No owner has come forward yet, despite Rempala posting about the missing pet online.

The next few days are seen as crucial by insiders.

The fire started in an upstairs bedroom and spread to the roof space.

Ministers made the decision but until now hadn’t told the public.

Jade Oldridge asked her uncle to ‘smash’ her partner. He was instead shot five times.

Emergency services were called at 1pm but the man is still unaccounted for.

A 90kg gas bottle caught fire and forced the Kerikeri Bakehouse to shut.

Former SAS soldier and accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has denied all allegations against him in his first public statement released today.

The 47-year-old Victoria Cross recipient was arrested on April 7 and charged with murdering or ordering the murders of five unarmed detainees while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.

Reading from a short statement on the Gold Coast, he rejected the allegations.

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"For the past 10 years, my family and I have been subject to a campaign to convince Australians that I've acted improperly in my service in Afghanistan.

"As I've always maintained: I categorically deny all of these allegations.

"And while I would have preferred these charges not be brought, I will be taking this opportunity to finally clear my name.

"I'm proud of my service in Afghanistan."

He closed by saying he'd "never run from a fight in my life".

Roberts-Smith successfully applied for bail at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court last Friday. He was released from Silverwater Correctional Centre before travelling back to Queensland.

He has consistently proclaimed his innocence.

War crime allegations against Roberts-Smith were first exposed by the now Nine-owned Fairfax Media in 2018.

The war veteran sued for defamation in the Federal Court but suffered a crushing defeat with a judge finding the accusations of murder were, on the balance of probabilities, true.

He failed to overturn these findings on appeal to the full Federal Court and the High Court.

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Kamala Harris has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pulling the strings over US involvement.

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbours said, the North’s latest weapons testing activity this year.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North’s eastern Sinpo area.

It said South Korea has bolstered its surveillance posture and is closely exchanging information with the US and Japan.

South Korea's presidential office said its National Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the launches.

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Japan’s Defense Ministry also detected the launches, saying the weapons were believed to have landed in the waters off North Korea's east coast.

It said Tokyo strongly protested to Pyongyang, saying Sunday's launches threaten regional and international peace and violated UN Security Council resolutions that bans any ballistic activities by North Korea.

Last week, North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised missile tests from the country’s destroyer.

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After the test, Kim said his government remained focused on the “limitless expansion” of its nuclear forces and issued unspecified new tasks to sharpen the country’s nuclear attack and rapid-response capabilities.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said last week that his agency has confirmed “a rapid increase” in activities at nuclear facilities in North Korea.

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