Hail, thunder and lightning has hit south eastern Queenslandcutting power to hundreds.

Authorities are warning residents in northern NSW, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast to stay inside tonight, as the 'super cell' thunderstorms move across the area.

The storm struck Queensland's Southern and Darling Down region around lunchtime, bringing hailstones as large as nine centimetres.

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Five to eight centimetre hail fell across Toowoomba, Gatton, the Sunshine Coast, the Lockyer Valley and Brisbane as heavy rain continued to drench the region.

Lightning and dark clouds rolled in over Brisbane about 3pm, where the power was cut to almost 700 residents in Bowen Hills.

There are even warnings of tornadoes.

"When it comes to the wind, there is even an outside chance that we could see a tornado or two touch down with the most intense, most severe thunderstorm cells later on today," BoM meteorologist Angus Hines said.

Severe thunderstorm warnings remain in place, with the Bureau cautioning the possibility of heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding, possibly giant hailstones and destructive winds across northern NSW and much of Queensland.

The worst of the storm is expected to hit Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, the Brisbane metro area, the Sunshine Coast, Maleny and Noosa Heads.

The Burnett region, Kingaroy and Gympie, as well as Biloela and Toowoomba are also in the firing line, Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Angus Hines said. 

"When it comes to the wind, there is even an outside chance that we could see a tornado or two touch down with the most intense, most severe thunderstorm cells later on today,"Hines said.

Residents in the NSW Northern Tablelands and across the North West Slopes and Plains, including Tamworth and Moree are also expected to be hit by the storms.

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Coastal areas such as Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina, Lismore and Byron Bay are also in the firing line.

Residents have been advised to pack away or secure outdoor furniture, toys and trampolines, park cars away from trees, close doors and windows.

The Bureau urged locals across northern NSW and south eastern Queensland to remain inside a "strong building" until the storm passes and advised against driving.

The state has been hit with severe thunderstorm weather for almost a week.

However, authorities have urged locals to keep up to date with the Bureau of Meteorology weather warnings due to how quickly the weather can turn.

Rainy conditions and storms in some areas may continue tomorrow, but overall conditions are expected to improve.

Inland areas from Brisbane to Bundaberg may still see severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

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A popular Aussie beer has been recalled over fears cans could burst.

A recall has been issued for 375ml cans of Little Creatures Little Hazy Larger by makers Lion- Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd.

The product has been sold at Dan Murphy's and BWS in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia as well as IGA in NSW.

Coles has also sold it in Western Australia.

But cans with a best before date of 10/11/2025 shouldn't be opened.

"Products affected may contain excess alcohol and carbonation, which can lead to over-pressurisation of the can," NSW Food Authority said.

"This may cause the can to burst, potentially resulting in injury."

Cans shouldn't be opened but should be thrown away.

For a refund contact the company.

The number of measles cases has risen to 16, health authorities say.

Two Perth brothers have fronted court accused of possessing more than five tonnes of illicit tobacco products.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) uncovered vapes, tobacco and cigarettes they say are linked to a national organised crime syndicate.

An unassuming Wangara warehouse was found stacked with boxes allegedly hiding illegal tobacco.

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They are products linked to escalating violence across the country, the AFP says.

"Firebombings and extortion offences have put innocent citizens and their livelihoods at risk," Detective Acting Superintendent Matt Taylor said.

"This is also a threat to Australia's national security."

The AFP executed multiple search warrants in August, including searching five storage units and a Dianella home, and uncovered five tonnes of allegedly illegal tobacco.

More than 4 million cigarettes were seized, as well as close to 900 kilograms of loose leaf tobacco and nearly 50,500 vapes.

Police say if sold illegally, it would see $8 million in Commonwealth excises and taxes avoided, instead going into the pockets of an alleged national organised crime syndicate.

"Organised crime controls and reaps multimillion-dollar profits from this black market trade which has led to violent crimes here in WA and across Australia," Taylor said.

Two Perth brothers have been arrested over seizure, Hossain and Mousa Al Monsouri, both in their early 30s.

The maximum penalty for possessing more than 1000 times the commercial quantity of vapes is seven years behind bars and a fine of $1.65 million

The brothers are due back in court next month.

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All four people were rescued after their boat overturned on the Raglan bar.

He had been aiming for ‘low risk’ status but ‘lost control’ while arguing with a guard.

Police were notified of the blaze on Carmen Rd at 4.25pm.

Leaders of Pacific countries and territories, including China's Xi Jinping, have gathered in South Korea for a major summit this week.

But the leader of one global powerhouse is conspicuously absent: Donald Trump.

The US president flew out of South Korea on Thursday, moments after his landmark meeting with his Chinese counterpart that appeared to de-escalate the protracted trade conflict between the world's two largest economies.

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With Trump choosing to skip the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – which groups together countries accounting for more than half of global trade – Xi stepped into the limelight and held high-profile meetings with Japan's new leader Sanae Takaichi and Canada's Mark Carney.

Despite his absence, Trump's protectionist trade policies and punishing global tariffs loom over the two-day event in the city of Gyeongju.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is standing in for Trump during the discussions.

In his opening remarks to the forum, Xi called for unity and cooperation between the grouping of 21 economies on both sides of the Pacific.

