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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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Current Affairs

Christopher Cantwell became tearful when he revealed there may be a warrant out for his arrest. Picture: Screengrab.

White nationalist cries for help

A MAN who admitted to being violent during the Charlottesville protests was reduced to tears over fears he will be arrested.

Television

Heartbreaking TV: ‘No words, only tears’

IT WAS the gut-wrenching, yet powerful TV moment you may have missed. Offspring often leaves viewers chuckling, but not last night.

World Economy

This picture taken on August 14, 2017 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) inspecting the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at an undisclosed location. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said on August 15 he would hold off on a planned missile strike near Guam, but warned the highly provocative move would go ahead in the event of further "reckless actions" by Washington. / 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. /

How Trump can call North Korea’s bluff

IT’S AN extraordinarily risky strategy, but experts believe Donald Trump’s best move could be to let North Korea attack. Here’s why.

World

NEWS COPY - WITH VIDEO AND PICTURESA ten-year-old boy was killed in a freak double tragedy after running to help his father who had just been electrocuted while fixing their swimming pool.Andrew Fenwick, 66, had been using a metal wrench to fix the pump next to the pool at their home in Rayong, Thailand. But Andrew, who was Australian but born in Devizes, Wiltshire and previously worked in the U.K., was electrocuted by a suspected water leak among the cables. Jason was killed when he ran to help his father - stepping in a puddle which the current surged through and killed him.Andrewâ€™s second son Justin, aged four, witnessed the accident and ran crying into the street for help on Monday at 4.30pm.Thai wife Somrudi Krailob Fenwick, 41, was alerted by neighbours and she returned home and broke down in tears at the poolside.PLEASE SEE WIRE FOR FULL COPY

‘We will be together forever’

THE heartbroken woman who lost her Australian husband and son in a freak poolside accident has promised to talk to them everyday.

Innovation

(FILES) This file combination of pictures made on August 10, 2017 shows an image (L) taken on April 15, 2017 of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on a balcony of the Grand People's Study House following a military parade in Pyongyang and an image (R) taken on July 19, 2017 of US President Donald Trump speaking during the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in Washington, DC. In many ways the two leaders on either side of North Korea-United States missile stand-off could not be more different. In others they are startlingly similar. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB AND Ed JONES

If North Korea does attack, expect this

NORTH Korea might be holding off its plan to target Guam in a missile attack. But here’s what would happen if it did follow through.

Leaders

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington, including Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, center, and Ford CEO Mark Fields. Frazier is resigning from the Presidentâ€™s American Manufacturing Council citing "a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism." Frazier's resignation comes shortly after a violent confrontation between white supremacists and protesters in Charlottesville, Va. Trump is being criticized for not explicitly condemning the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s fury over CEO resignation

TWO more CEOs have quit a White House advisory council after Donald Trump’s controversial response to a deadly white supremacist rally.

Social Media

An emotive Twitter thread about 'white people oppression' has gone viral.

Blistering Twitter thread goes viral

SCENES in Charlottesville of white men holding torches have been torn apart on Twitter, with one thread gaining almost half a million likes.

News Life

This taken on June 6, 2017 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 8 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) at a photo session with the participants in the 8th Congress of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) in Pyongyang. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STRINGER / - 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 ‘the saddest place on Earth’

A WRITER who spent six months living undercover in North Korea and taught English to sons of Pyongyang’s elite has described it as a “cult”.

Leaders

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, declaring a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

Ex-KKK Wizard unloads on Trump

DONALD Trump is being lashed from all corners over his “toxic failure to lead”. Even an ex KKK leader has accused him of betrayal.

Environment

While Queensland basks in warm weather, Western Australia is about to get smashed. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology

It’s about to get very hot again

IT might still be winter in some states, but parts of the east coast are about to experience a sharp rise in temperature.

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