Human remains have been found in the search for a helicopter which crashed with four airmen aboard off the Queensland coast last week.

Australian Defence Force Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant General Greg Bilton said the remains were found with the wreckage of the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter's cockpit, on the seabed, 40m deep.

"Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday the 2 August, HMO AES remotely operated an underwater vehicle which located a further debris field including parts of the cockpit of the helicopter," Bilton said.

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"Sadly I can confirm unidentified human remains have also been observed in this location by the remotely-operated underwater vehicle.

"Due to the nature of the debris field positive identified location of the remains is unlikely to occur until we recover more of the wreckage."

Australian Army Chief Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Corporal Alexander Naggs, and Warrant Officer Joseph Laycock were on board.

All four aviators are from the 6th aviation regiment based at the Holsworthy army barracks in Sydney.

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Divers have not yet found the black box flight recorder however which could provide answers to what happened.

There were no signs of anything wrong in communications with the aircraft, which crashed almost a week ago during the Talisman Sabre military exercises with the USA near the Whitsundays.

"It's a difficult task but we will do our absolute best to find it," Bilton said.

The operation is being impacted by bad weather and strong currents.

Bilton said he was "devastated" and said the tragedy is having a "significant impact" on colleagues.

The fleet of 23 MRH-90 Taipans helicopters were grounded after the crash for the second time.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the crash off the coast as a "stark reminder" that there are "no safe or easy days" for those who "serve in the country's name".

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Hundreds of Civil War era gold coins pulled from the ground of a US cornfield are worth a staggering $2 million, a formal valuation has found.

A Kentucky man found the buried treasure on his farm earlier this year when he pulled more than 700 gold – and a handful of silver coins – from the dry brown dirt.

The haul is now known as the "Great Kentucky Hoard" and have now been valued by the Numismatic Guaranty Company's (NGC) Certified Collectibles Group.

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Amongst the horde were 20 $10 Liberty coins, eight $20 Liberty coins – and the rarest – a staggering 18 1863-P $20 1-ounce gold Liberty coin.

Just one of these can go for six figures and the coins were sold on GovMint.

The man, whose identity has not been revealed, can be heard saying, "this is the most insane thing ever: Those are all $1 gold coins, $20 gold coins, $10 gold coins," in video shared exclusively with GovMint.

"Each of the coins that are part of the Great Kentucky Hoard are struck in 90 per cent gold at the Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, New Orleans or Carson City Mints," a statement from GovMint said. 

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A swirling tornado has been captured over Iceland's newest volcano as lava and explosions ripple through the uninhabited valley where it formed.

Litli-Hrútur, or "Little Ram" formed on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in the country's southwest, July 10 after a fissure fractured the ground.

Loud explosions can now be heard ringing through the scarred landscape as volatile gases combust.

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"When lava flows over a vegetated area, methane gas can be produced when the vegetation does not burn completely," the Icelandic Met Office said on Facebook post.

"The gas then accumulates in gaps and cavities in the lava."

"When an ember or flame from the fire breaks into it, an explosion occurs."

Authorities urge adventure-seekers to exercise caution if they approach the eruption site.

Days after the eruption began toxic gases forced the closure of the nearby car park. 

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It comes after a rare tornado was captured near the volcano in a YouTube video posted on July 24.

David Smart, a tornado and storm researcher at University College London's Hazard Center, told Live Science the phenomenon happens when heat from the ground reacts with the atmosphere.

"This is a type of tornado that is sometimes seen where there is a strong heat source on the ground and the atmosphere is unstable in the lowest kilometre or so near the surface," Smart said.

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An additional 52 charges have been laid against the wedding bus driver who was allegedly speeding when 10 people were killed and dozens more were injured in a crash in the Hunter Valley

9News can reveal Brett Andrew Button now faces a total of 63 charges over the June 11 tragedy at Greta.

The 58-year-old was originally charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and one count of negligent driving causing death, relating to the passengers who died.

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This week, 52 fresh charges have been added, including dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and causing bodily harm by misconduct, most of them relating to the guests who were injured.

Button was behind the wheel of a coach transporting wedding guests to Singleton from the nuptials of Mitchell Gaffney and Maddy Edsell at the nearby Wandin Estate winery.

Police claim Button was driving too quickly and allegedly told passengers to "fasten your seatbelts" in the moments before the vehicle lost control at a roundabout and slammed into a guardrail, before tipping onto its side.

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Button was released on strict conditional bail after spending a night in custody.

A court has previously heard he is a devoted family man and is devastated by the incident.

His next appearance is scheduled in Newcastle Local Court on August 9.

Kane Symons, Angus Craig, Rebecca Mullen, Darcy Bulman, Nadene and Kyah McBride, Andrew and Lynan Scott, Tori Cowburn, and Zachary Bray were killed in the crash.

Earlier this week, the NSW government finalised its inquiry into the bus crash but the findings are yet to be released.

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Dua Lipa's hit song Levitating is back in court.

