9am Zedlines
Good morning, it's Erin and Phoebe here with your 9am Zedlines.
Australians shot at in US forest
Suicide bomber kills 32 in Afghanistan
Human rights groups urge end to Myanmar ties
Eighth case of meningococcal in Tasmania confirmed
$545 000 fix for Goodwill Bridge surface
Adani groundwater bores threaten sensitive one-million-year-old springs
8am Zedlines
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Hurricane Florence forces over one million to be evacuated from US coast
More than one million people have been forced to evacuate the eastern coast of the United States following the growth of Hurricane Florence.
The US National Hurricane Centre says the storm is intensifying, and could strengthen to near category five status.
The eye of the storm is forecast to make landfall late on Thursday or early Friday affecting coastal states from South Carolina to Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Russia kicks off biggest ever war games
Russia has kicked off the biggest ever war games involving over 300,000 troops, including Chinese soldiers, in Eastern Siberia on Tuesday.
The massive military manoeuvres come as tensions between the West and Russia have intensified to the highest level since the days of the Soviet Union.
The drills have been condemned by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a rehearsal for a "large-scale conflict".