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Passengers on a flight heading to Bali say they saw flames coming from the engine before the plane had to return to Perth Airport.

The pilot of AirAsia flight QZ545, which took off from Perth about 6.30pm yesterday, was forced to fly in circles near Rottnest Island, burning fuel so the plane was a safe weight for landing after engine problems.

During this time, the lights were completely out in the cabin.

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Some passengers took videos, which showed the plane being met by fire trucks.

"At first we thought it was lightning, but we were on the exit row so we had the full advantage," one passenger told 9News.

"You can see just going bang, and you can see the sort of explosion and the flames."

The airport confirmed the plane landed after having engine issues during take-off. 

The A320 Airbus landed about one hour after take-off.

A Perth Airport spokesperson said passengers were rescheduled onto two flights this morning.

Captain Achmad Sadikin, Indonesia AirAsia CEO, said in a statement: "This was a precautionary turnback made upon detecting an abnormality and our crew responded swiftly and in full accordance with established procedures.

"Throughout the situation, guests were kept informed by the crew, and arrangements were made to support their needs at the airport."

An Australian sunscreen brand has voluntarily stopped selling one of its products while it waits for new testing results on the SPF results.

Naked Sundays, a brand started by TV journalist Samantha Brett, said it will pause the sale of its Collagen Mineral sunscreen "out of precaution."

It comes after consumer company Choice found that out of 20 popular sunscreens on the market, 16 of them failed to meet their SPF claims.

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Naked Sundays was not one of those tested in the research and no claims have been made that it doesn't match up to the SPF it's being sold as having.

The company says while lab tests confirmed the $39.99 product, made both in Australia, and in the USA, met the SPF50 claims, it is waiting for more guidance.

"We are pleased to report that preliminary SPF results from a new independent lab for our Collagen Mineral produced by our US manufacturer, has returned preliminary results to support the label claim of SPF50," it said in a statement.

"We've since updated our listing with the TGA, for this version to be available locally in the coming days.

"Till then we've paused the mineral from sale in Australia out of precaution, while we await new, complete independent SPF results, and subsequent guidance from the TGA on their investigation into SPF testing.

"This precautionary pause only affects our Collagen Glow Mineral produced by one Australian manufacturer, and no other products in our range have been impacted."

MECCA, the cosmetics shop where the brand is sold, said customers can get a refund.

"MECCA and Naked Sundays have jointly made the decision to remove the SPF50+ Collagen Glow 100% Mineral Perfecting Priming Lotion (20ml, 50ml, 80ml) from sale, effective immediately," it said.

"Although there is currently no requirement to officially recall the product, we believe removing it from sale is the right thing to do until the retesting is complete."

Last week Australian sunscreen brand Ultra Violette pulled one of its products from shelves and is offering customer refunds over "concerning discrepancies" in SPF testing results.

Founders Rebecca Jefferd and Ava Matthews last week issued a statement apologising that the product had "fallen short of the standards we pride ourselves on".

Choice wants watchdogs the TGA and the ACCC to investigate sunscreen brands across Australia to make sure sunscreen safety matches people's expectations

TGA said in a statement it is reviewing existing SPF testing requirements.

A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

The person, who received treatment in Maryland, is the first new confirmed case this year in the U.S. of New World screwworm, a parasite that eats cattle and other warm-blooded animals alive, as an outbreak escalates and moves northward from Central America and southern Mexico.

Beth Thompson, South Dakota's state veterinarian, told Reuters that she was notified of the case within the last week by a person with direct knowledge of the Maryland case.

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A second source, who asked not to be identified, said they had seen emails sent by an executive of the industry group Beef Alliance on August 20 to about two dozen people in the livestock and beef sectors, informing them that the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed a human case of screwworm in Maryland in a person who had traveled to the U.S. from Guatemala.

State veterinarians learned about the human case in Maryland during a call last week with the CDC, according to one source. A Maryland state government official also confirmed the case.

CDC deferred questions to Maryland on a call with state animal health officials, Thompson said.

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"We found out via other routes and then had to go to CDC to tell us what was going on," she said. "They weren't forthcoming at all. They turned it back over to the state to confirm anything that had happened or what had been found in this traveler."

A CDC spokesperson and a spokesperson for the Maryland Department of Health did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The confirmed case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and other government officials traveled to Texas to announce plans to build a sterile fly facility there as part of efforts to combat the pest.

What are screwworms?

Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated.

The maggots' feeding is similar to a screw being driven into wood, giving the pests their name.

Screwworms can be devastating in cattle and wildlife, and rarely infest humans, though an infestation in either an animal or a person can be fatal.

Treatment is onerous, and involves removing hundreds of larvae and thoroughly disinfecting wounds. But infestations are typically survivable if treated early enough.

The August 20 emails from the Beef Alliance executive, whose content was shared with Reuters, said the positive human case of New World screwworm in Maryland had been confirmed that day.

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A follow-up email from the same group said that due to patient privacy laws, there were no other details available. The person was treated and prevention measures were implemented in the state, the email said.

A livestock economist at Texas A&M University had been asked to prepare a report for Rollins on the impacts to industry of the border closure to Mexican cattle, according to the emails, a measure that has largely been in effect since November to prevent the arrival of screwworm to the United States.

The CDC was required to report the positive New World screwworm case to both Maryland health officials and the Maryland state veterinarian, one of the emails said, adding that the CDC also notified other agriculture stakeholders.

"We remain hopeful that, since awareness is currently limited to industry representatives and state veterinarians, the likelihood of a positive case being leaked is low, minimising market impact," the beef industry executive wrote.

