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By David Weber for the ABC Photo: WA District Court Warning: This story contains references to child abuse A father on trial for allegedly starving his severely malnourished daughter says he "adamantly disagreed" with medical advice she was at risk of a heart attack and rejected test results. The man, and his wife, are in the midst of being tried in WA District Court for starving their teenager who was described by doctors as being "dangerously underweight". On his second day giving evidence, the man was asked about a visit to a doctor in April 2021, when the girl was aged 17 and weighed not much more than 27kg. In that visit with Dr Amy Murdoch, the father said he was shocked to be told his daughter was "very underweight". "I didn't think I felt the same way," he told the court. Dr...

The Princess of Wales, seen at Trooping the Colour in June as she made a tentative return to public life. Photo: AFP/Justin Tallis Britain's Princess Kate, who is recovering from preventative treatment she underwent for cancer this year, will attend two events this weekend to commemorate Remembrance Day in London, Buckingham Palace says. The Princess of Wales, 42, said in September she had finished her course of preventative chemotherapy but cautioned her path to full recovery would be long, and her focus was to remain cancer-free. At the time, she said she would be carrying out a handful of public engagements later in the year. Her last public appearance was last month when she met the bereaved families of three young girls who were murdered at a dance class in Southport, northwest Eng...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted again. (File image) Photo: AFP Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted several times on Friday, belching volcanic ash that rose up to 10km into the sky, officials said, following a big eruption on Sunday night that killed nine people. The eruption on the island of Flores in the province of East Nusa Tenggara has damaged more than 2000 houses and caused thousands to evacuate. Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for the country's disaster mitigation agency, said the eruptions were "pretty significant" due to ash rains and sand-falls that reached far into the surrounding areas. Hadi Wijaya, chief of Indonesia's volcanology agency, said one eruption on Friday produced a towering ash column that reached eight km to 10km high, adding volcanic matter and hot ga...