She was granted compassionate bail to attend a funeral but never returned.

A witness can see a burned-out flat with smashed windows.

Communities across Far North Queensland are still facing empty supermarket shelves a fortnight after a flooded highway cut off access to the region.

The bridge has been rebuilt and grocery stores have re-opened, but shoppers continue to battle extreme low supply in some areas, including in Cairns.

Most shelves at one Woolies store in Cairns remain bare.

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A critical bridge on the Bruce Highway collapsed during the flooding last week and resulted in extreme delays in much-needed supplies of food, water and fuel to areas north of Townsville.

The Bruce Highway officially reopened across the Seymour River north of Ingham on Friday.

Melbourne influencer and food blogger Bianca, who also lives in Cairns for part of the year, shared footage of her local Woolworths store.

Fridges, freezers and shelves at the Cairns supermarket had been stripped bare as it desperately awaits resupply from a main distribution centre. 

"The shocking amount of rain that hit FNQ, causing flooding from Townsville to Cairns, didn't really hit us," Bianca said.

"However, because of road closures we are shut off from a lot of supplies as we are north of the affected areas… it's crazy and worse than Covid, if that was possible."

There are temporary limits in place for two per transaction for toilet paper, rice, bread, noodles, deli products and poultry at Woolworths stores north of Mackay.

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In a statement shared with 9news.com.au, Coles Regional Manager Brad Stewart said the supermarket giant was working on resupply but it could take longer than anticipated.

"Our team here in Far North Queensland and across the eastern seaboard is doing everything possible to ensure our customers can access the groceries they need in our region, however it will take some time before the shelves are restocked with everyone's favourite items," Stewart said.

"Since Friday we've managed to transport more than 1300 pallets of food and groceries, that's on average more than 110 per store, including fresh produce, meat, dairy, bread and grocery essentials like toilet paper, water, soft drinks, snacks, pasta, rice and cereals.

"We want to thank our customers for their patience and our team for being there for the community during this very challenging time."

A Woolworths spokesperson said its "number one priority" is getting much-needed groceries to impacted areas in Queensland.

"Whether that's meant having trucks poised at the edge of floodwaters to cross the moment they recede, or airlifting stock into communities," the spokesperson said.

"We thank our teams in Far North communities who have now been working for over a week to keep the doors open for our customers in particularly challenging circumstances.

"The Far North spirit has really been on show through our customers' support for our teams, and we would like to thank them for their patience and understanding as we've worked to replenish shelves with any stock available.

"We ask our customers to continue to be mindful of others and only buy what they need."

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The council says there is no risk to the wider public but they will be investigating.

Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners yesterday with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire.

Israelis expressed relief as the three hostages – Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn, 46; American-Israeli Sagui Dekel Chen, 36; and Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, 29 – appeared to be in better condition than the emaciated ones freed a week ago.

Before being reunited with family, Troufanov was informed of his father's death in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the 16-month war.

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Chen was meeting his youngest daughter for the first time. Horn's brother, Eitan, remains in captivity.

Armed, masked militants made the pale, worn men walk onto a stage and speak to a crowd before handing them over to the Red Cross in the southern city of Khan Younis.

The 369 Palestinian prisoners were later released.

A tense dispute earlier in the week threatened to derail the ceasefire and renew the fighting in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to remove the territory's over 2 million Palestinians and settle them elsewhere in the region also shook the truce.

But Hamas said on Thursday it would move ahead with the planned exchange after it said mediators Egypt and Qatar had pledged to “remove all hurdles” to ensure Israel would allow more tents, medical supplies and other essentials into devastated Gaza.

Trump on Saturday posted on social media that the hostages “seem to be in good shape," adding: "Israel will now have to decide what they will do about the 12:00 O’CLOCK, TODAY, DEADLINE imposed on the release of ALL HOSTAGES. The United States will back the decision they make!”

Israel has not imposed such a deadline, and it is not part of the ceasefire deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he would convene the Cabinet as soon as possible to decide on next steps.

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In the occupied West Bank, released prisoners were greeted by a cheering crowd. Some appeared gaunt, and the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said four were taken for treatment. Buses transported 333 others to Gaza.

The ceasefire took effect on Janurary 19. Before yesterday, 21 hostages and over 730 Palestinian prisoners had been freed during the truce's first phase.

The ceasefire faces a bigger challenge with the phase concluding in early March. There have not been substantive negotiations over the second phase, in which Hamas would release all remaining hostages in return for ending the war.

The hostages and prisoners released

The three hostages had been abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz, a community hard-hit in the October 7 attack.

Horn was abducted with his brother, who is not expected to be released in the ceasefire's first phase.

"Now, we can breathe a little. Our Iair is home after surviving hell in Gaza," his family said.

“Now, we need to bring Eitan back so our family can truly breathe.”

Chen was working outside when militants stormed in.

His wife, Avital Dekel Chen, hid in a safe room with their daughters. She gave birth to their third daughter two months later.

