Air-raid evacuation sirens go off as North Korea fires a missile over Japan.

Nuclear-armed North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operations in northern Japan.

The Japanese government warned citizens to take cover on Tuesday as the missile appeared to have flown over and past its territory before falling into the Pacific Ocean. Subsequently, air sirens went off and national broadcasts warned citizens in particular areas to evacuate.

It was the first North Korean missile to follow such a trajectory since 2017, and Tokyo said its 4600 kilometre range may have been the longest distance travelled for a North Korean test flight, which are more often "lofted" higher into space to avoid flying over neighbouring countries.

SEOUL - North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile Tuesday which flew over Japan, Seoul and Tokyo said, a significant escalation as Pyongyang ramps up its record-breaking weapons-testing blitz. #BangkokPost #World https://t.co/T8wId3ipVy

— Bangkok Post (@BangkokPostNews) October 4, 2022

"North Korea flies missile over Japan"
An intermediate-range missile landed in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday morning after being launched by North Korea in an apparent trajectory over Japanhttps://t.co/DHyZLdfPhF

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The latest launch was Pyongyang's fifth in 10 days, amid military muscle-flexing by the United States, South Korea, and Japan. Last week, the three countries conducted trilateral anti-submarine exercises that included a US aircraft carrier, which stopped in South Korea for the first time since 2017.

Recent tests have drawn relatively muted responses from Washington, which is focused on the war in Ukraine as well as other domestic and foreign crises, but the US military has stepped up displays of force in the region.

Tokyo said it took no steps to shoot the missile down. Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Japan wouldn't rule out any options, including counterattack capabilities, as it looks to strengthen its defences in the face of repeated missile launches from North Korea.

South Korea also said it would boost its military and increase allied cooperation.

"North Korea's series of actions, including its repeated ballistic missile launches, threatens the peace and security of Japan, the region, and the international community, and poses a serious challenge to the entire international community, including Japan," Japan's top government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno, told a news conference.

#BREAKING: Japan says North Korea has launched a missile, warns people to seek shelter immediately.

Message running on local TV: "North Korea appears to have launched a missile. Please evacuate to the inside of a building or go to the basement. Target area: Hokkaido" pic.twitter.com/66jDRqkJFU

— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) October 3, 2022

Video of sirens in the northern region of Hokkaido Japan after a missile launch by North Korea which went over Japan and into the North Pacific Ocean. pic.twitter.com/5cAdrEGdRy

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Officials in Tokyo and Seoul said the missile flew between 4500 to 4600km to a maximum altitude of about 1000km. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it appeared to have been an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launched from North Korea's Jagang Province. North Korea has used that province to launch several recent tests, including multiple missiles that it claimed were "hypersonic".

North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs are banned by United Nations Security Council resolutions, which have imposed sanctions on the country.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called the test "reckless" and said it would bring a decisive response from his country's military, its allies and the international community.

Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called North Korea's actions "barbaric", and said the government would continue to gather and analyse information.

The launch over Japan was "unfortunate" and "not a productive path forward," Daniel Kritenbrink said, the top US diplomat for East Asia.

More to come.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted the interest rate/official cash rate for the sixth month in a row. The 0.25 percentage point lift is the sixth rate hike in a row and brings the cash rate to 2.6 per cent.

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe said the 25 basis point lift was necessary to bring inflation back down and there would be more rate hikes to come. He said the size and timing of its rate decisions would be informed by incoming data.

"The board is closely monitoring the global economy, household spending and wage and price-setting behaviour."

Treasurer Jim Chalmers also expects to see further rate rises.

"Interest rate rises often have a lag effect, and so the effect of rising interest rates is often not immediate," Dr Chalmers told reporters in Canberra. "Clearly the Reserve Bank board needs to take that into consideration as well." 

He said the latest rate rise and darkening clouds over the global economy would set the backdrop for a "responsible" budget in October.

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The first teaser for Kim Kardashian’s new Spotify Original podcast The System: The Case of Kevin Keith has just been released. Here’s everything you need to know.

And Paris Fashion Week has been unfolding over the last few days, and in amongst the glamorous runway shows have been a few celebrity surprises and scandals. So let's talk about a Posh Spice PR move and a spray-on supermodel dress.

Plus, Netflix has released one of its most controversial movies to date. Blonde is a partly fictionalised drama about Marilyn Monroe’s life, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. The movie has been met with widespread criticism for its treatment of Marilyn, even from celebrities including Emily Ratajkowski. Yet the darkest side to this story is that it’s giving audiences exactly what they want.

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Brittany Higgins has arrived at the ACT Supreme Court in Canberra, where the trial for the man accused of raping her in 2019 is due to start. 

Bruce Lehrmann is charged with raping Higgins, a former Liberal Party staffer, at Parliament House in March of that year. 

Police allege the assault took place in the office of former defence minister Linda Reynolds.

Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent.

Brittany Higgins has chosen to attend and give evidence in this trial in person. She is being supported by her partner David, the ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner Heidi Yates, Lawyer Leon Zweir and friend Emma Webster. @9NewsAUS pic.twitter.com/QY1fddZHnE

— Lauren Tomasi (@LaurenTomasi) October 3, 2022

A panel of jurors will be selected today before the prosecution and defence deliver opening statements. The trial is expected to run for between four and six weeks. 

If this has raised any issues for you, or if you just feel like you need to speak to someone, please call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service.

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Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay $US1.26 million ($A1.96 million) to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that she promoted a cryptocurrency on Instagram without disclosing she had been paid $US250,000 ($A387,986) to do so.

