Actress Ada Nicodemou and her husband Chrys Xipolitas are grieving the loss of their second child.

The trial of accused murderer Oscar Pistorius drew one step closer to its dramatic finale in South Africa yesterday as prosecutors summed up their arguments with yet another assault on the former Olympic sprint star's credibility.

It was a moment most viewers won't forget anytime soon - Weekly columnist Amanda Blair and Karl Stefanovic having a dance together on the Today show this morning.

Five teenagers have been arrested over a racist attack on a group of Jewish students who were travelling home on a school bus yesterday afternoon.

Child protection officers are investigating the West Australian couple at the centre of the baby Gammy scandal after it emerged the father is a convicted child sex offender who met his wife through an Asian marriage agency.

The West Australian couple accused of abandoning their baby in Thailand have broken their silence, claiming they were "heartbroken" they couldn't bring their son home but believed he wouldn't survive beyond 24 hours.

NINE News is reporting an alarming twist in the Baby Gammy surrogacy case, saying the Australian father has a previous conviction for indecently dealing with a child.

Today Australia joins the world in marking 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany.

Every year more than 35,000 Australians go missing. Dementia sufferers are one of the most likely groups of people to vanish from their normal lives.

WHAT have we become? Where even to begin?