She told Israeli media she was overwhelmed with happiness to see her husband back in Israel, where he was meeting his youngest daughter, Shachar.

Troufanov, whose father was killed, was taken hostage with his grandmother, mother and girlfriend.

The women were released during a brief ceasefire in November 2023. His family said they were “overwhelmed with emotion and gratitude” Saturday. Russia's government also expressed gratitude.

Of the 251 people abducted during the October 7 attack, 73 remain in Gaza, around half believed to be dead. Nearly all are men, including Israeli soldiers.

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Concern has grown about their condition. One hostage, 65-year-old Keith Siegel, said Friday in a video message addressed to Trump that his captors treated him worse as the war intensified, kicking him, spitting on him and holding him without water or light.

The released Palestinian prisoners included 36 serving life sentences for involvement in deadly attacks against Israelis.

They include Ahmed Barghouti, 48, a close aide of militant leader and iconic Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti.

Israel sentenced Ahmed Barghouti on charges that he dispatched suicide bombers during the Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s in attacks that killed Israeli civilians.

Twenty-four of those serving life sentences will be exiled abroad, while 12 returned to the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.

“When I saw my son, my soul came back to me again and I came back to life,” said Om Bashar, mother of Hassan Aweis, sentenced to life in 2002 on charges of voluntary manslaughter, planting an explosive device and attempted murder.

Israel also committed to releasing over 1,000 detained from Gaza provided they did not participate in the October 7 attack.

The Israeli Prison Service released the Palestinians in sweatshirts emblazoned with a Star of David and the phrase “Never forgive, never forget” in Arabic.

Some of those released into Gaza threw their sweatshirts on the ground and burned them.

The truce remains fragile

Netanyahu’s far-right allies are calling for the war to resume in March with the goal of destroying Hamas. The militant group remains in control of the territory after one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history.

Hamas may be unwilling to release more hostages if it believes the war will resume.

A new challenge is Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, welcomed by Israel’s government. But it has been rejected by Arab countries and Palestinians, who fear they won't be able to return.

Human rights groups say the relocation could amount to a war crime under international law.

Trump also proposed that once the war ends, Israel would transfer control of Gaza to the United States, which would redevelop it as the “Riviera of the Middle East.”

At its height, the war displaced 90 per cent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million.

Hundreds of thousands have returned to their homes during the ceasefire, though many found only rubble, human remains and unexploded ordnance.

The war has killed over 48,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were fighters.

Israel says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence.

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An 18-year-old driver was allegedly seriously assaulted after he did a burnout and his car skidded out of control, injuring six people, including two children, in NSW's Hunter Valley region.

Police were called to Bromage Road in Abermain, around 8km from Cessnock, around 12.05am following reports a car doing a burnout had crashed into a parked car, which then hit several pedestrians during an illegal street meet.

An eight-year-old girl was left with internal injuries and a woman, 31, was seriously injured after the car hit six onlookers during the street racing event.

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A blue Subaru Liberty AWD sedan had been driving east when it hit two parked vehicles, a white LDV and a champagne-coloured Mazda 6, police say.

The AWD then struck a group of people.

An eight-year-old girl remains in hospital with internal injuries and the 10-year-old was treated or minor injuries.

Two women, aged 25 and 31, remain in hospital. The 31-year-old was left with head injuries.

Two men, aged 24 and 25, were also taken to hospital.

The younger man suffered a fractured leg while the older man was treated for a foot injury.

The 18-year-old driver was also allegedly assaulted at the scene and suffered serious injuries.

He remains in hospital under police guard.

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Dave Wardell said the driver was allegedly attacked by members of the crowd after the crash.

Four adults and two children, aged eight and 10, were watching on as cars took part in an illegal street racing event overnight.

"It is very, very concerning that we have got eight and 10-year-olds out at a street racing event at that time of night," Wardell said.

"Certainly that will be part of our investigation."

Seven people, including the driver, were treated by paramedics at the scene following the crash.

Police say the injured pedestrians were standing near a parked car when the crash took place.

One of the patients, believed to be the eight-year-old child, was airlifted to hospital by helicopter.

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A crime scene has been established and the Crash Investigations Unit is looking into the incident.

Wardell said the area was often targeted by dangerous drivers and street racing meets.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has footage is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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A 23-year-old man stabbed five passersby in southern Austria on Saturday (local time) in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and four others injured.

The suspect was detained in the city of Villach, where the attack took place, police said.

He is a Syrian national with legal residence in Austria, they said.

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Police spokesperson Rainer Dionisio said a motive was not immediately known.

He added that police were investigating the attacker's personal background. "We have to wait until we get secure information," he said.

The issue of migration has taken centre stage in many European countries, with far-right parties making inroads in elections.

In Austria, migration was a prominent topic leading up to last year's election, which resulted in the far-right Freedom Party securing its first national election victory since World War II.

On Saturday, police in neighbouring Germany said a 2-year-old girl and her mother died two days after being injured in a car-ramming attack during a labor union demonstration in Munich. It marked the fifth attack involving immigrants in Germany over the past nine months, with migration becoming a significant issue ahead of upcoming elections on February 23.

