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Arrests made after 145 people ‘stabbed with syringes’ at festival
Nearly 150 people have reported being stabbed with syringes at a popular music festival taking place across France.
Police have arrested twelve suspects after revellers said they were pricked with syringes, including 13 victims in Paris, during the country's annual Fête de la Musique festival.
The festival drew crowds all over the country, with millions taking to the streets to celebrate the start of summer, resulted in densely-packed streets in Paris.
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France's interior ministry said 145 victims reported being stabbed with needles.
In Paris, police began investigating after a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man said they had been stabbed in separate incidents across the capital.
The exact contents of the syringes remains unknown, however some victims reported feeling unwell.
"Some victims were taken to hospital for toxicological tests," the ministry said.
Ahead of the festival, posts shared on Snapchat and other social media called for people to target women, local media reported.
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The first attack was reported around 9.15pm local time in the city of Metz, north-eastern France, mayor François Grosdidie said.
Grosdidie said around 15 young girls aged between 14 to 20 were victims in Metz.
"The risks are always present in unbridled environments and, over the hours, intoxicated. But we've faced syringe aggression," Grosdidie said in a translated post on Instagram.
Twelve people suspected of being responsible for the stabbings have been taken into custody.
More than 370 people were also detained during the festival on other charges.
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Revolutionary high-risk, early-stage melanoma treatment sees survival rates surge
A revolution in the treatment of high-risk, early-stage melanoma has been reached, with clinical trial results seeing surging survival rates.
Doctors are confident the new therapy approach, which will be subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), will overhaul the treatment of many types of deadly cancers.
A tumour the size of a golf ball saw death come knocking for Matthew Croxford.
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"You think – is this it?" the 52-year-old father-of-two told 9News.
"And I had a lot of things to still achieve in my life."
Croxford was offered to take part in an Australian and Netherlands-driven trial.
The new therapy has flipped the cancer paradigm on its head, by giving the body the best opportunity to activate its own cancer-fighting defences.
"It's like the sniffer dogs that find the fruit and veg and drugs at the airport, they're trained against what they need to find," The Melanoma Institute's Professor Georgina Long said.
"By giving immunotherapy before surgery, we train our immune system better against the cancer," she said.
Of the 423 patients with Stage 3 melanoma, one group received usual treatment with surgery first, then a single immunotherapy drug.
That order was then flipped for the other group, who were given two immunotherapy drugs first to shrink the tumour before surgery.
"Their chance of the melanoma coming back is next to zero – it's less than five per cent," Long said.
Such revolutionary results have seen the treatment approved to be funded by the PBS – a world first.
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Australia has the highest rates of melanoma in the world, with one person diagnosed every 30 minutes and a life lost every six hours because of the disease.
Advances in treatment like this shift a diagnosis that has often been a death sentence to promising odds of survival.
"I'm effectively cancer-free, I have no side effects whatsoever, and I'm incredibly fortunate," Croxford said.
The radical overhaul of traditional treatment is now being explored for other cancers, including lung, triple-negative breast cancer, kidney, head and neck cancers.
This new treatment for Stage 3 melanoma patients is to be listed on the PBS within months.
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Armed intruders allegedly assault man before burning his home to the ground
Armed intruders allegedly stormed a home in regional Victoria and assaulted a man, before throwing him into his car boot and burning his house to the ground.
Three unknown people broke into a home on Melba Highway in Yea, about 110km north-east of Melbourne, just before 2am today, according to Victoria Police.
The trio were allegedly armed with two firearms and a machete.
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Police believe they demanded cash and firearms from a 58-year-old man at the home, then assaulted him before dragging him out of the house and into the boot of his own vehicle.
He allegedly got out of the vehicle and was threatened again by one of the offenders, whilst the other two set the house on fire.
The offenders allegedly poured petrol on the man, then fled the scene in a vehicle.
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Three firearms were stolen from the property during the incident.
Firefighters arrived to find the home engulfed by flames.
It took them about two hours to bring the blaze under control.
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"The house was destroyed by fire," the Country Fire Authority said.
The man was treated by paramedics for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating the matter and urge anyone with information to come forward.
No arrests have been made.
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‘Waste of money’: Aussie influencers enlisted for anti-vaping campaign
The federal government has launched an anti-vaping campaign using popular online influencers to educate young people on the dangers of nicotine addiction.
