RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today
WHAT question did one Harry Potter fan ask Daniel Radcliffe that he has never been asked before? Even the actor was impressed.
10am
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9.30am
British police have ordered a review of an “incident” in which a man ran into Prime Minister David Cameron after he had given a speech, in an apparent breach of security.
Mr Cameron was seen in video images backing away from a man with long dreadlocks running towards him and then being rushed to his car as the man was hustled away by security officers
9.20am
Girls who escaped Nigerian terror group Boko Haram have described the physical torture, rape and forced marriage that many endure in their secret forest camps.
Some victims are also forced to take part in attacks and carry ammunition for fighters during battle. Others have been used as ‘bait’ to lure Christian men to their deaths.
The abuse is detailed in a Human Rights Watch report, which includes first-hand accounts from some of the schoolgirls who escaped after April’s Chibok kidnappings.
9am
A nurse has been caught stealing cash from a man’s wallet after a relative watched the theft on Skype.
The man left a room in the maternity ward at the Epworth Hospital to attend to his new baby, but left the call running, a caller told 3AW.
While the man was away his dad in Greece spotted a nurse stealing from his wallet on Skype.
The radio station says the hospital has confirmed the story and the staff member has been dismissed.
8.40am
A high-speed rail line between Melbourne and Brisbane could be built for half the previously estimated $114 billion price tag, a new study estimates.
Research commissioned by the Australasian Railway Association, found the 1748km line could actually be built for $35 million a kilometre, or $63 billion all up.
The study, launched at a forum on high-speed rail at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday, said the price drop was based on current international construction costs.
A previous Federal Government study released two years ago had put the final price at $114 billion.
8.20am
Australia is no longer processing visa applications from Ebola affected countries.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s department is no longer processing any applications from countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. This includes humanitarian applications.
The government is also cancelling and refusing non-permanent or temporary visas held by people from Ebola-affected countries who haven’t yet departed for Australia.
Permanent visa holders from these countries who have yet to arrive in Australia are being required to submit to a 21-day quarantine period before departure.
8am
Australian teen Abdullah Elmir, dubbed the “ginger jihadist”, has appeared in a new video for terrorist group the Islamic State.
Elmir, 17, sits surrounded by a throng of jihadists, carrying a rifle in the six-and-a-half minute YouTube video.
The group are shown eating, praying and reciting religious texts by the Tigris river.
7.40am
Prosecutors say they will appeal Oscar Pistorius’s five-year jail term and culpable homicide verdict for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
“NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) will be appealing both the conviction and sentence,” spokesman Nathi Mncube said.
Details of the appeal have not yet released, but South African criminal lawyers have expressed shock that the judge found Pistorius could not have foreseen that someone would die when he fired four shots through a locked toilet door.
7.20am
After 14 years, you would imagine that Daniel Radcliffe, 25, has been asked every possible question about Harry Potter, the character he started playing at 11 years old.
But one fan managed to impress the actor during a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, with his question: “If you had a Horcrux, what would it be?”
Radcliffe seemed astonished, answering: “WOW. Um... that’s a really good question. First of all, congratulations to you for asking me a Harry Potter question I have NEVER been asked before, that is not easily achieved!”
“I would say... I was gonna say my iPod, prolly put it in that, but I would put it inside an album on the iPod, so you’d have to open that album. So I somehow want it to be connected to a particular album that means something, like Ziggy Stardust. So that’s how I’d want to do that.”
7am
A manhunt is underway in Melbourne after a man was stabbed by a burglar who broke into his house this morning.
It is understood resident, aged in his 50s, confronted the man when he found him in his Lorraine Crescent home in the northern suburb of Jacana about 5.30am.
Thanks to @VictoriaPolice media for calling through description of Jacana agg burg suspect - 18-20 yrs, caucasian, clean shaven, slim build.
— 3AW Breakfast (@RossAndJohn) October 27, 2014Victoria Police spokeswoman Creina O’Grady said the resident suffered a laceration to his chest during the confrontation.
6.45am
A 45-year-old man is in critical condition in Sydney after allegedly being shot in the chest by police.
According to a police statement, a critical incident investigation has been launched into the incident which happened early this morning. The officers were called to a home in Parkland Ave, Macquarie Fields about 1.20am following reports of a domestic violence incident.
Following a confrontation with police in Hispano Place, Ingleburn, the man sustained a gunshot wound to the chest.
According to The Daily Telegraph, reports suggest the man allegedly lunged at officers with a baseball bat before he was shot.
The man has been taken to Liverpool Hospital and is in a critical condition. Witnesses should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
6.30am
An argument over chocolate led 11-year-old Michelle Levy to run away from home and spend two nights with a stranger aged in his 50s.
It has also emerged that Michelle’s father is due to face court accused of assault in an unrelated occurrence.
In a statement, NSW police said they had “charged a 40-year-old man with common assault earlier this month in relation to an incident with a male. He is to appear at Waverley Local Court on 20 November.”
According to The Daily Telegraph, Michelle’s disappearance was related to an argument with her father over chocolate laying under a bed.
Michelle’s parents brought her back to their Glenayr Ave home last night.
6.15am
A UK developer is designing a plane that has giant OLED screens instead of windows that could be a reality in just over 10 years.
The Centre for Process Innovation has released a YouTube video showing concept art for the technology, which looks impressive but also a little scary.
Removing the windows would actually make the plane more fuel efficient because it would reduce the weight of the aircraft, according to The Guardian.
The lightweight, flexible screens would give passengers a view of where they are flying, with the scene captured by cameras attached to the outside of the plane.
The screen could also be used to display other information such where other aircraft are located.
6am
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