– The Islamic state has released video of a masked militant supposedly beheading US Journalist James Foley. The freelance reporter was abducted in Syria in 2012.
– Police have shot dead another young black man in the US town of Ferguson, as police and protestors continue to clash. It comes just 10 days after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed.
– Crews have begun backfilling a landslip in Sydney’s northern beaches, to prevent damage to neighbouring properties. The Collaroy building site was being excavated in preparation for a unit block.
– The Prime Minister has spoken out about Clive Palmer’s outburst against China. Tony Abbott described the insult as “shrill’ and “over the top”.
– And Cronulla sharks players involved in the 2011 supplement regime could learn their fate today, at a secret meeting between the NRL and ASADA.