The SEC said on Monday that the reality TV star and entrepreneur has agreed to cooperate with its ongoing investigation.

The SEC said Kardashian failed to disclose that she was paid to publish a post on her Instagram account about EMAX tokens, a crypto asset security being offered by EthereumMax.

Kim Kardashian has agreed to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission and pay $1.26 million for promoting a cryptocurrency on social media without disclosing the payment she received to do so. https://t.co/Qx5n0idyQM

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 3, 2022

Kardashian's post contained a link to the EthereumMax website, which provided instructions for potential investors to purchase EMAX tokens.

"The federal securities laws are clear that any celebrity or other individual who promotes a crypto asset security must disclose the nature, source, and amount of compensation they received in exchange for the promotion," Gurbir Grewal, director of the SEC's division of enforcement, said in a prepared statement.

Kardashian has agreed to not promote any crypto asset securities for three years.

"Ms Kardashian is pleased to have resolved this matter with the SEC. Kardashian fully cooperated with the SEC from the very beginning and she remains willing to do whatever she can to assist the SEC in this matter," a lawyer for Kardashian said in a statement.

"She wanted to get this matter behind her to avoid a protracted dispute. The agreement she reached with the SEC allows her to do that so that she can move forward with her many different business pursuits."

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Optus has revealed more than 2.1 million customers have had their ID documents exposed after the massive data breach.

In a statement released yesterday afternoon, the telco confirmed the stolen data did not contain valid or current document ID numbers for about 7.7 million individuals or businesses.

About 1.2 million of the ID numbers stolen, which include driver's licences, are current. An additional 900,000 customers have had numbers from expired documents comprised.

"Optus has sent an email or SMS to the customers that have had current ID documents compromised in the cyber attack, advising that details from their ID documents have been compromised and what they should do," the statement reads.

Optus has revealed the extent of the hacking attack as an independent review is underway. @R_DAlessandro9 #9News pic.twitter.com/5ikXnNnFca

— 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) October 3, 2022

Customers who had their sensitive details stolen in the cyber attack are being contacted by the telco to advise what ID documents have been exposed.

It comes as the telecommunications giant launched an independent, external review of the circumstances surrounding the data hack.

Chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin recommended the review to the board which unanimously agreed to it.

"We're deeply sorry that this has happened and we recognise the significant concern it has caused many people," she said in a statement.

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Indonesia has set up an independent team to investigate a crowd crush at a soccer stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, as the country's human rights commission questioned the police use of tear gas.

Chaos erupted after thousands of fans invaded the pitch on Saturday as host team Arema FC lost 3-2 to rival East Java club Persebaya Surabaya. Police fired tear gas to try to quell the pitch invaders, sending spectators scrambling to exit gates.

At least 32 of the victims were children aged between three and 17, Nahar, an official at the women's empowerment and child protection ministry, told Reuters on Monday. The official earlier put the death toll of children at 17.

At least 125 people died after at a soccer match in Indonesia on Saturday. Police officers kicked and clubbed fans, many of whom had run onto the field, then fired tear gas into the stands, causing people to flee into narrow exit corridors, witnesses said. https://t.co/o4ot2nvCYm pic.twitter.com/pQg0BBfBBp

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 3, 2022

"My family and I didn't think it would turn out like this," said Endah Wahyuni, the elder sister of two boys, Ahmad Cahyo, 15, and Muhammad Farel, 14, who died after being caught in the melee.

"They loved soccer, but never watched Arema live at Kanjuruhan stadium, this was their first time," she added at her brother's funeral on Sunday.

FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, says in its safety regulations that firearms or "crowd control gas" should not be used at matches.

"If there hadn't been any tear gas maybe there wouldn't have been chaos," Choirul Anam, a commissioner at Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights told a briefing at the stadium.

The police chief of Malang city, Ferli Hidayat, has been replaced as part an investigation into the tragedy. Nine other officers have also been suspended and more are under investigation.

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A rescue plan to bring 16 women and 42 children back from detention camps in Syria is set to be implemented by the federal government.

The women and children, who are families of Islamic State members, have been held in al-Roj detention camp in northeast Syria near the Iraqi border for three and a half years following the fall of Islamic State in March 2019.

A secret ASIO mission into Syria has cleared the way for the families to be repatriated to Australia, The Australian reported yesterday. 

There are major concerns in Canberra tonight over a mission to bring home family members of Islamic State fighters from Syria. @Fi_Willan #9News pic.twitter.com/i0hlAufAXZ

— 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) October 3, 2022

Muslim community leader Dr Jamal Rifi said he believed "100 per cent" that Australia would be safe with the women returning home. He told Sky News the nation's security agencies could also adequately monitor the women and children if there were security concerns.

Save the Children Australia chief executive Mat Tinkler said the repatriation "can't come soon enough", saying "children have died in these camps". 

But the opposition is demanding more details.

Former home affairs minister Karen Andrews says she didn't give the green light when she was in government due to the risk to Australian officials and radicalisation concerns. She said advice to her stated the women posed a security risk after travelling willingly and being "complicit, generally, in the role they were expected to play... to support ISIS and foreign fighters".

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Like many of us, you probably heard the term hyperemesis gravidarum when Catherine the Princess of Wales was pregnant with George, Charlotte and Louis, but recently another celebrity, former MAFS star Martha Kalafatidis, has been experiencing the debilitating condition too.

So why do some women end up with the extreme version of morning sickness that can leave them bedridden for months, with childbirth the only relief at the end of the struggle for some? 

In today's episode, we look at the intense and sometimes crippling way a pregnant body can react when it's busy growing a tiny human. 

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