Two men who are wanted for the alleged murder of Queensland woman Chloe Jade Mason are thought to be camping in the NSW bush, police have revealed.

Police have issued arrest warrants for 29-year-old Codye Thomson and 32-year-old Kaine Thomson-Gleeson, who allegedly assaulted and shot 23-year-old Mason dead just after midnight on Railway Parade, Caboolture on December 22, 2024.

After releasing images of the two men last week, police have now said they believe the pair travelled to northern NSW in a white Holden Commodore.

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Investigators believe the two men are camping, and want to speak to anyone in the region who may have seen them or their car – registered with Queensland plate 953 HO4.

"Obviously, these men have travelled some distance from Caboolture to across the border and would've interacted with members of the public along their journey," Queensland Police Detective Inspector David Harbison said.

"I would appeal to anyone in northern New South Wales or even those in southern Queensland who believe they may have seen these men or this vehicle to come forward to police.

"Any little bit of information can go far in helping us in this investigation."

Police have urged anyone who sees the pair not to approach them, but to call triple zero immediately.

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Speaking with 9News, the woman's family described her as the "most amazing person".

"She's someone that you would have wanted to have by your side in life," her sister Dani said.

"She didn't deserve this, no one does."

Police are yet to establish the motive behind the attack or why she was with the two men on the street.

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Two people were killed and 18 injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in southern California this morning, police said.

Police got a report at 2.09pm local time (9.09am AEDT) about the crash in the Orange County city of Fullerton, said Kristy Wells, a Fullerton police spokesperson.

Firefighters and police arrived on scene and battled a blaze that broke out, and evacuated surrounding businesses, Wells said.

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The fire damaged the warehouse, which appeared to contain sewing machines and textile stock. The building was occupied by Michael Nicholas Designs, a furniture upholstery manufacturer, according to a sign on a door.

Ten people were taken to the hospital, while eight were treated and released at the scene, police said. There were two confirmed deaths, according to Wells.

It was not immediately known what type of plane it was or whether those injured were in the aircraft or on the ground, Wells said.

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The flight-tracking website FlightAware shows a four-seat, single-engine aircraft crashed about a minute after takeoff.

Security camera footage from Rucci Forge, a wheel manufacturer across the street, shows a fiery explosion and a large plume of black smoke as the plane appeared to dive into the building tilted on its side.

The plane crashed near the Fullerton Municipal Airport, a general aviation airport in Orange County that is about 10km from Disneyland. It has one runway and one heliport. Metrolink, a regional train line, is nearby, and flanks a residential neighborhood and commercial warehouse buildings.

Another four-seat plane crashed into a tree near the airport last November while making an emergency landing right after it had taken off, the Orange County Register reported. Both people on board suffered moderate injuries.

Fullerton is a city of about 140,000 people some 40km south-east of Los Angeles.

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South Korean investigators have attempted to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree last month, as hundreds of his supporters gathered near his residence in Seoul, vowing to protect him.

About 20 investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police officers were seen entering the gate of Yoon's residence in Seoul to execute a warrant for his detention.

It wasn't clear whether the president would cooperate with authorities trying to detain him.

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Yoon in a defiant New Year's message to conservative supporters rallying outside his residence said he will "fight to the end" against "anti-state forces".

His lawyers have described the warrant to detain him as "invalid" and "illegal."

The anti-corruption agency didn't immediately confirm whether investigators successfully entered Yoon's residential building.

South Korea's YTN television reported that there were scuffles as investigators and police confronted the presidential security forces.

Investigators from the anti-corruption agency were earlier seen loading boxes into several vehicles before leaving their building in the city of Gwacheon early in the morning.

Television footage later showed some of those vehicles weaving between police buses that tightly packed and barricaded the streets near Yoon's residence.

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A Seoul court issued a warrant for Yoon's detention on Tuesday after he evaded multiple requests to appear for questioning and blocked searches of his office in Seoul, hindering an investigation into whether his ill-conceived power grab on December 3 amounted to rebellion.

The warrant is valid for one week, and investigators may make another attempt to detain Yoon if they are unable to do so today.

Thousands of police officers were gathered at Yoon's residence and were forming a perimeter around a growing number of pro-Yoon protesters, who waved South Korean flags and shouted slogans in his support. There were no immediate reports of clashes.

