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Debra loves being the first to know information which makes it easy for her to respond to breaking news quickly for news.com.au. Debra has 17 years’ experience in the national and international press and online media, with almost half of that spent working overseas. Debra spent six years in the UK working for the Mirror Group, including the Mail Online.

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North America

Fans arrive under flags that have been lowered to half staff in respect for the victims of the Las Vegas shootings, before Game 1 of a baseball National League Division Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Prediction warns of copycat attacks

THE world can expect more attempts to shoot at crowds and it won’t just be music festivals that will be targeted, chilling prediction warns.

Leaders

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 29, 2017 shows an undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 30, 2017 of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) visiting Farm No. 1116 under Korean People's Army (KPA) Unit 810 at an undisclosed location. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is a rational politician and the US needs to understand that to deal with the nuclear-armed country, a top Central Intelligence Agency Korea expert said on October 4, 2017. "Beyond the bluster, Kim Jong-Un is a rational actor," said Yong Suk Lee, the deputy assistant director of the CIA's Korea Mission Center. "We have a tendency in this country to underestimate his conservatism." "He wants to rule for a long time and die in his own bed," Lee said at a conference on the CIA at George Washington University. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

America’s plot to assassinate Kim

NORTH Korea has accused the US of being behind a brazen assassination attempt of Kim Jong-un using a man called “Kim”.

Innovation

Potential blast area - Tokyo. Picture: Google Maps/38 North

What would a nuclear attack look like?

A DETAILED analysis has revealed what would happen if Kim Jong-un did the unthinkable and actually fired a nuclear weapon.

Asia

Superpower tensions growing

RISK of war between China and the US is increasing as the world’s two biggest economies butt heads over the North Korean crisis.

Retail

A Choice analysis of Samsung's washer dryer showed the time it takes to complete a cycle is longer than most people want to wait. Picture: Choice

The 16-year wait for $200 bonus

EIGHT companies have come under fire for dodgy products but the most scathing critique was reserved for a Big Four bank.

Leaders

US President Donald Trump attends a briefing with senior military personnel, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello, and US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp in the Ward Room aboard the USS Kearsarge, off Puerto Rico on October 3, 2017. Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria thrashed through the US territory, much of the islands remains short of food and without access to power or drinking water. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN

Trump’s ‘embarrassing’ speech backfires

US President Donald Trump has been slammed after comparing the death count in Puerto Rico to a “real catastrophe” like Hurricane Katrina.

North America

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2013, file photo, an employee of North Raleigh Guns demonstrates how a "bump" stock works at the Raleigh, N.C., shop. The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, attached what is called a "bump-stock" to two of his weapons, in effect converting semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic ones. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

Deadly $100 device that’s legal

THE Vegas gunman had modified weapons, firing off hundreds of rounds a minute. The device he is suspected of using is legal.

North America

Trip Advisor image of the view from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas

The device that made shooter lethal

THE man who gunned down festival-goers from his casino hotel room modified his guns to inflict the maximum amount of carnage.

Leaders

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about Puerto Rico upon his return to the White House in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump cops it over ‘dangerous’ new low

CRITICS have unleashed on Donald Trump, saying he has “moved the goalposts” on what not to do as president of the United States.

Football

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 01: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona scores his team's third goal during the La Liga match between Barcelona and Las Palmas at Camp Nou on October 1, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. The match is being played with empty stands after the events occured in Catalonia during the voting of a Catalonia independence referendum declared illegal and undemocratic by the Spanish government. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

The stunning goal no one saw

IT WAS a goal by the world’s greatest player. But it happened in an empty stadium in a hugely controversial move.

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