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A man who said he was acting in self-defence when another man was stabbed to death has been found not guilty of murder.

The Victorian Supreme Court jury returned its verdict for Rocky Russo, 35, shortly before midday on Thursday after four days of deliberations.

The jurors also acquitted him on the lesser charge of manslaughter.

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Russo went to Matthew Salau's home in Melbourne's southeast to stop him threatening a female friend over a $5000 debt, the jury was told at the start of the trial.

Prosecutors alleged Russo brought a knife to the June 2024 confrontation and he murdered Salau by intentionally stabbing him to the chest and back.

Russo argued he was not guilty of murder, that Salau was the one to produce the knife and he only stabbed the 30-year-old while defending himself.

The jury was told two days before the death, Salau went to the home of Russo's female friend, demanding $5000 he was owed.

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He returned the next day with a large meat cleaver, once again making demands for the money and followed up the visit with a series of threatening texts.

The woman told Russo about the demands, and he and another man went to Salau's Frankston home to confront him late on June 10, 2024.

Prosecutors said during the altercation, which lasted four minutes and 21 seconds, Russo stabbed Salau with a knife to the chest and back.

But the jury rejected the prosecution's claims, instead finding Russo not guilty of both murder and manslaughter.

Salau's sister broke out into loud sobs after the verdicts were delivered on Thursday morning.

After the jury left the room, Justice Amanda Fox confirmed Russo could leave the dock as he was no longer in custody.

He will walk free from the Supreme Court later on Thursday.

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The torrential rain that has battered Sydney has caused a giant sinkhole open up on a sporting oval.

Sydney has been smashed by rain this month as it goes through it's wettest August in a generation, including the suburb of Cammeray in Sydney's north.

It was at Tunks Park where locals first spotted the sinkhole on Thursday morning after another big night of rain.

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The sinkhole was pictured close to goalposts at the park, which has been completely submerged by water as Sydney goes through a wet week.

The Long Gully Bridge is also visible in the background.

According to Weatherzone, Cammeray is set to receive up to 80mm of rain today, and it is a similar story around the city.

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Sydney is receiving a similar amount today, having already been hit by nearly 50mm of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It is causing dangerous flood conditions in other parts of the state.

Earlier today, a daring recue was staged to save a man and a dog from flood waters south-west of the city.

A father and son have also gone missing after being swept away late last night in St Albans near Wisemans Ferry.

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For decades, Melbourne social worker and researcher Richard Knight had no idea he was battling an eating disorder.

To Knight, and the many doctors and psychologists he saw, eating disorders were seen as something only affecting females.

However, what began at the age 13 as a way to cope with being shamed for his weight gradually escalated into a life-threatening illness. 

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"I was a chubby kid," Dr Knight said. 

"I was bullied for my weight." 

"I felt really ashamed about my body. I felt that I wasn't normal, and it led me to engage in restrictive eating and excessive exercise."

By the time Knight was in his early thirties, his obsession with his weight had almost killed him.

"Because my eating disorder wasn't detected, on my first hospital admission, I almost died," he said. 

"I was weighing 43kg. I was completely emaciated. I was bedridden for many weeks, and the doctors thought I would die. I was in the ICU. 

"This could have been prevented, if I had proper care, if I had been diagnosed."

Knight's struggle was compounded by a profound sense of isolation. 

After he was eventually diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, he found himself the only male patient in eating disorder wards. 

There were also no "reference points" for him in the media to relate to, a fact that reinforced the dangerous misconception that eating disorders are only a "women's illness." 

While there were occasional articles about men with "muscle dysphoria", which relates to an unhealthy fixation on fitness and muscularity, Knight said he never heard of any other males with anorexia nervosa.

Now, as a lived-experience researcher and mental health social worker, Knight is leveraging his own journey to challenge the stereotypes and systemic failures that nearly cost him his life. 

Knight, along with Associate Professor Abner Weng Cheong Poon and Professor Ilan Katz, is conducting a study at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)PhD that aims to collect the stories of men who have recovered from eating disorders.

Falling through the cracks 

Knight's delayed diagnosis is not an anomaly. 

A 2024 report by Deloitte Access Economics found that one in three people with an eating disorder are men.

