In this bulletin. Israel says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in the Gaza Strip; Australia's rental vacancy rate falls for the third month in a row; And in sport, Australia's domination of women's cricket comes to an end.
Israel says Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in the Gaza Strip, with the country's Foreign Minister Israel Katz calling it a victory for the free world.
The Hamas leader is believed to be behind the October 7 attack last year which triggerer the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Mr Katz says Israel conducted dental and D-N-A tests to confirm Sinwar's identity.
Israeli media reported that the raid was a routine one which caught Sinwar by chance.
Deputy United Nations spokesman Farhan Haq says the U-N is monitoring the situation.
"Our message has not changed. We have wanted the fighting to be halted. We have wanted civilians to be protected. We have, as I just mentioned, wanted the release of all of the hostages. And we've wanted improved humanitarian access through Gaza at a time when, as I said at the start, the the risk of tremendous malnutrition and of famine are once again alarming."
Over the past year, the conflict has left more than 1200 Israelis dead and killed more than 40,000 Palestinians.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country believes 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country.
It comes after the United States has expressed alarm by North Korea's military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine but couldn’t confirm Ukrainian intel that soldiers were sent to fight for Moscow.
The Ukrainian leader’s comments have raised the stakes for his Western allies as he met in Brussels with European Union leaders to discuss his victory plan to end the country’s devastating war with Russia.
"From our intelligence, we've got information that North Korea sent technical personnel and officers to Ukraine on temporary occupied territories, and they are preparing on their land 10,000 soldiers, but they didn't move them already to Ukraine or to Russia. So when we will have this information, of course, we will resolve this question. But because this will be the second, I think it's already the second country which is involved this war against us.”
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New data has found the national rental vacancy rate fell for the third consecutive month in September.
The latest PropTrack Market Insight Report suggests the easing in rental conditions seen over the first half of the year appears to have come to an end.
Sydney’s vacancy rate fell to 1.56 per cent, while Melbourne, Adelaide and Darwin were the only markets where rental conditions didn’t deteriorate further in September.
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Police have charged a man for allegedly performing a Nazi salute at a football game earlier this year.
The 36 year old man is accused of performing the salute towards a group of people at Sydney's Moore Park in April.
It's understood the gesture was made during a match between Sydney FC and the Wanderers.
The man has been granted conditional bail and will appear in court in November.
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And in sport,
Australia's domination of women's cricket ended sensationally in Dubai after an inspired South Africa hammered them by eight wickets in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup.
After winning the last four World Cups - three in T20 and one at 50 overs - in a six-year reign, one of global sport's most successful teams have been finally downed in an unexpected one-sided affair.
Anneke Bosch proved their ultimate executioner, blasting the highest individual score of the tournament, 74 not out off just 48 balls, to make light work of their target of 135 with 16 balls to spare.
And that's the latest SBS News.