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If Yoon is detained, the anti-corruption agency will have 48 hours to investigate him and either request a warrant for his formal arrest or release him.

Yoon's defence minister, police chief and several top military commanders have already been arrested over their roles in the martial law enactment.

Yoon's lawyers have argued the court's detainment warrant is invalid, claiming that the anti-corruption agency lacks the legal authority to investigate rebellion charges.

They also accuse the court of bypassing a law that says locations potentially linked to military secrets cannot be seized or searched without the consent of the person in charge.

Yoon Kap-keun, one of Yoon's lawyers, described the investigators' efforts to detain the president as illegal and said they would plan to pursue unspecified legal steps against the anti-corruption agency.

Oh Dong-woon, the anti-corruption agency's chief prosecutor, has indicated that police forces might be deployed if the presidential security service resists detention.

But Yoon's legal team issued a statement on Thursday warning that any attempt by the anti-corruption agency to use police units for his detention would exceed their legal authority.

The lawyers said police officers could face arrest by either the "presidential security service or any citizens" if they try to detain Yoon.

They didn't elaborate further on the claim.

South Korean law permits anyone to make an arrest to stop an active crime, and critics accused Yoon of inciting his supporters to obstruct attempts to detain him.

Yoon Kap-keun, the president's lawyer, filed a challenge with the Seoul Western District Court on Thursday to block both the detention warrant for Yoon Suk Yeol and a related search warrant for his residence.

The lawyer argued that both warrants violate criminal laws and the constitution.

The liberal opposition Democratic Party, which drove the legislative vote that impeached Yoon Suk Yeol on December 14 over his imposition of martial law, accused the president of trying to mobilise his supporters to block his detention and called for law enforcement authorities to execute the warrant immediately.

Braving subfreezing temperatures, thousands of Yoon's supporters rallied for hours near his residence on Thursday amid a heavy police presence, waving South Korean and American flags while chanting, "Nullify the impeachment!" and "We will protect President Yoon Suk Yeol!"

Officers removed some protesters who laid down on a road leading to the entrance of Yoon's residence, but there were no immediate reports of major clashes.

Some experts believe the anti-corruption agency, which is leading a joint investigation with police and military authorities, would not risk clashing with the presidential security service, which has said it will provide security to Yoon in accordance with the law.

The office may instead issue another summons for Yoon to appear for questioning if they are not able to execute the detainment warrant by the January 6 deadline.

Yoon's presidential powers were suspended following a National Assembly vote to impeach him on December 14 over his imposition of martial law, which lasted only hours but has triggered weeks of political turmoil, halted high-level diplomacy and rattled financial markets.

Yoon's fate now lies with the Constitutional Court, which has begun deliberations on whether to uphold the impeachment and formally remove Yoon from office or reinstate him.

To formally end Yoon's presidency, at least six justices on the nine-member Constitutional Court must vote in favor.

The National Assembly voted last week to also impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became acting president after Yoon's powers were suspended, over his reluctance to fill three Constitutional Court vacancies ahead of the court's review of Yoon's case.

Facing growing pressure, the new acting president, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, appointed two new justices on Tuesday, which possibly increased the chances of the court upholding Yoon's impeachment.

Yoon's imposition of martial law ended after only six hours when the National Assembly voted 190-0 to lift it despite attempts by heavily armed soldiers to prevent them from voting.

Yoon has defended his martial law decree as a necessary act of governance, portraying it as a temporary warning against the Democratic Party, which he has described as an "anti-state" force obstructing his agenda with its legislative majority.

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The highly decorated US Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force from the rudimentary explosive, officials said Thursday.

Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that a handgun was found at the feet of the man in the driver's seat, who officials believe is Matthew Livelsberger, 37, of Colorado.

The shot appeared to be self-inflicted, officials said.

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Damage from the blast was mostly limited to the interior of the truck. The explosion "vented out and up" and didn't hit the Trump hotel doors just a few feet away, the sheriff said.

"The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience," said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Among other charred items found inside the truck were a second firearm, a number of fireworks, a passport, a military ID, credit cards, an iPhone and a smartwatch, McMahill said. Authorities said both guns were purchased legally.

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Investigators have not definitively identified the remains as Livelsberger, but the IDs and tattoos on the body "give a strong indication that it's him," the sheriff said.

