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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Greg Dyett.
Three missing Queensland children have been found safe and well after police issued an alert across the state.
A three-year-old girl, five-year-old boy and six-year-old boy have been found at a 7-Eleven in Mount Warren Park, 30 kilometres from where they were last seen in Paradise Point.
The biological father of the children was found by police after he is believed to have taken the children and left them in a car by themselves overnight.
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Two people are dead and 19 others injured in another mass shooting in the United States.
Local media report that a shooter started firing at a party in Detroit's east side.
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Australians are being urged to participate in NAIDOC week community events during the 50th anniversary celebration of First Nations cultures and histories.
The National NAIDOC Committee says this year's chosen theme of "Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud" is about recommitting to acknowledging, preserving, and sharing the First Nations cultural heritage that enriches Australia.
Noongar Elder, dancer and songman Nigel Wilkes says Australians are encouraged to get to know about their local First Nations communities in events held around the country.
"This right now, is very important for everybody to understand to keep the fires burning - and to be Black, strong and proud."
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Defence Minister Richard Marles is travelling to the United States to attend the NATO summit.
The 32 members of the military alliance and others are meeting in Washington from Tuesday, marking 75 years on since the alliance was founded in 1949.
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A 46-year-old man who was shot dead by police outside a station in Queensland had no previous interactions with police.
Queensland Police say the man was armed with a knife when he approached the entrance of the police station, he was then shot twice and killed.
The officers involved in the shooting will be interviewed by the Ethical Standards Command as part of an investigation being overseen by the state's Crime and Corruption Commission.
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Trains to Melbourne Airport could be up and running by the end of the decade after a breakthrough in the stalemate over station locations.
Melbourne Airport will back the state government's plan for an above-ground station, after years of pushing for an underground option.
The Victorian government argued the surface option would be quicker and cheaper, while the airport thought an underground facility would be a better long-term option.
I'm Greg Dyett and that's SBS News in Easy English.
