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A shark attacked and killed an American woman along a beach in St Croix in the US Virgin Islands, officials said on Friday.

Police identified the victim as 56-year-old Arlene Lillis of Minnesota.

A hometown wasn’t immediately available.

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Authorities said the attack occurred close to shore on western St. Croix on Thursday afternoon.

Police and other emergency crews responded to the beach, where crews worked “swiftly and professionally under very extreme and difficult circumstances” to treat Lillis, said Daryl Jaschen, director of the Virgin Islands’ emergency management agency.

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Lillis, who was a frequent visitor to the U S territory, was taken to a local hospital for further treatment but died from her injuries, according to Lt. Gov. Tregenza A. Roach.

Police said they were initially told there may have been a second victim, but a perimeter search by authorities did not discover any other victims.

Officials said they have not yet confirmed what type of shark was involved in the attack. They said that while shark sightings are common, attacks in the US Virgin Islands are unusual.

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“Encounters that result in a bite are very rare,” said Nicole Angeli of the US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources at Friday’s news conference.

She said Thursday’s attack was the second such incident in a decade, and that there are plans to put up more signs and share more information at hotels and beaches on how to be safe around wildlife.

Jaschen, of the emergency management agency, said the investigation into the attack is ongoing, and that he could not immediately say what may have caused the shark to come so close to the shore.

Overall, at least 79 unprovoked shark attacks have been reported in the Caribbean since 1749, including four in the US Virgin Islands, according to the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.

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Ruthe had planned to attend the event to meet athletes, but instead took to the track.

The victim suffered an 8cm gash to his cheek, requiring seven stitches.

North Queensland is bracing for a potential tropical cyclone as the Bureau of Meteorology warns of a "high" chance of development.

Tropical Low 12U is bearing down on the state and currently has a 60 per cent chance to turn into a cyclone.

The Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore said while it was about a couple hundred kilometres north-east of Cairns, its effects were already felt.

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"We've seen the rain already pick up well south of that around the Mackay-Central Coast area where we're seeing widespread rain develop there," he told Today.

"And that rain will continue to develop to the north as we move through today and tonight, as that low gets closer."

The Bureau is forecasting "widespread rainfall" by tonight heading into tomorrow, with falls of 100mm to 200mm, and isolated totals of as much as 400mm.

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Winds are also expected to pick up, with gusts of 80km/hr to 100km/hr into tomorrow.

"The rain is of most concern because we still have a lot of flood warnings current between Cairns and around the Townsville area, and this additional rainfall is going to lead to further and widespread river level rises," Narramore said.

The current warning zone covers Port Douglas to Airlie Beach, including Cairns, Innisfail, Townsville, Bowen, and Proserpine.

Complicating management of the weather event is a serious connectivity issue affecting the Townsville area.

A thief cut a telecommunications line while trying to steal copper in Deeragun.

"My message to that lowlife is you have put at risk the lives of North Queenslanders in their hour of need and you can't get a lower act than that," Premier David Crisafulli said.

"And we intend to make sure that we throw the book at this individual when they are caught.

"Telecommunications are life and death."

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An innocent medical student has died a month after being seriously injured in a crash during a police pursuit

Lidija Faamau, 21, was studying a Bachelor of Medical Science at Western Sydney University.

She spent a month fighting for life after the crash on December 10.

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Police said a 17-year-old boy, who was on bail at the time, reached speeds of 140km/h during a pursuit before colliding with a car in Sydney's south-west at 11pm that night.

The stolen ute allegedly drove through a red light.

It smashed into Faamau and her two female friends as they drove down the Hume Highway in a BMW.

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Her friends have now been released from hospital.

The 17-year-old man has been charged with eight offences and remains before the courts, NSW Police said.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

The US needs to own Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future, President Donald Trump said.

"We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not. Because if we don't do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour," Trump told reporters at the White House while meeting with oil company executives.

Trump said the US must acquire Greenland, even though it already has a military presence on the island under a 1951 agreement, because such deals are not enough to guarantee Greenland's defence.

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The island of 57,000 people is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

"You defend ownership. You don't defend leases. And we'll have to defend Greenland. If we don't do it, China or Russia will," Trump said.

Trump and White House officials have been discussing various plans to bring Greenland under US control, including potential use of the US military and lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the US.

Leaders in Copenhagen and throughout Europe have reacted with disdain in recent days to comments by Trump and other White House officials asserting their right to Greenland. The US and Denmark are NATO allies bound by a mutual defence agreement.

On Tuesday, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Britain and Denmark issued a joint statement, saying only Greenland and Denmark can decide matters regarding their relations.

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