Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been spotted in his firefighting gear battling blazes south of Sydney for the second time this week, as Scott Morrison faces criticism for his family holiday.

I never thought spending two weeks soaking up the sun and dancing in Thailand could land me in a hospital waiting room in Sydney.

More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world's population, are now being called on to remain in their homes to combat COVID-19, according to an AFP tally on Thursday.

Hamilton met the pair at an event in London on March 4 before flying out to Melbourne for the first race of the Formula One season, which was called off last Friday morning.

'Migrants are first of all human persons, and that they are the symbol of all those rejected by today's globalised society,' the pontiff tweeted on Monday.

Crowds of worshippers waved yellow-and-white Vatican flags and cheered as the Popemobile made its way into the stadium in the capital Antananarivo (pictured).

Pope Francis is in Mauritius to honour a 19th century French missionary who ministered to free slaves. Roughly 100,000 people attended the service during country's first papal visit since 1989.

Francis had been addressing the Vatican Dicastery for Communication which he founded in 2015 to catapult the tradition-centred Church into the digital age.

The Pope made the comments during a three-week meeting to discuss the priest shortage in the Amazon. The Vatican are considering ordaining married men and giving women ministries.

Pope Francis said there was too much 'verbal violence' in the world which was 'amplified by the internet' as he addressed followers in St Peter's Square today.

The culprit, later identified to be Philip Attey, 55, admitted walking into the sporting goods section of a Port St. Lucie Walmart on Wednesday and posing the question - but says he wasn't being serious.

Patrick Crusius, 21, pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges Thursday. Crusius is accused of opening fire inside a crowded El Paso Walmart and killing 22 people on August 3.

Donald Trump insisted Sunday that people stop panic buying and hoarding food and goods as the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. hit 63 and cases neared 3,500. 

Donald Trump urged Americans to stop stocking up on food and supplies and instead 'band together' as coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 70 on Monday.

The three bodies were found close to Loughborough Junction near Brixton shortly after 7.30am today and sources claim paint canisters were found nearby.

Terrified commuters fled Southgate Tube station in panic after an electronic device overheated and a 23-year-old from Enfield has been arrested and released under investigation.

State election officials said Thursday that they're sending the voters' names to the attorney general's office for possible prosecution after an audit found people voted absentee and in person.

Quiz, which told the story of Charles Ingram, who was convicted of cheating on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001, was a joy and a hoot. And also deeply fascinating

Jason Manford has landed a new job driving elderly people to medical appointments, after being turned down by Tesco.

Josh, 21, who boasts a £250,000 collection of rare motorcycles features in tomorrow's episode of Rich Kids Go Skint on Channel 5, where he spent three nights sleeping rough in London.

Face masks became a vital piece of equipment in 1918 - be it for those out for a stroll on a street, Red Cross nurses treating the injured or a worker spraying the top of a London bus.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has joined a volunteer project to deliver surplus food to vulnerable people in a bid to help out during the coronavirus pandemic.

Officers have issued more than 4,000 enforcement notices in the capital since emergency measures came in on March 23 - a 71 per cent increase on the total of just over 2,300 handed out in 2019.

A Twitter video of Parisians kneeling and singing 'Ave Maria' as the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral continues to burn in the twilight went viral Monday, viewed millions of times.

Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (pictured) delivered a touching tribute in perfect French to Parisians following the Notre Dame cathedral fire and the internet is swooning.

Five people are reported to have been killed after a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds. The group is said to have included three children and two boys are in custody over the incident.

Police have said five people who died in the Leeds crash were inside the stolen Renault Clio that hit a tree. Two people have been arrested, with one released under investigation.

The High Court has ruled in a majority 4-3 verdict that Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia because they are exempt from immigration laws under the constitution.

CBP agents intercepted a Mexican national with 41.4 pounds of cocaine and 5.3 pounds of fentanyl in California. The confiscated fentanyl was enough to kill 1.2 million people.

New pictures circulating on social media purport to show massive queues of travellers waiting to pass a border checkpoint to enter mainland China after the centre of the outbreak moved to Europe.

It is understood the migrants were taken into the Port of Dover before being handed over to immigration officers, after being tested for coronavirus.

Economists warn the slump in immigration could be detrimental to housing and the economy - particularly when the COVID-19 pandemic passes.

One of the rough sleepers at Heathrow Airport, a professional woman in her 40s from west Africa, said the number of homeless people there had doubled since October.

Adam Raynor was initially arrested at the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel in June 2019 after the Chinese and Vietnamese nationals were found in the back of his car.

Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, 59, has been blasted online for blaming the Australian bushfire emergency on God's 'embarrassment' of the nation. 

Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, human rights watchdog Reprieve said, up 35 from the previous year and including several who were minors when they were arrested.

The top ten billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have a combined net worth of $858billion (£662bn).

Marine scientist and science communicator Ellen Prager explores hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and also climate change in her book Dangerous Earth.

Roger Alton picks some of the best biographies ever to be written, including Diana: Her True Story. Pictured Princess Diana, inset, Camilla and Prince Charles.

Costco faced a backlash after requiring shoppers to wear masks in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus, but now shoppers are rallying around Costco to support the company's mask policy

Twitter users have criticized Brooklyn-born conservative pundit Dennis Prager for voicing disappointment that he can't use racial slurs to describe Black people any longer.

Victoria Beckham, who's just unveiled her Autumn/Winter 2020 at London Fashion Week, told Tania Bryer that her children are often 'judged' for things they post or like on social media.

The reinstatement of fines marks the end of a two-month hiatus on parking restrictions in both cities' CBD's announced on March 24 in response to the coronavirus lockdown.     

Millions of Australians have been forced to go without their regular filler and Botox injections amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Former reality star Matty 'J' Johnson has issued a chilling warning to young people who are selling raunchy content on the subscription-based website OnlyFans.

On Twitter, President Donald Trump mentioned the case of Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, who was arrested by authorities in Nevada in connection with the killing of four people.

The One Direction star, 26, donated a whopping 100,000 euro (£87,000) to an Irish charity which helps older people through the coronavirus pandemic.

Jack Grealish has landed himself in hot water after the Premier League star defied his own pleas to stay at home amid the coronavirus lockdown to go out partying over the weekend.

The people of Ukraine, the birthplace of actress Mila Kunis, top a ranking of 50 nationalities for sexiness, with Danish and Filipino coming second and third.

Putin appears to have set himself up to rule for life after announcing reforms that could see him grab the helm of a strengthened state council. His moves have been likened to that of China's leader.