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Forty-five bags containing human remains with characteristics matching seven missing call centre staff have been discovered in a ravine in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico, according to the state prosecutor's office in Jalisco.

The Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office investigating the deaths said it has preliminary information that the body parts "match the physical characteristics of some of the young people missing employees of the call centre".

Seven call centre employees were reported missing between May 20 and 22 in the metropolitan area of ​​Guadalajara, in western Mexico.

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Luis Joaquín Méndez Ruíz, a Jalisco prosecutor, said they found the human remains inside bags thrown on a lot with a steep slope.

Forensic experts have yet to determine the number of victims and their identities.

The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences is working with the families of those missing to determine the identification of the human remains.

The country has been troubled by an epidemic of disappearances with more than 100,000 Mexicans and migrants still missing.

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More than 1500 bodies have been found in Jalisco state since 2018, official figures show. According to the office of Jalisco's special prosecutor for missing persons, 291 bodies were discovered in 2019, 544 bodies were found in 2020, 280 bodies in 2021, and 301 the following year. So far in 2023, 147 bodies have been found.

In March, after four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico, resulting in the deaths of two of them, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued that Mexico is a safer country than the United States.

Kidnapping and human trafficking are also not unusual in parts of Mexico, particularly in border areas and Mexico's overall homicide rate is among the highest in the world.

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A prisoner has escaped from a hospital in Queensland despite being handcuffed and wearing a leg iron.

Barry Kenneth Bloomfield escaped custody earlier this morning from Rockhampton Hospital.

Anybody who sees him is urged to call Triple Zero immediately, but not to approach him.

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Bloomfield is currently serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Bloomfield is described as 176cm tall and 86kg, with a medium build.

He has clown tattoos on his chest and right hand, as well as other tattoos on his forearms and hands.

Bloomfield is the second patient to disappear from Rockhampton Hospital in the past month.

Eighty-year-old in-patient Peter Roach walked out of the hospital late last month and has not been seen since.

Roach has a medical condition that can cause confusion, and has been described as non-verbal.

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A rescue mission is underway to help free a whale stuck off the New South Wales South Coast.

Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from Port Kembla are working to free the "entangled whale" near Five Islands this morning.

Marine Rescue NSW inspector Glenn Sullivan said a private vessel was monitoring the whale.

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"We have got a good window of opportunity to assist with the disentanglement operation because the weather conditions are favourable.

"Marine Rescue vessel PK 31 will escort the NPWS Zodiac to the entangled whale shortly," Sullivan said.

The volunteers are working with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

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Next week at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, the company will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

It's an event where the next generation of software for iPhones, iPads, Macs and all other Apple products are revealed, along with any new hardware the company has to offer.

2023 could be very different, with rumours and speculation suggesting Apple might reveal their first virtual reality headset next Tuesday morning.

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Any such device, being an all-new category for Apple, would be the first new product range since the Apple Watch was announced in 2014.

Perhaps to be called the Reality Headset or something similar, it's rumoured to be a combination of virtual and mixed (or augmented) reality.

It's been eight long years since Samsung dabbled in virtual reality, strapping smartphones to our heads in VR headsets for a 360-degree immersive gaming or product experience.

Since then, the landscape is dominated by two main companies: HTC with its Vive range of VR headsets, and Meta (Facebook) and their Oculus.

Just yesterday, Meta's Oculus range got an update but if the reports are to be believed, Apple will – as it often does – take things to another level.

3D Artist Ian Zelbo produced a conceptual design of what the headset might look like, using design cues from existing products in the Apple range, but it's yet to be revealed what the rumoured device will truly look like – if it is real, that is.

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Entering this space will be a huge gamble for Apple.

Today, VR headsets are fitting into two categories: industry or gaming.

Businesses use them for training and simulation work, while gamers love the immersive all-round experience of a VR headset.

Will that work for Apple in the mass market? And can they keep the prices in check?

Meta's headsets can be found for well under $1000, while HTC is more often well over $2000.

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Given the number of sensors and cameras Apple has likely packed into any such device, it's possible this new product could be well over $3000 or $4000.

The biggest issue for Apple, if they do get into this product category, is demand. What is the demand from users for this? What will the average iPhone user do with a VR headset?

Only time will tell, but if it is real, all will hinge on how the device is demonstrated and presented to audiences next Tuesday morning.

Apple's WWDC Keynote takes place at 3am next Tuesday, June 6. Trevor Long will be in Cupertino as a guest of Apple to bring you all the news here at 9news.com.au.

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The rate of smoking among teenagers is increasing for the first time in more than two decades, a new study from the Cancer Council has confirmed.

The research shows smoking has been increasing in young people aged between 14-year-olds to 17-year-olds during the last four years, which is in tandem with big increases in vaping.

"What we know from international cohort studies is that they follow the kids over time, those who vape are three times as likely to smoke," Sarah Durkin from Cancer Council Victoria said.

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"It's really disturbing the way they (vapes) have been advertised and promoted to young people," she said.

"We're worried this is evidence is really consistent with a gateway effect from vaping into smoking among this age group."

Durkin believes the issues needs to be tackled "on multiple fronts".

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"There is a big package of reforms that health minister Mark Butler has put forward, including restricting access to e- cigarettes, as well as a number of measures to reduce the attractiveness and increase education around tobacco again.

"One of the things that is in that package is banning menthol in cigarettes and other additives which makes the feeling of the smoke as it goes down the throat and into the lungs feel less harsh and less harmful than it actually is."

She said reducing menthol was a really good measure as that was the type most children usual start experimenting with, leading to addiction.

Help for quitting smoking is available from Quitline on 137 848.

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