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China has announced it will ease it’s COVID-19 restrictions despite a rise in the number of cases. A mandatory quarantine period of seven days in a state facility for close contacts has been reduced to five and a further three days at home. Secondary contacts will no longer be recorded.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia has taken a “range of actions against Myanmar in Australia’s national interests” after being asked if sanctions were on the way for Myanmar at the ASEAN summit in Cambodia. “And we’ve also at this summit raised the issue of Sean Turnell and I note the support that has received from Prime Minister Hun Sen and also Prime Minister Lee in the comments as well,” Mr Albanese said.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there will be a “great deal of good will” from Australia and “has no reason to think there’s not good will on the Chinese side” if he has a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. “The nature of these events are that meetings often get locked in at the last minute,” Mr Albanese told a press conference on Friday.

More than 80,000 homes across South Australia are without power after severe thunderstorms hit the state.

Banksy has posted three new images on Instagram, showing murals that have popped up in the town Borodianka near the capital Kyiv. The town of Borodianka was routinely bombed by Russia at the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine before it was liberated in April.

Sky News host Rita Panahi says a sculpture of oranges which cost Victoria's Bayside Council $85,000 is just “ugly and lame and well overpriced”. "And this is my rates going towards that insanity," she said. "I mean, really, Bayside Council, this is what you want to be spending our money on? Hopeless.”

Democratic US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to have been re-elected to the Senate for Nevada. Her re-election guarantees the US Senate will be controlled by the Democrats in 2023. Senator Cortez Masto defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in the state's Senate race. Mr Laxalt was endorsed by former US President Donald Trump.

Sky News host Rowan Dean says it’s a “hyperbole to the extreme” for US radio presenter Howard Stern to say there may be a civil war if Republican candidate Hershel Walker is elected in Georgia.

The man who inspired the movie ‘The Terminal’ has died at the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. The Iranian – Mehran Karimi Nasseri - better known to airport staff as Alfred Mehran or Sir Alfred, died of natural causes at terminal two. He lived at the airport for 34 years after being refused entry into England because he had no documents. France also denied him entry in 1988 when he decided to settle on a plastic bench at the airport's shopping mall. Tom Hanks played ‘Sir Alfred’ in the 2004 award-winning film after the refugee's story came to the attention of Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.

A 9-year-old boy has died with another in critical condition after getting trapped in a garage door in Melbourne's southwest. Police, ambulance and firefighters were called to assist in the rescue, but paramedics pronounced one of the children dead at the scene.

At least 21 people have been killed and six injured after a minibus crashed into a canal in northern Egypt. The bus was carrying 35 people when it veered off the highway in a province 100 kilometres north-east of Cairo. Local media outlets are reporting the incident was caused by the steering wheel malfunctioning and Egypt's health ministry has confirmed three children were among the dead.

Paul Murray Live Our Town is heading to Warrnambool, Victoria on November 24.

South Australia is in the midst of its worst power blackout in six years after severe storms lashed the state over the weekend. SA Power Networks believe the 65,000 homes and businesses which remain without electricity today may not be reconnected to the grid until tomorrow afternoon. The power outage has prompted the state's education department to close around 50 schools across Adelaide due to ongoing storm damage.

Authorities are instructing residents in Forbes, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga to stay vigilant in the wake of heavy rainfall on the weekend. Multiple towns, including Forbes, recorded more than 100 millimetres in under 24 hours. Emergency warnings were issued for Canowindra and Molong early this morning. Authorities are meanwhile warning the New South Wales flood crisis is likely to continue well into the festive season.

A train has derailed in Inverleigh, Victoria, with carriages appearing to have left the track and piled up on top of each other.

Radio presenter Jackie 'O' Henderson has announced she will be stepping back from her hit program on KIIS-FM for health reasons. The radio host revealed on air this morning that she would be taking extended leave to fully recover from poor health after contracting COVID-19 a few months ago. Ms Henderson hasn't specified when she would return to the airwaves, however, some suggest it may not be until the new year. The announcement comes after she and KIIS-FM co-host Kyle Sandilands topped the Sydney radio ratings last week.

The AFL has confirmed an umpire has been arrested concerning suspicious betting activity linked to round-by-round betting on this year's Brownlow Medal count.

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says the Medibank Private hacker has leaked more than 500 records today.

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says Elders’ shares have fallen hard today despite booming agricultural conditions for most farmers.