt, 41, and their son Fletcher, 10, and daughters Mia, 8 and Phoebe, 6 Tuesday afternoon on their Boree Creek Rd farm, 60km west of Wagga Wagga.

Police found the bodies inside a house in Lockhart. Photo: Simon Dallinger.

8am

An amazing video has been posted LiveLeak that appears to show a tornado raging around a Russian guy in a car who pulls out of his garage just as the storm arrives.

Footage of a tornado hitting a garage in Russia. Not verified but from Live Leak.

7.40am

Apple has finally taken the wraps off two brand new iPhones as well as that one more thing we were all hoping for: the Apple Watch. Check out the new features, click here.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the new Apple Watch. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

7.30am

Senior colleagues of Julie Gillard at her former legal firm raised concerns that she had created a union slush fund that “might have been set up corruptly and might have involved corrupt moneys”.

Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy, who worked with the ­future Labor prime minister at Melbourne legal firm Slater & Gordon in the 1990s, recalled yesterday the concerns of the firm’s partners about a fund Ms Gillard had created for her then union boyfriend, Bruce Wilson.

He gave evidence to the royal commission into union corruption, where Ms Gillard is due to appear today.

Julia Gillard due to appear at the royal commission today.

7.25am

Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has left a Swiss hospital and will continue his treatment at home after a devastating ski accident in December, his family said in a statement.

He will be moved from a top-notch hospital in the Swiss city of Lausanne to his home in nearby Gland where he will continue his rehabilitation.

“There is still, however, a long and difficult road ahead,” a spokeswoman for the family said, providing no further details on Schumacher’s health status.

Michael Schumacher was in a coma after slamming his head on a rock while skiing. AFP PHOTO/YASUYOSHI CHIBA

7.10am

The Byron Bay man who was stalked and killed by a 3m juvenile great white shark only 15m from the beach yesterday has been identified as former IT worker Paul Wilcox.

The 50-year-old had almost made it to Clarkes Beach when the shark attacked about 10.40am, as his wife of 24 years, Victoria, walked nearby on Main Beach.

Paul Wilcox with his wife Victoria.

6.50am

Sydney’s taxi network has ground to a halt this morning.

Taxis Combined’s booking system has been down for the past few hours, and the problem is yet to be fixed.

Customers attempting to call through to book a cab have been unable to get though this morning, and the smartphone app, M Taxi, is also failing to update.

I booked my #taxiscombined cab last night for 0545. Still waiting for someone... Seriously? If I miss my flight... pic.twitter.com/W4rCsZnIWZ

— Craig Norenbergs (@CraigNorenbergs) September 9, 2014

6.30am

A preliminary report by the Dutch Safety Board has shed new light on the MH17 crash, finding the Boeing 777 broke into pieces mid-flight after being pierced by high speed objects.

According to the 34-page report, the doomed plane had diverted slightly from its flight path over eastern Ukraine and was unable to comply with a direction to climb higher.

Instead another Boeing 777 took the path of MH17 to avoid a separation conflict.

To read more, click here.

Four seconds was all it took to bring down MH17. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY

6.15am

A news producer has been accused of making a secret video of his girlfriend having sex with him on Valentine’s Day and posting it on a porn website.

According to the New York Post, NBC News digital producer Carlo Dellaverson, hid a camera in the New York apartment he shared with is 29-year-old partner.

The 30-year-old had sex with her and kept the camera rolling, allegedly posting the video on XTube.

His girlfriend found the video on his computer months later and moved out.

Police have charged him with disseminating unlawful surveillance and harassment.