Energy providers working to restore power in Queensland after storms, Hundreds of Israelis protest after the accidental killing of three hostages in Gaza, Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham team take a second win in a row against Nottingham Forest.
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- The Queensland premier says energy providers working to restore access to thousands after storms.
- Hundreds of Israelis protest after their military announced the accidental killing of three hostages in Gaza.
- Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham team take a second win in a row against Nottingham Forest.
Queensland's new premier Steven Miles says the state's energy providers are working diligently to restore access to thousands of Queenslanders who have been without power for days following the effects of ex-tropical cyclone Jasper. The category 2 system hit the Queensland coast north of Cairns on Wednesday night before weakening to a tropical low.
The most significant rain has been recorded in Cairns, Port Douglas and the Daintree with the latter receiving almost 800mm in 48 hours.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man was killed amid the extreme weather yesterday evening in the Brisbane suburb of Murarrie.
Premier Miles says the death is a tragedy.
"First of all, can I send my heartfelt condolences to the family of the man in Murarrie who died trying to help during the storm last night, any fatality of a Queenslander in an event like that is tragic. And I was certainly very sad to hear that news. Our energy workers again have done an incredible service for Queenslanders and down from a peak of 40,000 households, we now just have 6500 households without power and I know that our energy workers will continue to work really hard to get all of those homes energised again."
Residents in flooded far north Queensland are bracing for more heavy rain as experts say the weather system is at moderate risk of strengthening into a cyclone again next week as it moves west across the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Hundreds of Israeli protesters have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv after it was announced that the Israeli military had mistakenly killed three hostages in Gaza.
The military has apologised to the families of the victims saying the hostages were mistakenly identified as threats during combat with Palestinian militants.
The protesters in Tel Aviv marched through the city, carrying posters of hostages who remain in Gaza and calling on the government to bring them home immediately.
Israeli protesters such as Ilana Zeffren are calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he's failed to protect the country.
"I would say that he is responsible for everything that happened, and is still happening. He has blood, a lot of blood on his hands, and he should resign now, and let people that are responsible and care for this country, unlike him, to take over, and get this war over with and get all the kidnapped people back home now."
Following a fierce heatwave that has gripped much of Australia over the past fortnight, experts are warning Australians to take care when exercising in the heat.
Dr Simon Quilty, a specialist physician and heat researcher at the Australian National University, says instead of going for a run after work, where you've been in an air-conditioned room all day, he recommends jogging early in the morning before the sun rises.
Sydney just experienced its hottest first fortnight of summer in more than 160 years of records and the El Niño summer season is promising more sweltering conditions across the country over the holiday period.
Dr Quilty advises people to take care as prolonged exercise in hot weather can damage your body permanently.
"As the research is coming out, it's becoming more and more apparent that regular prolonged exposure to exertion in hot weather damages your bodies permanently and will definitely do permanent damage to your kidneys. And that's something that we've only really known about over the last five or six years. So this problem of extreme heat and how it interacts with our bodies is something that's really only just starting to come under investigation. People will have to take notice of it if they want to live long, fit and healthy lives and we have to live within the constraints of the climate that we're now living in."
In football,
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou is delighted with his side's composure as they made it back-to-back wins for the first time since October with a 2-0 Premier League triumph over Nottingham Forest.
Dejan Kulusevski crossed perfectly for Richarlison to head in the opening goal in first-half stoppage-time before scoring for himself when he capitalised on a poor clearance from Forest goalie Matt Turner.
Tottenham then had to finish the final 20 minutes one man down after Yves Bissouma was dismissed with a red card for a high tackle on Ryan Yates.
In a post-match interview seen on Optus Sport, the Australian coach said it was a challenging match but his team performed well.
"Yeah it's pleasing. We obviously went through a rough trot in terms of results but our performances were pretty strong and we obviously had significant absences from the team. But, it's good to get another win. We had to earn it tonight, it's a tough place to come. They test you in different ways here with a lot of balls in the box, throw-ins, corners, free kicks and we had to deal with that, and I think we did. Some of our football was good as well, we scored two good goals."