However, males are four times more likely to go undiagnosed with an eating disorder, a University of Sydney study in 2015 showed, with the stigma of the disorder preventing many men from seeking help. 

Knight believes having a healthcare system which is ill-equipped to serve men with eating disorders has also played a part in delayed diagnoses.

"Many mental health clinicians are not trained to detect eating disorders in men," Knight said. 

"Their training predominantly focuses on women with eating disorders, and this is why men fall through the cracks."

He points to the "female-centric" nature of most eating disorder clinics in Australia, from the staff to the language used. 

While body image discussions for women often focus on "hips and thighs," men's concerns are centered on "muscles and chest." 

This disconnect can make men feel like an "odd one out" and can lead to them not seeking help or not responding to treatment that is not tailored to their needs.

A turning point and a path to recovery

Knight said his personal turning point came when he realised just how poor his quality of life had become.

He took the important step of finding a psychiatrist who was trauma-informed, supportive, and, most importantly, listened without judgment.

"I'm a sexual abuse survivor, and I wanted someone who was empathic and supportive and didn't rush my therapy," he said. 

"I did find a psychiatrist, and she was wonderful. It was the first time I really felt that someone actually listened to me who was non-judgmental and provided a very safe and inclusive space for me to explore my vulnerabilities around my eating disorder."

Knight's message to other men is simple: "Men do recover from an eating disorder." 

He also stresses the importance of not giving up hope, as he almost did.

Driving change through research

To combat the lack of understanding and support for men, the UNSW study focuses on men's recovery experiences and aims to fill a gap in research regarding men in Australia with eating disorders.

Knight said the research would capture the full spectrum of men's experiences, looking beyond the traditional focus on cisgender, able-bodied white men. 

According to the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), people who identify as trans, gender non-binary or gender diverse are at two to four times greater risk of eating disorder symptoms than their cisgender counterparts.

Knight said while he was finding it difficult to recruit participants due to the shame and stigma surrounding the topic, he is hopeful the study will educate mental health clinicians and help other men feel less isolated.

"I'm hoping that when I produce journal articles, that it also will give men an opportunity to read my journal articles," he says. "And they won't feel so isolated and lonely."

If you are a man aged 18 or over and have experienced an eating disorder, you can participate in Dr. Knight's confidential research by emailing him at z5******@*********du.au.

For support and resources, you can contact the Butterfly Foundation, Australia's national eating disorder service, or Eating Disorders Victoria.

Almost one third of Australians are missing out on potentially six figures worth of superannuation by not making one simple change, new research has found.

A survey by comparison website Finder revealed 32 per cent of responders were still with the same default super fund from their first employer, meaning they could be hit with the so-called "lazy tax", and forgoing better returns on their retirement fund.

Another quarter (26 per cent) of people said they were with the default super of their current employer, while 41 per cent said they were with the super fund of their choice.

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Finder superannuation literacy expert Pascale Helyar-Moray said too many Aussies were ignoring their super.

"One of the biggest barriers to switching is perceived complexity and effort involved, but it's actually very straightforward and switching to a new super fund could be definitely worth your while," she said.

"You can bank on the fact that there's a better fund out there than the one your first employer set up for you when you were a teenager."

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Finder analysis shows increasing your average return on a $100,000 super balance from 6 per cent to 7 per cent can mean an extra $186,876 after 30 years (excluding fees).

"No matter if you're just starting out, mid-career, or approaching retirement, it's crucial to understand your super and how it's tracking," Helyar-Moray said.

"The amount you build up in super over your working life will ultimately shape the lifestyle you can enjoy in retirement."

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Helyar-Moray said if your fund isn't in the top-performing ranks, it may be time to take your nest egg elsewhere.

"Before switching providers, compare the one, five, and 10-year return rate as well as fees," she said.

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French police are investigating the death of a popular streamer, who died during a nearly 12-day live stream after apparently suffering abusive and humiliating treatment.

Raphaël Graven, 46, known online as Jean Pormanove or JP, is one of the biggest streamers in France on the platform Kick and died on Monday.

The 46-year-old military veteran had built a following numbering more than a million across different platforms streaming himself playing video games and had often appeared in extreme challenges.