A 42-year-old man who works for a food delivery company witnessed the incident from his car, police said. He drove toward the suspect and helped to prevent things from getting worse, Dionisio told Austria's public broadcaster ORF.

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The victims were all men, with two seriously injured and two sustaining minor injuries, police said.

Peter Kaiser, the governor of the Austrian province of Carinthia, expressed his condolences to the family of the 14-year-old victim.

"This outrageous atrocity must be met with harsh consequences. I have always said with clarity and unambiguously: Those who live in Carinthia, in Austria, have to respect the law and adjust to our rules and values."

Erwin Angerer, a lawmaker for the far-right Freedom Party, said his party had been warning about the situation in Austria as a result of the country's "disastrous asylum policy".

Conservative party leader Christian Stocker said on the X social media platform that the attacker "must be brought to justice and be punished with the full force of the law."

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"We all want to live in a safe Austria, adding that this means political measures need to be taken to "avoid such acts of horror in the future," he said.

Leader of the Social Democrats, Andreas Babler, said on X that "the full force of the law" must be used. "Crimes like this one simply should not happen in our society."

Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner was expected in Villach on Sunday morning, according to Austria's public broadcaster ORF.

Police said it wasn't clear whether the suspect acted on his own and continued to search for potential additional suspects. It was also not known whether there is any connection between the attacker and the victims.

According to the Austrian Ministry of Interior, 24,941 foreigners applied for asylum in Austria in 2024. The largest group of applicants comes from Syria, followed by Afghanistan.

Over the past two years, the number of asylum seekers has decreased significantly. In 2022, applications peaked at over 100,000, while approximately 59,000 individuals sought asylum in 2023.

Several European countries, among them Austria, said in December they are suspending decisions on asylum claims by Syrian nationals because of the unclear political situation in their homeland following the fall of Bashar Assad.

A man is lucky to be alive after flipping his vintage car, flying through the air and ploughing into a neighbour's fence in Melbourne's south-east.

Residents ran from all directions around 7pm yesterday to help the 38-year-old driver who was trapped behind the wheel.

The 1974 Holden Sedan was captured only seconds earlier on CCTV, flying down a Narre Warren street before the driver lost control.

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The car uprooted a tree, flattened a road sign, and smashed into someone's front fence during the incident.

"Just heard this roaring noise like it was the Grand Prix," Richard told 9News.

The SES were called in to cut the man free from the mangled wreckage, so paramedics could treat him.

He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"The car was just so flattened my son said to me 'there's no way anyone in that car would be alive'," Natalie added.

The sound of hoons speeding down Darling Way is all too familiar to those who live in the area.

Residents say the speed hump is in the wrong spot and are calling for another hump to be placed on the straight stretch of road to slow down drivers.

"There's no point putting a speed hump in a bend where everybody is going slowly, let's put the speed hump where it can actually make a difference," Natalie said.

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The group went through barricades despite a large police presence.

Victoria Police Commissioner Shane Patton's contract will reportedly not be renewed following a damning vote of no confidence by officers within the force.

Police Minister Anthony Carbines last week indicated Patton's contract would be extended after saying he "has the government's confidence and the confidence of police members".

That remark caused The Police Association Victoria (TPAV) to conduct a ballot to determine whether its members did, in fact, have confidence in Patton.

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"For that comment to come out last week, that really motivated the members to say 'no, we speak for ourselves'. You don't have the right to cite that confidence," TPAV's senior vice president Karl David said yesterday.

Members were asked whether they had confidence in Patton to "lead and manage Victoria Police in the future" and, last night, TPAV revealed 87.13 per cent of more than 12,000 officers who participated in the survey voted "no".

"This is a vote of no confidence, not just in Shane Patton, but in the Premier and Police Minister," Opposition Leader Brad Battin said.

"At specific times he should have spoken louder and he should have gone in to bat for the troops he's there to protect.

"I want someone who is independent, that is there to work for the men and women they are there to serve and that puts community safety as their top priority."

Today, Patton was reportedly told his five-year contract will not be renewed. 

Carbines, however, has refused 9News requests for an interview.

Patton's term ends in June and, despite saying the results were "obviously disappointing on a personal front", he's not indicated that he will step down.

"Rest assured my commitment to the role of Chief Commissioner has not waivered and I will continue to lead this organisation," he said in a statement last night.

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Patton joined the force in 1978 and was chief of staff to Simon Overland during Melbourne's gangland war.

He was promoted to Deputy Commissioner in 2015 and named Chief Commissioner in 2020.

His first major job in the role was enforcing COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions.

In the years since, Patton has overseen a surge in youth crime and resignations and has also failed to finalise a new pay deal for the past two years. 

"It's not the pay dispute. It's the conditions," David said.

"Crime continues to go up. Morale continues to fall. Recruiting continues to stagnate. Our retention gets worse and worse."

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