| | NSW records 415 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities during the current Delta outbreak to 48. | | | Prime Minister Scott Morrison says young people in COVID affected parts of Sydney will be given priority access to new doses of the Pfizer vaccine, with the vaccines to begin arriving in Australia tonight. | | | Thirty-one people are fined for holding a "public gathering" on cliffs in Sydney's eastern suburbs as police vow to get tough on those breaking health orders. | | | More than 1,300 calls about breaches of coronavirus restrictions in Victoria were made over the weekend, which police attribute to the warmer weather. | | | Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews gives his strongest indication yet that Melbourne's lockdown will be extended, citing the high number of new COVID-19 infections, mystery cases and people "making poor choices". | | | It is not yet known how a man in his 20s, who tested positive to COVID-19 overnight, is linked to the current cluster. The other is linked to a nightclub visited by the initial case. | | | The collapse of the city, near a major border crossing with Pakistan, cuts off Kabul to the east and tightens the Taliban's grip on the nation as tens of thousands flee their rapid advance. | | | Australian troops will embark on a dangerous evacuation mission as early as this week, with the Taliban expected to soon launch an all-out assault on the Afghan capital Kabul. | | | In the past five years alone, Four Corners has prompted royal commissions into aged care, youth detention, the banking system and water theft. But it's also come under attack for the last 60 years, writes executive producer Sally Neighbour. | | | The Lebanese Red Cross says at least 79 seven people were injured in the explosion which comes just after the first anniversary of the blast at Beirut's port which claimed more than 200 victims. | | | | | | Download the ABC News app | Available on Android and Apple devices | | The ABC NEWS app makes it easier for you to stay up to date with the latest news and information from Australia's most trusted news source. | | | | The ABC sent this message to wwwhindimen.australia@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. Any personal details and data acquired by the ABC from your participation in any ABC Online Services will be used only in accordance with the ABC's Privacy Policy. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. | | | | |