The star and Warner Music Group are facing a multi-million-dollar federal lawsuit in Los Angeles from musician Bosko Kante over copyright claims for the song, which spent 77 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

In a lawsuit filed July 31, Kante claimed the British singer used a talk box recording, made with a device worn around the neck that lets the user shape sounds of a synthesizer or guitar through their mouth, without his permission in three remixes of Levitating.

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It's the third lawsuit to hit Lipa over the 2020 hit.

In June, a court dismissed a complaint from the reggae group Artikal Sound System.

She is involved in ongoing litigation with songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer.

Kante founded and created the mobile talk box company ElectroSpit.

The lawsuit claims music producer Stephen Kozmeniuk approached Kante to create a talk box performance of Levitating.

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Though there was no written contract, Kante claimed they explicitly said the performance would only be used in the original recording and would not be further sampled or re-used.

One of the remixes that allegedly used the recording is the version with rapper DaBaby, which has more than 1.8 billion plays on Spotify alone.

The lawsuit claims Kante is entitled to more than $US20 million ($30.6 million).

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Stars from Taylor Swift to Bad Bunny have been engaged in legal battles over the rights to their music.

Earlier this year, Bad Bunny and some of the music industry's biggest stars wanted a lawsuit that alleges copyright infringement of a 1989 song thrown out of court.

The case concerns musical compositions sampled by over 100 artists in more than 1600 songs.

In May, a Manhattan jury found Ed Sheeran did not infringe upon the copyright of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On in his hit Thinking Out Loud.

CNN has reached out to Warner Music Group and representatives for Dua Lipa for comment.

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A car has been partially swallowed up by a sinkhole on the Gold Coast.

It's believed a broken water main caused the massive sinkhole on Short Street in Southport about 4am.

The silver Peugeot 206 CC, which was engulfed by muddy waters and broken asphalt, has now been removed by council workers.

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No one is believed to have been injured in the incident.

"It's unbelievable, isn't it? A car's taken a swim," one nearby resident said.

The extent of the damage to the car and road is yet to be assessed.

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Unusually warm winter temperatures in southeast Australia have left slopes looking bare in ski resorts at the beginning of August.

Selwyn Snow Resort in New South Wales had insufficient snow to open any ski lifts yesterday, while just a thin strip of snow in Mt Baw Baw in Victoria allowed for two ski lifts to open there.

Australia as a whole has just experienced its 9th warmest July dating back to 1910, with the alpine regions of Tasmania, NSW, and Victoria among the country's warmest spots, according to Weatherzone.

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"Hotham and Perisher were around two-to-three degrees warmer than usual by day and night," Weatherzone's Bob Neil said.

"While that might not sound like much, it makes all the difference to snowfalls, or lack thereof, as well as to retention of the existing snowpack."

The average minimum temperature at Perisher ski resort in New South Wales in July was -2 degrees, while the long-term average minimum is 5 degrees.

Three days into August, the weather is also looking like it will be warmer than average.

Temperatures reached 8 degrees on Tuesday and 8.2 degrees at Perisher yesterday.

The average maximum temperature at the ski resort is 3.3 degrees.

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Fortunately, ski resorts with higher elevation, such as Guthega, are receiving enough snowfall for snow sports.

"While the cover is thin for this time of year, conditions are still reasonable enough," Neil said.

Neil has said rain forecast for Friday could further impact the amount of snow at ski fields.

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Exclusive: When a post from a farmer selling free-range eggs popped up in her local Facebook group, it seemed like perfect timing for Brisbane mum Hanna Mouhetta.

Having given birth to her daughter just days earlier, and juggling the demands of a newborn, the promise of delicious fresh farm eggs delivered straight to her door at an eye-catching price seemed like a godsend.

"I thought, 'Okay, great. I don't need to get out … that saves me some time,'" Mouhetta said.

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The Facebook post from an account going by the name Esther Williams said her farm had "too many" chicken, duck and goose eggs, and so it was "sale time" for anyone who wanted to get in quickly.

Williams claimed she was selling a dozen chicken eggs for $4.50, perhaps a couple of dollars cheaper than supermarkets.

A handful of wholesome photos made the post pop: a flock of chickens walking around in green grass, and beautiful brown eggs stacked in bowls and cartons.

A couple of feel-good emojis were added for good measure.

"If interested just pm (private message) me to make your order," Williams wrote.

It's not uncommon for local farmers around the outskirts of Brisbane to post in the group selling their produce, Mouhetta said, "and I normally I try to support the local businesses".

So she pinged off a direct message, hoping to snap up two dozen eggs.

She got a speedy response from the supposed farmer, who upsold Mouhetta into purchasing the last three dozen of her stock.

PayPal details were exchanged and Williams instructed Mouhetta to make the payment using the "sending to a friend" option – in hindsight, a red flag.

But battling "a little bit of a baby brain", which clouded her judgement, Mouhetta didn't give it much thought, so she obliged and transferred $13.50.

And with that, Williams vanished, along with her money.

"The next day I messaged the person and I didn't hear back," Mouhetta said.

Further attempts drew a blank.

She logged back into her Facebook group, a kind of virtual town square for residents in suburbs west of Brisbane, but Williams' egg post had disappeared.

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