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Overnight rioting at G20 rocks Hamburg

Special police chase demonstrators who blocked a road to the G20.

For days, protesters seethed. They marched. They chanted. They took over public parks. They refused to obey police commands to disperse. They filled this northern German port city with signs condemning global trade as world leaders descended for the G20 economic summit.

Acrobat dies during stunt at Madrid festival

Pedro Monroy fell 30 metres to his death in front of a shocked crowd.

An acrobat who plunged 30 metres to his death in front of a 35,000-strong crowd at a Spanish music festival was killed on the night that his partner had come to watched him perform live for the first time, it emerged on Saturday.

'Four years of truck hell'

A cement truck delivering cement to a building site in the Melbourne CBD.

It's the Andrews government's marquee project, an $11 billion rail tunnel that will ease congestion on the metropolitan rail network for decades.

Buckley concedes loss to Dons was 'tipping point'

Nathan Buckley

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says Saturday's loss to Essendon feels like "a tipping point" for his team, conceding that the uncertainty surrounding his future was undoubtedly affecting his players.

Langford's tumbling snap secures a draw

Hawks v Giants

Hawthorn's finals hopes are still flickering after a tumbling snap from Will Langford with 12 seconds remaining secured a draw against Greater Western Sydney in Launceston on Saturday.

Libs divided over Safe Schools

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy faces internal divisions over Safe Schools.

A fresh battle looms in the Victorian Liberal Party, with Opposition Leader Matthew Guy facing internal divisions over his election plan to scrap the controversial Safe Schools program.