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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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LiveClimate Change

In a unique image, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Irma when the island of Barbuda was in the center of the storm’s eye. Picture: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III

Hurricane Irma recovery: ‘We will start at daybreak’

HURRICANE Irma has killed at least eight as it pummelled the Caribbean, which is bracing for more bad news at sunrise.

Leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with representatives of foreign business at the Far Eastern Federal University at Russky Island, outside Vladivostok, on September 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Michael Klimentyev

What Russia’s really up to in North Korea

VLADIMIR PUTIN has been arguing against slapping further sanctions on North Korea, leading to questions about his motives.

LiveClimate Change

Tourist hotspot ‘literally rubble’

THE full scale of Hurricane Irma’s destructive power has been laid bare with at least seven people dead including a toddler, and islands obliterated.

Storm’s path of total destruction

IT’S stronger than the last eight storms combined, and Irma is already leaving a path of utter devastation in its wake.

Marriage

Sue sits down and stares at her estranged husband for five minutes as part of the social experiment. Picture: SBS

The TV show bringing viewers to tears

THIS is the moment Sue sat down with her estranged husband for the first time in years. She wasn’t allowed to say a word.

Asia

This picture taken on September 3, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 4, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un signing the order sheet of a hydrogen bomb test during a meeting with a committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at an unknown location. North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile on September 3 and called its sixth and most powerful nuclear test a "perfect success", sparking world condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions. / 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. /

North Korea’s unlikely friends

CHINA tolerates its wayward neighbour, so does Russia. Here’s where countries really stand when it comes to Kim’s secretive regime.

Leaders

epa04969821 US President Barack Obama addresses the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 38th Anniversary Awards Gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, USA, 08 October 2015. EPA/Olivier Douliery / POOL

Presidents slam ‘cruel’ Trump

FORMER Presidents launch an extraordinary swipe against what they call a “cruel” decision by the Trump administration.

Leaders

A South Korean man watches a TV news program about a man who South Korea's KBS television reported is Kim Jong Chol, the second son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Kim apparently attended a concert by rock guitarist Eric Clapton in Singapore on Monday, an official with South Korea's spy agency said. The letter on the screen read " Kim Jong Chol in Singapore ahead of Kim Jong Il's birthday". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The sad story behind the forgotten Kim

HE’S the softer, concert loving older brother of one of the world’s most brutal dictators, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. But will Kim Jong-chul ever rule?

Innovation

If a 100 kiloton bomb was dropped over Sydney, the CBD would be devastated while inner city residents would struggle to survive. Picture: NukeMap

Kim’s H-bomb a major ‘city killer’

THE hydrogen bomb North Korea tested is its most sophisticated yet. If Pyongyang dropped one here’s what would happen.

World Economy

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing a proclamation calling for a national day of prayer on September 3 for those affected by Hurricane Harvey in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

Trump’s hollow $40b North Korea threat

DONALD Trump responded to North Korea’s latest bomb test with an ominous threat, but there’s $40 billion reasons it won’t work.

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