The Australian brothers sparked outrage when they filmed themselves at the site.

A mechanical fault caused a plane engine to catch fire just moments after take-off, leading to operations at Adelaide Airport being temporarily shut down.

The Rex Airlines flight on the runway and was bound for Broken Hill just after 7am when the pilot braked and abandoned take-off.

Passengers then spotted flames coming from the engine. 

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"The plane started to brake just before we rotated, and I thought 'oh that's not good', and then someone started yelling out 'fire, fire', and I thought 'oh that's not good either'," passenger Warwick Beverley said. 

Beverley and his fiancé Sandy Holmes were desperate to head home after his emergency brain surgery to remove a tumour in Adelaide.

Today, they were left with "another story to tell". 

Passengers and staff were ushered off the aircraft, and a bus picked them up from the airport and took them back to the terminal, where they were booked on another flight.

The fire self-extinguished. 

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"I'm glad it wasn't in the air," Holmes said. 

"I hate flying anyway so I had to really tell myself I was on the riverbank because my heart was jumping out of my chest."

The situation impacted operations across the entire airport, with the runway closed for about 30 minutes before reopening about 8am. 

Rex Airlines claims a small amount of unburnt fuel ignited in the engine's exhaust, causing the emergency. 

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the mechanical fault.

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A little-known strep bacteria is causing a growing number of potentially deadly infections and is disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians.

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity have studied infections of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE), a close cousin of group A strep, and found it's rising at markedly different rates across parts of the country.

Both infections cause skin and soft tissue infections and, in severe cases, can invade the blood and organs and become life-threatening.

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Lead author Dr Ouli Xir from the University of Melbourne said SDSE had previously been considered a "minor player" compared to group A strep, but the study proved it was causing "a significant and rising burden of severe disease in Australia".

He said in the remote northern regions, cases were 25 per cent higher than in the south-east.

Further to this, the study found that within the Top End, Indigenous Australians were three times more likely to develop the invasive disease than non-Indigenous people.

"We urgently need strategies that address the social determinants of health driving this burden, as well as new approaches to prevent and treat invasive strep infections," Doherty Institute researcher and co-lead author Professor Steven Tong said.

The study also found that some treatments used to control the spread of group A strep infections, such as antibiotics, were not as effective with SDSE.

The report, published in the Lancet Microbe, called for exploration of prevention strategies in vulnerable communities, including the development of a vaccine.

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Student volunteers serve breakfast to dozens before classes begin each morning.

The baby’s body was discovered in a Freemans Bay wheelie bin in July.

Raawiri Gilgen was first struck off in 1989 for over-prescribing a depressant drug.

She will not have to register as a sex offender but loses permanent suppression.

New video shows the moment police intercepted an alleged "kill team" on their way to murder a man at a daycare centre in Sydney's south-west.

The alleged target is a figure linked to organised crime who was targeted over a "breakdown" in a transnational crime syndicate, police say.

Police believe the alleged target was potentially on his way to pick up his child from the centre at the time of the arrests.

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The accused men were arrested yesterday on The River Road in Revesby in dramatic scenes as tactical officers fired shots at several vehicles.

Two men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested from a Mitsubishi Outlander and a third man, aged 26, was arrested from a nearby Mercedes-Benz.

The younger men were charged with conspiracy to commit murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol, being carried in a conveyance taken without the consent of the owner, participating in a criminal group and breach of bail.

The older man was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and participating in a criminal group.

They were refused bail to appear in court today.

Detective Superintendent Peter Faux, who led the operation, said the trio's behaviour and actions – including allegedly wearing balaclavas in the car and driving with false plates – indicated to police the significance of the job.

Officers seized two pistols, balaclavas, body-worn cameras, and jerry cans containing fuel from the cars.

Multiple search warrants were carried out in the city's south-west overnight, and more evidence, including electronic devices, was seized.

A third firearm was also seized in the searches.

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Assistant Commissioner Scott Cook said the potential victim was targeted as part of a breakdown in a transnational crime syndicate.

"We believe this is an internal matter in this organisation," he said.

"The fact that this group was prepared to kill an individual in a location where so much collateral damage could have been caused is a significant concern to the NSW Police Force."

Faux said the three men did not know the person they were targeting.

"They are people who were hired by a syndicate, possibly an offshore syndicate, to carry out this murder on their behalf," he said.

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'Heard some gunshots'

In a video taken by a witness, a police officer was seen aiming a weapon at somebody inside one of the vehicles.

"We heard some gunshots going off," another witness said.

"I started walking out my house, heard more gunshots and then cars swerving."

Tactical police temporarily served as traffic cops as they redirected vehicles while arresting the men.

