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Drones deployed for long-term beach surveillance. 

A fleet of drones will patrol beaches from dawn to dusk to spot sharks as artificial intelligence is pegged as a long-term solution to saving lives.

NSW Premier Chris Minns says his government will invest an extra $34 million in a major scale-up of drone coverage across beaches in Sydney and along the state's coast.

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The plan follows a great white shark attack on a woman swimming between the flags at Sydney's popular Coogee Beach on June 13.

Teacher Leah Stewart was critically injured and later had her arm amputated following the mauling.

Under the expanded monitoring program, 72 beaches — including at least one in every coastal local government area — will benefit from a fleet of drones watching over them 365 days a year.

The program could eventually culminate in the use of autonomous, AI-enabled drones, rather than human-controlled craft.

Two trials of the technology are due to take place during summer.

The bolstered surveillance will kick off on Wednesday and include year-round coverage of all of Sydney's main beaches.

Controversial shark nets will be retained at some beaches, but they will be fortified by aerial surveillance.

An Australian man is charged with the death of a teenager in Thailand. 

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks.

The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth.

Local media reports he was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya.

According to The Pattaya News, the man denied involvement initially, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument.

In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old.

Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat.

CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25.

Camera footage also appears to show the man leaving the residential building alone later that night, with a large black suitcase, and driving away with it on a motorbike.

Media reports says police later found the suitcase near a railway roughly 4km away.

The naked body of the teenager was found inside and she had injuries consistent with an assault.

Video footage of the Australian shows visible scratch marks on his neck and arms.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was providing consular assistance to an Australian detained in Thailand.

Larger penalties on the way for social media companies amid under-16 ban.

Big tech companies have been accused of failing to enforce Australia's social media ban for children as the federal government prepares laws to beef up existing restrictions.

Under the changes, social media companies could be fined almost $99 million for failing to enforce the national ban on those younger than 16 — double the previous maximum penalty.

Tech platforms will also be forced to reveal their activities to stop children and teens accessing accounts as part of an expected beef-up of regulatory powers.

Speaking to the ABC, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said social media giants need to do more to protect young people from dangerous content online.

No penalties have been issued to tech companies for non-compliance under the existing enforcement regime.

Australia introduced a world-first ban on children younger than 16 holding accounts on platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Reddit, Facebook and YouTube in late 2025.

While the government says more than five million social media accounts have been deleted, research suggests children are easily skirting age verification and other restrictions put in place by the platforms.

Under changes proposed by the federal government, the eSafety Commissioner would be able to require social platforms to provide evidence they are taking steps to prevent anyone younger than 16 from creating an account.

The new powers for the independent regulator would extend to information held by third parties, such as age assurance and app-store providers.

The age ban has been contested by tech companies, with separate court challenges lodged by Reddit and a pair of teenagers backed by the Digital Freedom Project.

Multiple records broken as Europe swelters through a deadly heatwave. 

From Scandinavia to the Alps, Europeans and tourists are enduring sweltering ‌conditions as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths spreads east, shattering records with temperatures in some areas soaring above 40 degrees Celsius.

Preliminary all-time temperature records were set on Saturday in Germany, Denmark and ‌the Czech Republic, and a new mark for the month of June in Switzerland. Similar records were broken earlier this week in France and Britain.

Scientists say the stifling heat wave would have been virtually impossible without man-made climate change, ‌which has made this week's nighttime temperatures 100 times more likely than they would have been even two decades ago. 

Temperatures above 40C have disrupted rail travel and power ⁠generation, sparked alcohol bans, suspended classes and postponed outdoor events.

Across Europe, cultural landmarks have had to close, farming has suffered, and some hospitals have struggled to cope. 

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Miranda Kerr & Evan Spiegel's charitable act.

Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel have helped pay off the medical debt of over 250,000 Americans.

The 43-year-old Australian supermodel and her billionaire Snapchat founder husband shared a video online to assure Californians who might get a letter in the mail advising them that their bills have been erased that the notices are "real" after they teamed up with charity Undue Medical Debt to relieve more than ($A798 million) of costs.

The couple explained people had no need to apply to kick-start the process, but beneficiaries would just receive correspondence stating their debt had been "forgiven".

The Kora Organics founder said she and Spiegel were keen to shine a light on the "incredible work" that Undue Medical Debt had been doing since the non-profit was founded in 2014.

— with AAP.

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