America has been rocked by another school shooting that left two students dead after a teen gunman opened fire.

Los Angeles police said a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy died from the shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita. A number of other students are severely injured.

The weapon — a .45 semiautomatic pistol that had no remaining bullets — was recovered at the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Kent Wegener said.
 

Pro-democracy protesters have again paralysed parts of Hong Kong, forcing schools to close and blocking highways as students built barricades and stockpiled makeshift weapons, setting the stage for campus showdowns.

Canberra urges an "effective political solution" and police accountability

Chinese state media suggests a weekend curfew will be imposed
 

The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved the $1.5 billion takeover of Bellamy’s by China Mengniu Dairy Company. 

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he had provided conditional foreign investment approval for the proposed takeover after FIRB did extensive consultation on a wide range of issues. 

The takeover was approved on condition the infant formula maker remains headquartered in Australia for 10 years and is run by a majority Australian board. 
 

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released its climate change strategy, pledging $500 million from 2020-2050 to help Pacific Nations. 

The document reports the world’s climate is changing faster than most scientists expected even five years. 

It also details the impacts of climate change magnify challenges in developing countries. 
Regions. 
 

A man who picked up a black box he found in a Bunnings car park exploded in his hand while walking his three dogs on the Gold Coast carried it for 500 metres before it detonated.

Queensland Police were called to Edmund Rice Drive at Southport on the Gold Coast about 9.35am yesterday after reports of an explosion.

“Paramedics treated the man at the scene for very minor burns to his hands.”a spokeswoman said today.

Another home has been razed on the central Queensland coast, taking the total to 16 as very high and severe fire dangers grip the state with the possibility of dry lightning starting new fires.

On Friday, 63 bushfires were still burning with evacuation orders in place for Woodgate and Kinkuna Waters in the Bundaberg region, as well as Thornside in the Gympie region. 

The fire service was also warning residents in Black Snake in the Gympie region to prepare to flee their homes.