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Investigators are searching for a shooter and the getaway driver behind a drive-by shooting in southeast Queensland.
Four people were injured, including a 19-year-old woman who was critically wounded with injuries to her neck and head.
The incident happened outside a boxing event at Fitzy's pub, in Loganholme, south of Brisbane.
Detectives say a level of pre-planning was involved in the attack, but they have yet to establish a motive.
Police are waiting for an opportunity to speak to the victims, as detectives review CCTV footage.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli condemned the violence as a horrendous crime.
"Earlier, this year we passed among the strongest new laws for drive-by shooting in the country. And it is my hope that these people responsible for it are arrested. And that those new laws apply to them. People shouldn't be out in a night out have to second guess whether the next car that is driving by might be firing bullets are raining bullets at them. There is no place for that in this world and in this state."
The first international flight from Western Sydney International Airport will depart for Auckland today (Monday, 26 Oct) a day after the airport welcomed its first domestic passengers.
Australia's first newly built airport in more than half a century aims to initially serve up to 10 million passengers annually, with a plan to scale that up in the 2060s to 82 million passengers a year.
The 24-hour airport is also set to significantly boost Sydney's freight capacity; and will support around 8,500 ongoing jobs across Western Sydney.
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Catherine King says the airport is expected to give travellers more choice - and could help drive down airfares by increasing competition between airlines.
"Well, certainly what it does do is increase the competition that's here in the Sydney basin. Obviously having the capacity constraints that were happening at Kingsford Smith putting more airlines, more passengers into the system certainly does help with competition and certainly we would hope that also does with competition bring some downward pressure for prices."
Brazilians are heading to the polls in a closely fought presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva* and right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Opinion polls show the candidates running neck-and-neck, with Bolsonaro considered a narrow favourite after winning 47 percent of the vote in the first round, with Lula following close behind on 45 per cent.
The result is set to shape whether Latin America's largest economy remains on a left-leaning path or shifts to the right.
80-year-old Mr Lula is seeking a fourth term, campaigning on social programs and economic stability, while Mr Bolsonaro has promised tougher action on crime and lower government spending.
In Rio de Janeiro, supporters came out to cheer Mr Bolsonaro as he paraded through the streets.
(Portuguese translated into English) "I am confident. I even think the vote difference will be more than 5, 5 million, because he (Flavio Bolsonaro) has shown and demonstrated that he is capable. He is young, 45 years old, in the prime of life, and has a very large movement behind him."
Supporters attending Mr Lula's campaign rally, praised a man who had lifted Brazil out of hunger and protected the country's most vulnerable.
Analysts say the election result could have major consequences for Brazil's politics, its institutions and the deeply divided nation that emerges afterwards.
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned back to her home country from exile, at a fragile time for the country's political landscape
The Nobel laureate was filmed attending Mass at a church in the Venezuelan state of Lara, surrounded by supporters hugging her and clasping her hands.
Machado - who was in exile for ten months wrote on X (Sunday local time, Monday AM AEDT) "I am here. With you."
Her ally and former presidential candidate Edmundo González later confirmed the news, saying it is a very important day for Venezuelans.
The US administration seized her opponent President Nicolás Maduro in January, just a month after Machado left Venezuela to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez - who was Maduro's former deputy - later signing an oil deal with the US.
Speaking at the White House, President Trump told reporters he wasn't aware of Machado's return.
"I don't know anything about it, but I think she's a very nice woman. She gave me her Nobel Prize. So how can I say anything else? And I hope she's safe. She's a very nice woman. But we're doing really well in Venezuela."
Severe flood warnings have been issued across Queensland as residents endure yet another day of heavy rain.
Severe thunderstorms are predicted across the southeast with warnings of flash flooding.
In the past week, Queensland has suffered from heavy rains and flooding right across the state with parts of the Mary River catchment receiving more than 300 millimetres of rain and some areas of the Sunshine coast receiving over 400 millimetres of rain.
Emergency services are warning people in thunderstorm striken areas to park cars undercover away from trees, close doors and windows and charge mobile phones and powerbanks in case of power outages
Italian Kimi Antonelli is edging closer to becoming Formula One's youngest world champion, as he starts the United States Grand Prix from pole position.
Antonelli outpaced Red Bull's Max Verstappen in qualifying, while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton could manage only fourth and fifth despite showing strong pace throughout practice.
Australia's Oscar Piastri and McLaren teammate Lando Norris qualified seventh and eighth.
Antonelli can clinch the title next weekend if results fall his way, but with a commanding championship lead, many believe it's only a matter of time before he is crowned champion.
The 20-year-old says his focus is on doing his best.
"I felt good in the car, especially the wind. You know, it was tricky with the wind because the balance was changing quite a lot compared, you know, from corner to corner, but that last lap was looking good, I pushed a little bit more and just lost it, which was a shame but still, very happy with the result."