A representative for the Beef Alliance did not respond to requests for comment.

Impact on beef and cattle futures

A confirmed screwworm case in the U.S. would likely rattle the beef and cattle futures market, which has seen record-high prices because of tight supplies, with the U.S. cattle herd at its smallest size in seven decades.

The case and the lack of transparency around it could also present a political challenge for Rollins, who pledged repeatedly to keep screwworm out of the country. The USDA has set traps and sent mounted officers along the border, but it has faced criticism from some cattle producers and market analysts for not acting faster to pursue increased fly production.

Rollins first announced plans for a sterile fly facility at Moore Air Force Base in Edinburg, Texas – near where a production facility to combat screwworm operated during the last major outbreak 50 years ago – in June, saying that the facility would take two to three years to come online.

A spokesperson for the USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mexico has also taken efforts to limit the spread of the pest, which can kill livestock within weeks if not treated. The Mexican government said in July that it started to build a $51 million ($AU78.7 million) sterile fly production facility in the country's south.

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The sole operating plant is in Panama City and can produce a maximum of 100 million sterile screwworm flies each week. The USDA has estimated that 500 million flies would need to be released weekly to push the fly back to the Darien Gap, the stretch of rainforest between Panama and Colombia.

Screwworms have been traveling north through Mexico from Central America since 2023. They are endemic in Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and countries in South America, according to the USDA.

Mexico reported a new case about 370 miles south of the U.S. border in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz, in July. The USDA immediately ordered the closure of livestock trade through southern ports of entry, after previously halting imports in November and May.

The U.S. typically imports over a million cattle from Mexico a year to fatten in feedlots and process into beef.

Screwworms were eradicated from the United States in the 1960s when researchers began releasing massive numbers of sterilised male screwworm flies that mate with wild female screwworms to produce infertile eggs.

The USDA has estimated a screwworm outbreak could cost the economy in Texas, the biggest U.S. cattle-producing state, about $1.8 billion in livestock deaths, labor costs and medication expenses.

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A basketball card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million (AU$19.932 million) last weekend, making it the most expensive ever sports card, according to the auction house which handled its sale.

The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman, which was sold in Dallas, Texas through Heritage Auctions, features images of the two stars, as well as their signatures and NBA logo patches from their jerseys. The buyer's identity was not revealed.

"The demand for this card is astronomical, which makes sense, because it has everything, including photos, jersey patches and signatures from two of the greatest players who ever stepped on the court," Chris Ivy, Heritage's Director of Sports Auctions, said in a statement in July.

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"The Dual Logoman card offered in this auction is the only example created that includes only Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant – making it the most sought-after example of the incredible Upper Deck Logoman series, and because of Kobe Bryant's tragic death in 2020, it always will be the only one."

The "Dual NBA Logo Autographs" series, which was produced by trading card company Upper Deck between 2004 and 2009, features some of basketball's biggest stars sharing the same card.

Each card was released in limited editions of one, with Jordan appearing eight times – paired with the likes of LeBron James and Scottie Pippen – and Bryant featuring in 11.

Despite the card having a pre-auction estimate of $6 million, the sale price surpasses the previous record – the $12.6 million paid in 2022 for a mint condition 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card. Prior to that, the most anyone had paid for a sports card was considerably lower: $6.6 million for a Honus Wagner card in 2021.

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Before Saturday, the most expensive basketball card ever bought was Steph Curry's Logoman from his rookie season in 2009-10, which sold for $5.9 million in 2021.

Cards featuring a league's logo are among the most sought-after by collectors. As well Jordan, Bryant and Curry, record prices for cards featuring the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Patrick Mahomes and Luka Dončić have all included the mark of the league each belongs to, according to Heritage.

The Jordan/Bryant card is, however, not the most expensive item of sports memorabilia ever sold.

That honor belongs to the jersey Babe Ruth was wearing when he supposedly called his shot during the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs, which sold for $24.12 million in August 2024.

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Spotify premium customers in Australia will be forking out a little more for their monthly subscriptions after the music streaming giant informed customers of a price increase.

Subscribers have been sent emails from Spotify this month letting them know their monthly subscription cost will be raised in the next billing cycle.

Individual subscribers will be paying an extra $2 per month after the price of a basic plan was hiked up from $13.99 to $15.99, marking an increase of 14.2 per cent.

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Premium duo subscribers have been sent emails from Spotify letting them know their monthly subscription will be raised from $19.99 to $22.99 per month.

That's a slightly bigger increase of 15 per cent.

The family plan, the most expensive tier, will jump by 16.6 per cent from $23.99 per month to $27.99.

Meanwhile, the student plan – the most affordable Spotify plan – has increased by $1 from $6.99 to $7.99, a total of 14.3 per cent.

In a statement to 9news.com.au, a Spotify spokesperson said users will be given a "grace period" before the new prices kick in.

"As Spotify continues to innovate and invest in providing our listeners with greater value than ever before, as well as an unparalleled service, we occasionally update our prices," the spokesperson said.

"We're committed to delivering the best audio content around the world and are always working to bring our users more original and exclusive content, a highly personalised experience, and powerful discovery tools."

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Spotify last raised prices in Australia in April last year.

This year's price hike is slightly heftier after Spotify increased the price of the individual plan by $1 in 2024, from $12.99 to $13.99 per month.

Spotify also increased premium prices for Australian customers less than a year earlier, in September 2023.

According to the Financial Times, the Swedish-owned music streaming platform has raised prices as it invests in new features and targets one billion users.

Prices have been increase in multiple markets including South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.

Spotify recorded its first full year of profitability in 2024 since it launched in 2008.

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