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Multiple students have been injured after a car drove into people outside a Chinese primary school this morning, Chinese state media says.

The collision happened in front of Yongan Primary School in Changde, in the southern province of Hunan, and many students were injured, CCTV news reported.

Specific casualties are still being determined, CCTV reported. While social media content on such incidents are routinely censored by the Chinese government, some vision outside the primary school appeared online.

One video shows a police officer handcuffing a man on the ground, Reuters reported.

It comes days after a driver rammed his car into a crowd at a sports centre in Zhuhai in southern China, killing 35 people and severely injuring 43.

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Australian citizen Gordon Ng has been sentenced to more than seven years jail time by Hong Kong courts, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong vowing to continue to object to his detainment.

The pro-democracy activist was convicted of national security charges earlier this year after he was arrested alongside 46 other campaigners for holding an unofficial primary election in July 2020.

Known as the Hong Kong 47, 45 members of the group have been convicted of Beijing-implemented “conspiracy to commit subversion” laws, receiving sentences between three months to 10 years.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Senator Wong said she was “gravely concerned” by the sentence.

“This is a deeply difficult time for Mr Ng, his family and supporters. Our thoughts are with them following the sentencing,” she said.

Read more here from NCA NewsWire.

A carer has been charged after allegedly stealing more than $18,000 from an 89-year-old resident at a nursing home in Sydney's Camden.

The 52-year-old woman has been charged with 52 offences, including 35 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, NSW Police said. Police allege she stole the money across 311 fraudulent transactions.

The woman was refused bail in court today and will return in January.

New research from the Salvation Army shows Australians are watching their spending this Christmas as the cost of living continues to hurt millions across the country.

Salvos found that 48 per cent of Aussies will buy fewer presents for their children and loved ones while 56 per cent will cut their food budget.

It comes as one woman told Yahoo Finance she was binning presents altogether as she simply cannot afford them and believed the process of giving and receiving presents at Christmas was not needed. Do you agree? Have your say below.

The two words uttered by a police officer before he fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman suggest he was “fed up, impatient, and not prepared to wait any longer”, a court has been told.

Clare Nowland died of injuries sustained when Senior Constable Kristian White discharged his Taser at her chest in Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma on May 17 last year.

The police officer is facing trial in the NSW Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to manslaughter over the great-grandmother’s death in rural NSW.

The 34-year-old does not dispute that he discharged the weapon that caused Mrs Nowland’s death, but his lawyers argue it was a proportionate reaction to the risk she posed by holding a knife.

On Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC alleged Constable White had acted either negligently or employed a criminal or dangerous use of force when he killed the 95-year-old.

In his closing statement, he argued Constable White breached the duty of care he owed to the 95-year-old because his actions “involved such a high risk that really serious bodily harm would occur to Mrs Nowland”.

Mr Hatfield said the officer’s actions amounted to manslaughter because it was “a use of force” that was “not reasonably necessary” to do his job and “it was dangerous” because a reasonable person in his position would have realised that the act exposed Mrs Nowland to a risk of serious injury”.

“You might think that footage of what happened outside the nurse’s room speaks for itself,” the Crown prosecutor suggested to the jurors.

He noted Constable White had been told Mrs Nowland was a 95-year-old woman with dementia who used a walking frame and was carrying knives.

Footage shows Mrs Nowland slowly inching towards a doorway while relying on her walking frame and carrying a knife.

Constable White can be heard warning her repeatedly to stop and put down the knife, but the elderly dementia patient continued and held up the knife when approached.

“Stop, just … Nah, bugger it,” the police officer said before deploying his Taser at her chest.

“Got her … grab it.”

The Crown prosecutor said the phrase “bugger it” suggested he was “fed up, impatient, not prepared to wait any longer” before he pulled the trigger.

In an incident report written after the fatal incident, the police officer recorded that he deployed his Taser because he felt a “violent confrontation was imminent”.

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A mystery winner of a whopping $2.5 million has come forward and says she's too scared to put her ticket down.

Lottery officials were searching for the winner after the person who purchased a ticket on NSW's Central Coast for Saturday's Lotto draw failed to come forward for their division one prize.

"I’ve played regularly for years and years and you get used to checking your ticket and getting just a small win, so when I realised I had won division one, it was completely unexpected," she told The Lott.

“I’ve been carrying around my ticket like it’s pure gold. I’m petrified of losing it."

Well this is a pretty spectacular map. On top of the 2.5 million lightning strikes Australia had on Sunday, there was 12.78 million for the week, Weatherzone reports.

And there will likely be more this week for Queensland, with the state facing several days of storms.

A deepening coastal trough is forming off the central coast of the Sunshine State with rain forecast to begin on Tuesday and worsen through to Thursday.

Some models are predicting a low pressure system could also form, increasing the risk of heavy rain and flooding to sodden coastal towns.

More than 200mm of rain is predicted to hit between Mackay and Rockhampton this week while inland towns around Roma will see more than 100mm.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered a word of warning to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G20 summit.

With plenty of eyes on how Albanese handles his government's relationship with the US once Donald Trump returns to the White House, Xi, who is facing arguably the biggest challenge following the US election result, has reminded Albanese of the importance of his country's ties with Australia.

Trump has flagged he plans to impose brutal tariffs on Chinese products to boost US production, and as an ally to the US, Canberra must now tread carefully after years spent fixing ties badly damaged by the Morrison government, Xi believes.

"Over the past decade, we have made some progress in China-Australia relations and also witnessed some twists and turns," Xi told Albanese, the ABC reported.

"Now, our relations have realised a turnaround and continues to grow, bringing tangible benefits to our two peoples.

"So, this is the result of our collective hard work in the same direction, and should be maintained with great care."

A man will remain behind bars after police in NSW allegedly found $30 million worth of meth inside his vehicle over the weekend.

Officers pulled over an SUV in Dubbo on Saturday due to concerns about the manner of driving.

"The driver, a 30-year-old man, was subjected to roadside testing which returned an alleged positive reading to methylamphetamine," NSW Police said.

"When the vehicle was searched, police located and seized more than $2600 cash and about 30kg of methylamphetamine (ICE), which has an estimated potential street value of $30 million."

The man faced court on Sunday charged with supplying prohibited drugs over or equal to large commercial quantities, recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime under or equal to $5000 and refusing or failing to provide an oral fluid sample.

The man, a US citizen on a holiday visa, was refused bail due to fears he could be a flight risk and will front court again in February, the ABC reported.

Matildas superstar Sam Kerr is set to become a mother.

The Chelsea striker announced the news on her social media last night, with fans gushing over the news.

Kerr shared a series of happy snaps with her pregnant partner, US international Kristie Mewis.

The pair can be seen kissing in one photo, with another showing them holding an ultrasound picture. Kerr is also seen smiling in another photo that shows off Mewis' pregnant belly.

Aussie teammates Mackenzie Arnold and Ellie Carpenter were among those to congratulate the pair.

A teen learner driver has copped a hefty fine after police say he was caught driving over 100km/h in a 50 zone before crashing into a Sydney home.

The 19-year-old was slapped with a $4324 fine and had his permit suspended for six months after the incident in Regents Park on Monday afternoon.

"The man was then issued with fines totalling for the offences of a learnerdriver exceeding the speed limit above 45km/h, a leaner driver not accompanied and not displaying their L-plates," NSW Police said.

"Neither the driver or the 86-year-old woman who lived in the home were injured; however, the crash caused substantial structural damage to the garage and front right corner of the building."