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He had been collaborating since 2023 with several other streamers, principally Owen Cenazandotti, known as Naruto online, and Safine Hamadi, both of whom took part in his final livestream.

Cenazandotti announced his death on Monday on Instagram.

In the video livestream that appeared to show his death, after he stopped moving, viewers donated money to send messages alerting the sleeping streamers to Pormanove's condition.

The Nice prosecutor's office told CNN that an investigation has been opened into his death and an autopsy ordered.

So far, authorities have not announced any charges related to Pormanove's death.

In dozens of videos from past livestreams reviewed by CNN, Pormanove appears to be the target of jokes, bullying, physical attacks and degrading stunts.

Videos from their joint livestreams show Pormanove's fellow streamers competing to see how long they could throttle him, others show him being shot with paintballs or doused with water.

Thanks to donations from subscribers, the group earned money from the livestreams.

In Pormanove's final livestream, a counter at the top of the screen suggested the group had earned some 36,000 euros ($65,000) from the days-long stream.

Leaving a mark

During Pormanove's final livestream, which appeared to run to nearly 300 hours, participants were woken up by the revving of a motorbike in their shared bedroom, or a leafblower.

At one point, Pormanove appears to be woken up when a bucket of water is thrown over him.

In an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV, Yassin Sadouni, a lawyer for Cenazandotti, said Pormanove suffered from cardiovascular problems.

In one video, Pormanove talked of having to take medication. In another, Cenazandotti purports to read out messages Pormanove sent to his mother in which he complains of being "held prisoner" by his co-streamers.

The game "is going too far," Cenazandotti said his message read, during Pormanove's last livestream.

"I feel like I'm being held prisoner by their shitty concept," Cenazandotti said Pormanove wrote.

It's not clear who precisely Pormanove was referring to and in a later clip he tells Cenazandotti, "you know what I'm like when I'm angry" in reference to the messages.

In another clip, his mother berates Pormanove over the phone for letting the co-streamers shave off parts of his hair.

"Are you proud of your hair? Did you see what he did to you?" she said.

"They are treating you like shit."

Sadouni, Cenazandotti's lawyer, told BFMTV that Pormanove's mother participated in staged stunts with the streamers.

A common theme in discussions with his co-streamers was Pormanove's wish to marry and have children, a hope that often drew apparently mockery from the streamers.

In a video from 2024, Pormanove was asked how he hoped to be remembered when he died.

"No wife, no kids. But what a nice guy!" Pormanove said.

"Me, what's on my mind now, it's to leave a mark."

'An absolute horror'

Sadouni said Cenazandotti – known by his streamer handle Naruto – had nothing to do with Pormanove's death and said that the incidents targeting Pormanove were all staged.

"My client is ready to be heard and to provide all useful information," he told CNN affiliate BFMTV on Tuesday.

Cenazandotti has also filed a complaint with authorities that he is being harassed online since Pormanove's death, according to Sadouni.

CNN has reached out to Pormanove's mother and Hamadi for comment.

Cenazandotti and Hamadi were briefly detained as part of a police investigation into the humiliation of vulnerable people in January 2025, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

According to the Nice prosecutor, they denied committing any crime and have not been charged with any crime.

"The death of Jean Pormanove and the violence he endured are an absolute horror," French Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs Clara Chappaz said in a post on X on Tuesday.

"Jean Pormanove was humiliated and mistreated for months live on the Kick platform," she added.

Kick, the streaming platform the streamers used, said that all those involved in the broadcast had been banned "pending the ongoing investigation," which the site will cooperate with, per a statement to CNN.

Massive and accelerating changes in Antarctica could have catastrophic consequences for Australia unless urgent action is taken, new research has found.

Scientists from the University of NSW and the Australian National University were part of an international team who said the climate-driven changes in Antarctica are not only connected, but accelerating.

Lead author Dr Nerilie Abram, chief scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division, said there was an urgent need to prepare for widespread impacts.

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"Rapid change has already been detected across Antarctica's ice, oceans and ecosystems – and this is set to worsen with every fraction of a degree of global warming," she said.

Co-author Professor Matthew England from UNSW said there were consequences for Australia.

