Australia

Thousands have been raised after Jason Francis and Alice Robinson died in Perth over the weekend.
Sydney was absolutely battered by golf ball-sized hail on Thursday evening. Pedestrians ran and ducked for cover as the city was hit by the hailstorm. According to local media, the storm was the worst in two decades.
A wildfire in Queensland, Australia, has forced hundreds to leave their homes. The fire has burned nearly 40,000 acres so far in "unprecedented weather" conditions. Firefighting crews are trying to contain the blaze.
A tall chimney stack at a former coal-fired power station in Port Augusta, Australia, was demolished in a controlled explosion on 23 November. A wide exclusion zone was established around the site to protect onlookers who lined the streets to watch the chimney crash to the ground, local media reported.
Striking footage emerged of the attack on a Melbourne street last week, when a man crashed a car which then burst into flames before he attacked police officers. In the fracas, a man can be seen trying to stop the attacker with a trolley. This is Michael Rogers, a homeless man living in the city. Since his heroics were seen by millions all over the world, an online funding page has raised thousands for him.
A 50-year-old woman named My Ut Trinh has been arrested in the Australian strawberry needle contamination investigation. A Brisbane court heard that she had a work-related grievance at a berry farm where she formerly worked as a supervisor. Truckloads of strawberries were thrown out over the course of the investigation and over 230 reports of contaminated fruit were made to police across Australia.
A 50-year-old woman has been arrested following a nationwide investigation.
Queensland Police say the arrest follows a "complex investigation".
A man wielding a knife has stabbed three people in Melbourne, Australia. One person died at the scene and the two others are in hospital. A flaming vehicle was also crashed at the scene.