Protesters will gather at an immigration detention centre in Pinkenba to show solidarity with 35 detained refugees.

The 35 detained refugees were brought to Australia for medical treatment, after being detained on Nauru and Papua New Guinea for up to 6 years.

"They should have been processed under Australian law and given permanent protection in Australia," said organisers Refugee Action Collective Queensland. 

The protest at Brisbane Transit Accomodation Centre will begin at 11am, Saturday, 1 May. 

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed will no longer seek a two-year extension to his term in office after it provoked three days of clashes in the capital.

Forces loyal to the president and those backing the opposition have been occupying different parts of the capital, Mogadishu.

The UN says between 60,000 and 100,000 people have left their homes since Sunday due to the violent clashes.

India has reached 200,000 COVID-19 deaths as the country battles a devastating second wave. 

There have been at least 300,000 new infections every day in the past week, with fears the real number of cases and fatalities are significantly higher. 

Oxygen supplies are critically low, with many turning to the black market to save infected family members. 

Australia announced it may send ventilators to the nation earlier this week. 

The Victorian government confirmed this morning it has chosen a site in Melbourne's north to develop a 500-bed quarantine hub for returned travelers.

The facility will be built next to an existing pet quarantine site in Mickleham - 30 kilometers north of Melbourne CBD.

Construction is not expected to begin until after September and is subject to federal government approval.

Queensland Police are pleading for a change of attitude among drivers following Wide Bay Burnett region records the Queensland’s worst regional road deaths toll this year.

Wide Bay Burnett, which includes the Bunderberg, Fraser Island and Gympie regions, has seen 18 deaths on the roads since the beginning of the year. 

District officer Superintendent Michael Sawrey said the toll is 11 higher than it was this time last year.

"I'm pleading with drivers in the Wide Bay and visiting the Wide Bay to be safe," Superintendent Sawrey said.

Sunshine Coast police officers warn residents could be fined up to $6700 dollars if they leave their vehicles unlocked. 

The warning follows after multiple unlocked utes were targeted and stolen in rural areas and used in other crimes. 

Detective senior sergeant Daren Edwards said leaving your vehicles unlocked costs police resources and taxpayers money.

"When you go to bed at night, you think, 'Is my house locked? Is my car locked? Where are my keys, I'll put them out of sight,'" Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said.

"It's not rocket science, is it?"

A new report says melting glaciers are having a greater impact on rising sea levels than the melting Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets. 

A report from several European universities revealed the world’s glaciers are melting at nearly double the speed they were 20 years ago.

Scientists warn coastal regions across the planet will be impacted by unpredictable streams of meltwater.