Livelsberger served in the Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work to counter terrorism abroad and train partners.

He had served in the Army since 2006, rising through the ranks with a long career of overseas assignments, deploying twice to Afghanistan and serving in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, the Army said.

He was awarded a total of five Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor. Livelsberger was on approved leave when he died, according to the statement.

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McMahill said Livelsberger rented the Tesla electric vehicle in Denver on Saturday and the sheriff displayed a map showing that it was charged in the Colorado town of Monument near Colorado Springs on Monday.

On New Year's Eve, it was charged in Trinidad, Colorado, and the towns of Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Gallup in New Mexico, along the Interstate 40 corridor.

Then on Wednesday, the day of the explosion, it was charged in the Arizona towns of Holbrook, Flagstaff and Kingman before video showed it on the Las Vegas Strip about 7.30am.

The FBI said Thursday in a post on X that it was "conducting law enforcement activity" at a home in Colorado Springs related to Wednesday's explosion but provided no other details.

The explosion of the truck, packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters, came hours after 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar rammed a truck into a crowd in New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, killing at least 15 people before being shot to death by police.

That crash was being investigated as a terrorist attack. The FBI said overnight that they believe Jabbar acted alone, reversing their position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others.

Both Livelsberger and Jabbar spent time at the base formerly known as Fort Bragg, a massive Army base in North Carolina that is home to multiple Army special operations units. However, one of the officials who spoke to the AP said there is no overlap in their assignments at the base, now called Fort Liberty.

Chris Raia, FBI deputy assistant director, said Thursday that officials have found "no definitive link" between the New Orleans attack and the truck explosion in Las Vegas.

Seven people nearby suffered minor injuries when the Tesla truck exploded. Video showed a tumble of charred fireworks mortars, canisters and other explosive devices crowded into the back of the pickup. The truck bed walls were still intact because the blast shot straight up rather than to the sides.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday afternoon on X that "we have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself."

"All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion," Musk wrote.

Musk has recently become a member of Trump's inner circle. Neither Trump nor Musk was in Las Vegas early Wednesday. Both had attended Trump's New Year's Eve party at his South Florida estate.

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A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a "dinosaur highway" and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said overnight.

The extraordinary find made after a team of more than 100 people excavated the Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, in June expands upon previous paleontology work in the area and offers greater insights into the Middle Jurassic period, researchers at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham said.

"These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited," said Kirsty Edgar, a micropaleontology professor at the University of Birmingham.

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Four of the sets of tracks that make up the so-called highway show paths taken by gigantic, long-necked, herbivores called sauropods, thought to be Cetiosaurus, a dinosaur that grew to nearly 18m in length. A fifth set belonged to the Megalosaurus, a ferocious 9m predator that left a distinctive triple-claw print and was the first dinosaur to be scientifically named two centuries ago.

An area where the tracks cross raises questions about possible interactions between the carnivores and herbivores.

"Scientists have known about and been studying Megalosaurus for longer than any other dinosaur on Earth, and yet these recent discoveries prove there is still new evidence of these animals out there, waiting to be found," said Emma Nicholls, a vertebrate paleontologist at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

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Nearly 30 years ago, 40 sets of footprints discovered in a limestone quarry in the area were considered one of the world's most scientifically important dinosaur track sites. But that area is mostly inaccessible now and there's limited photographic evidence because it predated the use of digital cameras and drones to record the findings.

The group that worked at the site this summer took more than 20,000 digital images and used drones to create 3D models of the prints.

The trove of documentation will aid future studies and could shed light on the size of the dinosaurs, how they walked and the speed at which they moved.

"The preservation is so detailed that we can see how the mud was deformed as the dinosaur's feet squelched in and out," said Duncan Murdock, an earth scientist at the Oxford museum.

"Along with other fossils like burrows, shells and plants we can bring to life the muddy lagoon environment the dinosaurs walked through."

The findings will be shown at a new exhibit at the museum and also broadcast on the BBC's Digging for Britain program next week.

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A lot has happened in the past year when it comes to cash and its future in Australia, as well as all the other ways we pay for things.

For their part, banks have continued their push towards a cashless society, shutting down 926 ATMs and 230 local branches in the last financial year.