Six high-profile Australians, including a singer, a two-time Paralympian, and a TikTok star, have been enlisted to clear up misinformation and change the narrative on vaping.
Among them are Paralympic swimmer Col Pearse, TikTok star Veronica B, known online as Aunty Salma, Australian singer Cxloe and content creator Tedsthetics.
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Research found these high-profile Australians are particularly popular with young people aged between 14 and 20, the federal government said in a statement.
Vaping and the use of e-cigarettes is the most common among young people aged between 18 and 24 in Australia, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The latest campaign comes after Cancer Council research found government education targeting vaping has contributed to it becoming less "socially acceptable".
In one video shared by Veronica B in character as Aunty Salma, she pretended to be an older relative asking a family member why they vape.
"What are the pros of vaping? Zero, minus one even," she said in the footage.
"The risks of vaping… coughing, breathing problems, nicotine dependence, waste of money and it can affect your brain development."
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Two-time Paralympian Pearse shared a video with a more serious note, discussing how vaping can impact your performance as an athlete.
He also urged young people to avoid being peer-pressured into trying vaping.
"It can be hard to say no at first, but back yourself and your friends are there to help and support you along the journey," he said.
"You might even help them say no, too."
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Each video asks viewers to download the federal government's My QuitBuddy app, which provides tips and information about staying smoke and vape-free.
The Australian government said the influencers have already generated a combined eight million views and 650,000 likes during the first phase of the education campaign.
"There is an enormous amount of misinformation and online advertising designed to lure teenagers into vaping," Health Minister Mark Butler said.
"Together with the Albanese government's world-leading vaping reforms, education is a key step to stopping Big Tobacco companies from luring a new generation into nicotine dependency.
"It's pretty clear that teenagers don't watch TV or listen to health ministers, much as I might like them to, which is why we've partnered with influencers that young people listen to: from comedians, to sport stars and gamers, and everyone in between."
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The Republicans voicing dissent against Trump’s strikes on Iran
US President Donald Trump's strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran have left some of the staunchest Republicans divided.
Before yesterday's military operation targeting nuclear enrichment sites in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, rifts were beginning to form within the party over the prospect of the US joining Israel to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Trump had campaigned for his second term opposing US involvement in the Middle East, promising to adopt an "America first" approach if elected for a second term.
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He had also previously criticised the then-president Barack Obama, posting to social media that he would start a war with Iran because of his "inability to negotiate properly" and to "save face".
Last week, Trump indicated Iran would have two weeks before he decided on whether to support Israel's efforts in Iran, but broke his own deadline after announcing the US had completed a "spectacular military success" in Iran.
Within minutes of the news, strong condemnation began to roll in.
Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, who has been leading a War Powers Resolution to prevent the US from becoming involved in another Middle East war in a rare cross-party alliance with California Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna, criticised the strikes as unconstitutional.
"Congress has the sole authority to authorise war. Speaker Mike Johnson should bring our resolution to the floor for a vote immediately," he said on X.
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Georgia's Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right conservative and staunch Trump supporter, opposed the country's involvement.
"Every time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war," she said on X.
"There would not be bombs falling on the people of Israel if Netanyahu had not dropped bombs on the people of Iran first. Israel is a nuclear-armed nation.
"This is not our fight."
Ohio Republican Warren Davidson said it was "hard to conceive a rationale that's constitutional".
He later questioned when Congress would be weighing in on the matter.
Trump, however, insisted he had the full support of the Republican Party.
"Great unity in the Republican Party, perhaps unity like we have never seen before," he said on Truth Social.
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Democrats have condemned the President for ordering the strikes without approval from Congress, which they say went against Article I of the Constitution.
"President Trump came into office promising to 'end the endless foreign wars.' Tonight, he took steps that could drag the United States into another one, without consulting Congress, without a clear strategy, without regard to the consistent conclusions of the intelligence community, and without explaining to the American people what's at stake," Democratic Virginia Senator Mark Warner said on X.
"The Constitution makes clear that the power to authorise war lies with Congress."
New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went further to claim that Trump's strikes were "grounds for impeachment".
But one of the top Republicans in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, said Trump had evaluated that the "imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act".
"The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight's necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties," he said on X.
— Reported with CNN
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