Sister's heartbreaking plea for information on missing hiker brother after Nepal floods - as 41 Aussies are now reported missing and death toll climbs to 600

Premier Ben Carroll moved to stop work on the controversial statue saying 'gratitude does not require a taxpayer-funded statue'.

The jury of twelve was dismissed on Friday and told not to discuss the case after they failed to unanimously decide if Clancy is guilty of murder in the deaths of her children.

The jury of twelve was dismissed on Friday and told not to discuss the case after they failed to unanimously decide if Clancy is guilty of murder in the deaths of her children.

Brett Whittaker was looking forward to becoming a grandfather, his sister said.

The President has sought American control over the South American nation's reserves since it deposed dictator Nicolas Maduro earlier this year in Operation Absolute Resolve.

Footage has emerged of locals sprinting for their lives as a catastrophic flood tore through a town in Nepal's Rasuwa region on Wednesday, killing 600 people.

Judge Jackie Glass, who replaced Nancy Grace as the host of the show Swift Justice, died Friday in Las Vegas. She was 70.

WA Premier Roger Cook conceded it will be a battle to hold the safe seat of Secret Harbour.