The Palaszczuk government have been criticised by Queensland’s anti-discrimination Commissioner Kevin Cocks for running new Queensland trains that fail disability laws.

Cocks has issued a submission to the Human Rights Commission arguing that the trains have major design flaws such as aisles and toilets being too narrow and small for passengers with disabilities to access.

The government has issued an application for an exemption from disability access laws as they argue the trains are urgently needed for the Commonwealth Games.

In an update to an earlier story, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from prison after being detained at a protest supporting boycotts of the presidential election.

Navalny was arrested three times last year at protests, and is barred from running for Office by a criminal conviction he claimed was politically motivated.

The election will take place on the 18th of March and President Putin is currently expected to win another six year term.

Dozens have been injured and at least 10 people have died as separatists in southern Yemen seize government buildings in the city of Aden amid fierce clashes with forces of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.

The separatists have backed the government against Houthi rebels, but long-simmering tensions have flared in recent weeks, with the separatists accusing the government of corruption and discrimination.

The development further complicates an already dire situation in Yemen, where millions are in need of aid. 

A recent poll revealed the majority of Australians support the resettlement of refugees in New Zealand.

The Sky News ReachTEL poll results showed 58% said they support the resettlement, 19% were opposed and 23% undecided.

New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern re-stated an offer first made in 2013 to resettle 150 of Australia’s refugees, but was turned down by Malcolm Turnbull.

Customers in three suburbs across Brisbane have lost mobile coverage today until mid-next week, including an inability to call 000.

A text sent by Telstra to residents in Gaythorne, Mitchelton and Everton Park said the 000 outages would only apply between 6am and 6pm, Monday to Friday.

However one resident called the company out on Facebook saying people would have to hope they had no emergency “outside office hours''.