Humanitarian corridors remained empty in eastern Aleppo on Friday, November 4, during a 10-hour truce announced by Russian troops. The ceasefire was supposed to allow residents to flee the area, but no one passed through the evacuation routes, according to reports. Aerial footage released on Friday shows destruction in rebel-held eastern Aleppo after a week of violent clashes. The neighborhood woke up in silence, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Credit: YouTube/Aleppo Media Center

A man is in critical condition after his vehicle crashed into a brick wall in Melbourne.

Taronga Zoo?s Western Plains Zoo campus welcomed a tiny male calf into the world on Wednesday, November 2, when Asian elephant Thong Dee went into labour after a long pregnancy. Keeper Bobby-Jo Clow was on hand to assist the new mum with the birth and to capture video of the baby?s first steps. ?Thong Dee had shown signs of early labour overnight and we knew via monitoring of her bloods that the birth was getting closer. We conducted an ultrasound on her in the morning and saw the calf?s front feet in the birth canal and that Thong Dee was fully dilated, so we knew the early stages of labour were underway and the birth could happen within the next 48 hours,? Clow wrote on the zoo?s blog. ?We continued to monitor Thong Dee following the ultrasound. In the late afternoon I heard a low rumbling and went to have a closer look, to see Thong Dee with her tail in the air. She was posturing with her head down and back leg raised. I could see the amniotic sac starting to come out, so I knew it was happening right then and there. ?Within three minutes the calf was born and on the ground. The overwhelming feeling of excitement and relief that everything went smoothly was just amazing and I was so proud of Thong Dee?s and aunty Porntip?s reactions as they checked on each other and the calf.? The as-yet unnamed calf is ?doing great?, according to the zoo. Credit: Various/Taronga Zoo

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Malcolm Turnbull says the Liberal party must better reflect voters' aspirations if it is to win elections.