"The world is undergoing rapid changes unseen in a century," Xi told the forum.

"The more turbulent the times are, the more we must stand together in solidarity."

"China's door to openness will not close; it will only open wider," Xi said.

Decisions made in Gyeongju are non-binding — and leaders have faced difficulty reaching consensus in the past including on thorny issues like Russia's war in Ukraine.

But a major focus for the forum this year is on strengthening supply chains and encouraging cooperation as economies worldwide reel from Trump's tariff offensive.

"We are standing at a critical inflection point with a rapidly changing global economic order," South Korean president and APEC chair Lee Jae Myung said in his address to the summit on Friday.

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"As the free trade order undergoes dramatic changes, global economic uncertainty is deepening, and trade and investment are losing momentum."

Lee said that "only cooperation and solidarity can surely lead us to a better future."

In Japan, Trump and freshly appointed Prime Minister Takaichi embarked on a "new golden age" of relations and signed a critical minerals agreement.

And a new trade deal reached with Lee would see South Korea invest billions of dollars in the US, including in shipbuilding, aerospace and technology, according to the White House.

On Friday, Xi met Japan's Takaichi, a staunch conservative who has criticized China's growing military presence in the region and called for cooperation with Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.

Xi told Takaichi that China was ready to "work with Japan for constructive, stable bilateral ties that meet requirements of the new era," Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.

"I aim to maintain communication with you and therefore jointly promote the development of China-Japan relations along the right track," Xi said.

Takaichi faced a tough balancing act in her meeting with Xi. China remains Japan's largest trading partner and Takaichi inherited a country facing mounting economic woes.

She told reporters after the meeting that China and Japan agreed to build a "strategic mutually beneficial relationship."

But Takaichi said she also expressed concerns to Xi on sensitive issues including Chinese export controls on rare earths, China's activity in the East China Sea, and the detention of Japanese nationals in China.

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"I also asked China to resume Japanese beef and seafood imports," she said.

The meeting appeared in stark contrast to the warm camaraderie showed by Takaichi and Trump in Tokyo just days before, in which the two allies had embarked on a "new golden age" of relations.

Takaichi and Trump demonstrated a close bond complete with smiles, fist pumps and jokes.

For Canadian Prime Minister Carney, who is involved in an escalating trade war with Trump, meeting with Xi marked a "turning point" in their relationship, according to his office.

In an earlier speech that echoed Xi and Lee's addresses to APEC, Carney told the forum that the world was "facing another hinge moment in history."

"Our world is undergoing one of the most profound shifts since the fall of the Berlin Wall," he said.

"That old world… of steady expansion of liberalized trade and investment… that world is gone."

Carney had been looking for a reset of Canada-China relations after years of worsening ties and diplomatic rows.

Trade negotiations with the US, Canada's biggest trading partner, are at a dead end, and Carney said at the APEC summit that he was aiming to double non-US exports over the next decade in an effort to diversify away from the US.

Carney and Xi "affirmed their commitment to renewing the relationship between their two countries in a pragmatic and constructive way" and discussed a framework "to deepen cooperation across a range of areas – from clean and conventional energy, to agriculture, manufacturing, climate change, and international finance," the prime minister's office said.

Carney also accepted an invitation to visit China and both leaders "directed their officials to move quickly to resolve outstanding trade issues and irritants."

Xi will sit down for talks with South Korea's Lee on Saturday, in the first summit meeting between the two leaders.

On the agenda are discussions on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and regional peace and stability.

Ahead of that meeting, North Korea called talks about denuclearization a "pipedream" that will never be realised.

The country's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Ho accused South Korea of lacking "common sense" for refusing to acknowledge Pyongyang as a nuclear-armed state, and pursuing what he called a "daydream" of denuclearization, the state-run Korea Central News Agency reported.

No one was injured, though the blaze briefly closed parts of Remuera Rd.

Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has called out a fan who threw flares at the British band's first concert in Australia.

The flare was thrown into the crowd at Marvel Stadium during hit song Champagne Supernova, with Liam saying "that's naughty, naughty, naughty," according to fans.

Footage posted on social media shows flames erupting into the crowd.

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Gallagher later said on X " To the massive c— who launched that flare into the crowd last night at the gig in Melbourne you are one seriopusly f—– up individual and you will get yours trust me."

Fans on Reddit called it a "scumbag" act and called the people "morons".

"Hope everyone was okay where it landed and no one got badly burnt," one fan said.

"They could have burnt some poor girls face. Hope they get arrested and banned from gigs," another said.

In 2019 a fan at an Oasis concert in Sheffield in the UK was burned by a flare.

Stacey Andrew told the BBC the flare fell down her top and set fire to her shirt and she feared she would be "scarred for life."

Victoria Police said the incident has not been reported to them and there were no arrests.

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Marvel Stadium told 9News no one was harmed, adding: "We'll leave the on record comments to Liam Gallagher's post."

Earlier this year there were calls for extra security after a teenage boy was allegedly caught trying to smuggle weapons into Marvel Stadium during the Swans-Bombers AFL clash.

Oasis has five shows across Melbourne and Sydney.

The band will play two more shows in the Victorian capital tonight and on Tuesday.

Oasis will then fly to Sydney for two shows at Accor Stadium, on Friday and next Saturday.