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By Isabella Ross for the ABC Alan Jones confronted by Channel 9 news after more of his controversial comments last week made fresh headlines. Photo: screenshot / Nine News For decades, veteran broadcaster Alan Jones was the loudest voice in Australian radio. The shock jock dominated Sydney's airwaves for more than 35 years - interviewing eight prime ministers, numerous premiers and MPs. He is best-known for his breakfast show on Sydney radio station 2GB, a position he held until May 2020. During his career, Jones challenged and breached the media regulator's standards well over a dozen times. Despite being considered a controversial talkback radio host by some, Jones won over audiences repeatedly in the ratings and turned his morning show into one of the most listened-to programmes i...

The movie Jaws is based on the 1974 novel. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Petria Ladgrove and Belinda Smith, ABC Dahhh dum. Dahhh dum. The ominous theme music in the 1975 movie Jaws invoked terror in cinemas, and nearly half a century later, those two notes still signify the presence of a lurking menace. The Steven Spielberg thriller, based on the 1974 novel of the same name, told the story of the hunt for a gigantic, bloodthirsty, rogue shark that attacked numerous swimmers at a fictional beach resort in the US over a summer. To portray the aquatic antagonist, Spielberg used real shots of South Australian sharks alongside three specially built animatronic sharks dubbed "Bruce", reportedly named after Spielberg's lawyer. Each mechanical shark sported rows of fearsome pointed teeth in its m...

By Karen Lema and Adrian Portugal, Reuters A resident standing past an uprooted electric post in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province, after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit the province. Photo: Handout/AFP Super typhoon Man-Yi swept across the Philippines' main island of Luzon on Sunday, threatening heavy rain in the capital region Metro Manila, after triggering more than a million evacuations and damaging buildings in several areas. Packing winds of 185 kph (115 mph), it weakened slightly after hitting land in the town of Panganiban in Catanduanes province on Saturday night to arrive over the coastal waters of Camarines Norte province by eight the following morning, weather officials said. "We evacuated because every time there is a typhoon, the water rises in the nearby river," said Amal...

File photo. Alan Jones pictured in 2017. Photo: AFP NSW Police have arrested veteran broadcaster Alan Jones following an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades. Child Abuse Squad detectives executed a warrant at the 83-year-old's luxury Sydney apartment at Circular Quay about 7:45am (local time) on Monday. NSW Police said in a statement the State Crime Command's Child Abuse Squad established Strike Force Bonnefin in March to investigate a number of alleged indecent assaults and sexual touching incidents between 2001 and 2019. A search warrant is continuing. More to come. - ABC Source link

File photo. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden at the White House in September 2023. Photo: AFP / Getty Images North America / Drew Angerer By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine to use powerful long-range American weapons inside Russia, according to a senior US official familiar with the decision, as North Korean troops deploy in support of Moscow's effort. The decision comes as Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer, to prepare to take back territory. Thousands of North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk as part of the offensive, sparking concern from Biden and his advisers that their entry could lead to a dangerous new phas...