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Police today firmly denied suggestions the operation posed a danger to the public.

Cook, at a press conference this morning, confirmed police used non-lethal rounds.

Cook said the NSW Police tactical unit was possibly "the best in the country" and had prepared multiple contingency plans depending on how the alleged hit team acted.

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There's a new snack that can make you healthier – but it's not something you eat.

A new report has revealed that quick and easy "exercise snacks" can significantly boost cardiorespiratory fitness in physically inactive adults.

It's good news for millions of Australians who currently fit that profile.

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So what are exercise snacks? 

A report from the British Journal of Sports Medicine defined exercise snacks as bursts of moderate to vigorous physical activity lasting five minutes or less.

Examples include climbing stairs or lifting weights.

That five-minute period excludes warm-up, cool down, and recovery periods, and exercise snacks should be repeated at least twice a day, three to seven days a week.

The report analysed evidence from clinical trials across Australia, Canada, China and the UK and found that exercise snacks have a significant positive impact on inactive individuals' health.

The data showed that exercise snacks significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness in adults and could help counter the detrimental impacts of sitting for long periods of time.

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More than 80 per cent of people were able to stick to the habit for four to 12 weeks, suggesting exercise snacks may be easier to stick to than extended workout routines.

That may be especially true for individuals who are time-poor or lack motivation.

Almost 80 per cent of Aussie adults aged 18-64 don't perform sufficient physical activity, according to the ABS 2022 National Health Survey.

The survey defined sufficient physical activity as completing at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity across five or more days per week.

While exercise snacks alone are unlikely to make the millions of inactive Aussies hit that 150-minute goal, this research suggests they could help improve our nation's overall health.

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The research isn't perfect, as it relied largely on existing data from varied and often experimental clinical trials.

But researchers concluded that exercise snacking is likely to boost the health of most physically inactive adults.

"The time-efficient nature of exercise snacks may help overcome common barriers to physical activity, such as perceived lack of time and low motivation," they said.

"Exercise snacks may enhance adherence to regular physical activity by providing short, flexible exercise bouts that are easier to integrate into daily routines."

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Donald Trump's attorney-general has dodged questions about whether the FBI found photos of the US president with half-naked young women while searching Jeffrey Epstein's home.

Attorney-General Pam Bondi was testifying before the Senate when she was asked about the pictures by Democratic politician Sheldon Whitehouse.

"There's been public reporting that Jeffrey Epstein showed people photos of President Trump with half-naked young women," Whitehouse said.

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"Do you know if the FBI found those photographs in their search of Jeffrey Epstein's safe or premises or otherwise?

"Have you ever seen such a thing?"

Bondi replied by tying Whitehouse to Reid Hoffman, a wealthy Democratic donor who had connections to Epstein.

"You know, Senator Whitehouse, you sit here and make salacious remarks once again trying to slander President Trump left and right when you are the one who was taking money from one of Epstein's closest confidants, I believe. 

"I could be wrong, correct me, Reid Hoffman, who was with Jeffrey Epstein on multiple occasions, and the senator sitting right next to you tried to block the flight logs from being released, yet you're grilling me on President Trump and some photograph with Epstein?

"Come on."

Hoffman has admitted travelling to Epstein's notorious island but has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

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In a lengthy interview with reporter Michael Wolff before his death, Epstein reportedly showed photos of Trump with topless young women sitting in his lap.

Wolff claims to have more than 100 hours of recordings of interviews with Epstein.

"I was Donald's closest friend for 10 years," Epstein reportedly told Wolff.

While Trump has faced multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, including a jury ruling he raped a woman, he has not been tied to wrongdoing in connection to Epstein.

Bondi has been heavily criticised for changing her tune on the Epstein investigation since she took over the Department of Justice.

In an interview in February, Bondi said Epstein's purported client list was "sitting on my desk right now".

Then, in July, the Department of Justice announced the client list did not exist.

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Epstein died in a New York prison cell in 2019 after he was arrested and charged with child sex trafficking.

The wealthy financier and high-flyer faced myriad accusations of sex abuse against underage girls.

Yesterday, Trump said he would consider granting a pardon or clemency to Epstein's partner and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

"You know, I haven't heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I'd have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look," he said.

Meanwhile, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has continued to refuse to swear in newly elected representative Adelita Grijalva.

Grijalva would be the crucial vote in forcing the release of the government's files on Epstein.

Other representatives elected in special elections this year have been sworn in the next day.

But Grijalva has waited two weeks without being sworn in, despite her landslide victory in Arizona's 7th congressional district.

Johnson denied the delay was related to the Epstein files.

"No, it has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back. It's a ceremonial duty," Johnson said.

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