In May, Macquarie Bank became the first major Australian bank to transition to cashless, digital-only payments, phasing out cash deposits at branches but still allowing customers to withdraw cash from ATMs without fees.

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The move left many people wondering how much longer they will be able to deal in cold, hard cash with their own bank.

Businesses too have continued to go cashless in increasing numbers, with cafe chain Gloria Jeans announcing it was joining the likes of McDonald's and KFC in making some of its stores cash-free.

Then, just when it was starting to appear inevitable that physical money would disappear for good, the Albanese government stepped in with a big announcement about a cash mandate.

Here's everything you need to know about the state of play with cash, digital payment surcharges, and those old-fashioned paper things, cheques.

What will the cash mandate look like?

The federal government announced its plans for a cash mandate in November, which will essentially require businesses to accept cash as payment for groceries, fuel and other essentials.

However, some smaller businesses are likely to be exempt from the legislation, depending on their size, proximity to population centres and capacity to handle cash.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government would begin consultation on a cash mandate before the end of the year, but it won't be implemented until 2026, well after next year's election.

"People are increasingly using digital payment methods, but there is an ongoing place for cash in our society," Chalmers said in a joint statement with Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones.

Are we actually using a lot less cash?

The short answer is most definitely yes. But that's not the complete picture.

Figures from the Reserve Bank of Australia's 2023/2024 annual report show that, in the last financial year, it issued $3.6 billion in banknotes. 

While that might sound like a lot, it is only 40 per cent of the typical amount it issues.

Here's the surprise though – the value of banknotes in circulation remains historically high at $100.8 billion, as of June 2024. This is the equivalent of around 4 per cent of GDP. 

The total decline in banknotes in circulation for the last financial year was just 0.5 per cent, while the number of $100 bills in circulation actually went up by 1 per cent.

So, while they might not be spending it, people are holding onto their cash.

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The Royal Australian Mint's latest annual report also shows a similarly stark decline in the number of coins it produced in the last financial year. 

While the Mint's target was to make 128 million coins for the year to the end of June 2024, it only produced around 40 per cent of that – 47 million, a sharp drop fuelled by the banks drastically reducing the number of coins they ordered.

On the flip side, ATMs are still getting a healthy workout, despite there being 926 fewer of them compared to seven years ago, according to figures from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority.

Australians withdrew $106.85 billion from ATMs between October 23, 2023 and September 24, 2024, up from $104.5 billion a year earlier, RBA data shows.

Australian cash advocate Jason Bryce, who runs the group Cash Welcome, maintains this figure itself shows cash is far from dead.

"Australians want cash and are voting for cash with their wallets and withdrawing more of their money from their accounts and walking around with it in their pockets," he said.

What is happening with cheques?

At the same time as announcing its cash mandate, the government gave an update on its plans for phasing out cheques.

The Albanese government now aims to stop cheques being issued by mid-2028, and stop them being accepted by September 30, 2029.

Initially, it had planned to phase out cheques in June 2023.

In the last decade, cheque usage in Australia has plunged by 90 per cent, with cheques now making up just 0.2 per cent of non-cash retail payments.

Banks have started taking matters into their own hands.

ANZ has already stopped issuing chequebooks to customers. Other banks, including CBA, NAB, Macquarie and Bendigo, have already begun to phase out cheques.

A crackdown on card surcharges

The surcharges applied by businesses to card payments have long been a source of frustration for customers.

The hidden fees are one of the many reasons pro-cash advocates cite for preferring to use physical money over digital payments.

An ABC analysis of RBA figures earlier this year found Australians pay about $960 million a year in card surcharges – no small figure in a cost-of-living crisis.

In October, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced it was cracking down on the fees, with surcharges on debit card payments looking set to be scrapped.

Credit card surcharges will not be included in the move.

The ban could be introduced from the start of January 2026, subject to consultation with the RBA.

In order to make this happen, the government will give the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $2.1 million in funding to "tackle excessive surcharges" and reduce payment fees.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people.

The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while making an attempt to land.

There were 29 survivors.

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In an official statement issued on Saturday, the Kremlin said air defence systems were firing near Grozny on Wednesday due to a Ukrainian drone strike, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane.

On Friday, a US official and an Azerbaijani minister made separate statements blaming the crash on an external weapon.

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