"These include rising sea levels that will impact our coastal communities, a warmer and deoxygenated Southern Ocean that's less able to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – leading to more intense warming in Australia and beyond – and increased regional warming from Antarctic sea ice loss," he said.

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Dr Abram said the sudden loss of sea ice in the region had a range of knock-on effects.

"This includes making the floating ice shelves around Antarctica more susceptible to wave-driven collapse."

She warned the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) was at severe risk of collapse as global carbon dioxide levels continue to rise. This loss would raise sea levels by more than three metres, threatening coastal cities and communities worldwide.

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"Such a collapse would result in catastrophic consequences for generations to come," she said.

The loss of sea ice will also hit wildlife, with emperor penguins in particular facing a heightened risk of extinction.

The penguins rely on stable sea ice to raise their chicks, with losses to entire colonies already seen.

The researchers warned other species were also under threat, including krill, seals and several other penguin species. Tiny ocean plants that many animals depend on for food – phytoplankton – are also affected by warming and acidification.

Dr Abram said both sea ice loss and a slowdown in deep ocean circulation were already showing signs of being more sensitive to warming than previously thought.

"As sea ice is lost from the ocean surface, it is also changing the amount of solar heat being retained in the climate system. That is expected to worsen warming in the Antarctic region," Dr Abram said.

"Other changes to the continent could soon become unstoppable, including the loss of Antarctic ice shelves and vulnerable parts of the Antarctic ice sheet that they hold behind them."

Dr Abram says efforts through the Antarctic Treaty System to reduce pressure on ecosystems are important – but won't be enough on their own.

"The only way to avoid further abrupt changes and their far-reaching impacts is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to limit global warming to as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius as possible," she said.

"Governments, businesses and communities will need to factor in these abrupt Antarctic changes that are being observed now into future planning for climate change impacts, including in Australia."

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The Federal Aviation Administration in the US is investigating after a flap on a Boeing 737's wing partially broke off before landing in Texas on Tuesday.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when passengers noticed something had partially broken away from the back of the wing.

"We felt it was bad turbulence. The plane was shaking," passenger Shanila Arif told CNN.

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"The lady in front of us opened the window and told us it is broken. I opened the window and got scared."

Video recorded by Arif showed the flap dangling behind the wing, as the plane flew at hundreds of miles an hour thousands of feet in the air.

She worried if the piece completely broke off it could hit the tail of the aircraft and cause a crash.

After landing "it was observed that a portion of the left wing's flap was not in place," Delta Air Lines said in a statement. "The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance."

Flaps are surfaces on the back of the wing designed to be extended for takeoff and landing.

"We apologise to our customers for their experience as nothing is more important than the safety of our people and customers," the airline said.

There were 62 passengers and six crew members onboard the plane. No one was injured.

Delta pledged to fully cooperate with the FAA investigation.

A woman in her 30s is assisting police with their inquiries into the death of a newborn whose body was found in a Perth stormwater drain.

The development this evening came a day after police made a public plea for the newborn's mother to come forward.

Tradesmen discovered the infant inside a drain on La Salle Road in Alexander Heights about 1pm (3pm AEDT) on Monday.

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Growing tributes of flowers and toys have been left at the scene since the discovery.

Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Cleal yesterday said the baby appeared to have been deliberately placed in the drain "in recent days".

He said the discovery was "very distressing" for the tradespeople and called on the mother to come forward.

"We want to help that mother," Cleal said.

"We have serious health concerns for that mother.

"Our priority is to get her the medical help that she needs.

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"If you are watching, if you are listening, if you are that mother, please come forward and make yourself known to police, we would love to help you."

Detectives were canvassing medical centres and hospitals – which were asked to be on alert – and examining CCTV footage of the area but were unsure of the child's nationality or other identifying details.

Premier Roger Cook described the incident as a "horrifying scenario".

"The mother of that child must be incredibly distressed," Cook said.

"Those workers that discovered the child's body were confronted with the most distressing of circumstances.

"My heart goes out to everyone involved in this horrible, horrible series of events.

"This goes to the heart of everyone's sense of humanity, a small child whose life has passed under tragic circumstances."

Anyone with information is urged to contact police immediately on 131 444.

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