| | Senior government sources say Victoria's public health team has been asked to look at options for increasing COVID restrictions. | | | Greater Sydney's lockdown is extended until the end of September and a curfew is introduced in several local government areas as NSW records 644 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths. | | | WA will reclassify NSW as an "extreme risk" state from Thursday, ushering in the most severe state border restrictions seen in Australia since the start of the pandemic. | | | Declaring New South Wales an "extreme risk" zone, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan says the NSW government has been taking "half-measures" and would be over this outbreak already if they had followed the lead of other states. Follow live. | | | The Prime Minister says as the Taliban moves through the city of Kabul it is impossible for defence forces to help anyone not already inside the airport. | | | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says they still don't know the extent of their Delta outbreak, which has been linked to a traveller from Sydney. | | | Curfews, more mask rules, and limits to exercising — the NSW government has introduced a raft of new restrictions as the state's COVID-19 outbreak continues to balloon. This is what you need to know. | | | A baby with a brain cyst on the NSW north coast has missed a crucial MRI scan due to Queensland's tougher border restrictions. Her mother says they are "in limbo". | | | Australia closed its embassy in Kabul back in May, but China, Russia and Pakistan are staying put for now. Here's why. | | | For decades, Taliban militants fought in Afghanistan with Kalashnikovs, improvised explosives, and ground missiles, but the fall of Kabul has vastly replenished its armoury and it's mostly all care of the United States. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |