- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the situation around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains "precarious and dangerous."
- On the issue of grain exports, the Ukrainian President says 44 ships have already been sent to 15 countries.
- At least 16 per cent of children confirmed killed in Ukraine since the war escalated six months ago were under the age of five, Save the Children says.
Between the 24th of February and the 10th of August, at least 356 children died and 586 wounded, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In the once bustling city of Kharkiv, relentless shelling and bombing reportedly damaged more than 600 buildings in the first month of the war, including nurseries, schools and health care facilities.
- Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke told "9news' Today" that the amendments would guarantee the Fair Work Commission takes the wage gap between men and women into account when making laws about pay rates.
- A man is fighting for his life following a series of explosions inside a Sydney home unit possibly triggered when a gas stove was left on.
