Thousands of people in north-west and south-west Sydney were told to evacuate overnight, as historic weather - which has already killed ten and wrecked thousands of homes and businesses further north intensifies.
Most of the world have lined up against Moscow in the United Nations to demand it withdraw from Ukraine, as invading Russian forces renewed their bombardment of the country's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, menaced its capital and besieged its strategic ports.