The first three hostages freed from Gaza have arrived in Israel following the start of a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
As part of the first stage of the deal, the women returned home on Sunday with more to follow over the coming weeks.
Israel's military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, described the pain experienced by the hostages.
"We cannot imagine the horrors these three young women have endured in 15 months of Hamas captivity. Today, we salute and embrace them and their families as they reunite after so long. We must also remember the brave soldiers who risked their lives, and those who paid the ultimate price to ensure that this moment of the hostages coming back home was possible."
Israel has agreed to release 95 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, all of them women and children.
The hostages were identified as Romi Gonen, 24, taken from the Nova music festival; Emily Damari, 28, an Israeli-British dual citizen; and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, who holds Israeli and Romanian citizenship.
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Humanitarian aid agencies are scrambling to send trucks with food and other supplies into Gaza as a six-week ceasefire comes into effect.
The United Nations World Food Program is planning to send 600 trucks daily.
For 15 months, occupation of the region has made it difficult to reach millions of people displaced in the region.
Egyptian security sources say 200 trucks have arrived at the Kerem Shalom crossing, ready to carry aid into the enclave.
One of the displaced Palestinian returning to Rafah, Mohammed Abu Armeneh says he hopes the occupation will end.
"It is an indescribable feeling, for Rafah and the entire nation. At first in Rafah, we see the destruction - destruction we have not seen before. We were talking about a genocide, but it is more than genocide. May God be with our people, and grant them patience, and have mercy on our martyrs and heal our wounded. We hope that this truce continues and this to be the end of the bloodshed, the torrent of blood, which our people paid a heavy price for.”
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced $500 million in federal funding for a road upgrade linked to the new airport being built in western Sydney.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns says his government will match the funding to bring the project's value to a total of $1 billion.
The Western Sydney International Airport is scheduled to open next year, and the upgrade to Fifteenth Avenue will connect it with Liverpool.
Mr Minns says the road upgrade is badly needed.
"The road behind me has 22,000 vehicle movements a day. You're looking at over 900 cars and trucks every single hour. And if you look at it, it's basically a goat track. It needs to be a world class piece of transport infrastructure, and that's exactly what this investment will mean."
Coalition leader Peter Dutton has confirmed an L-N-P government would match Labor's pledge of $500 million in federal funding.
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President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to restore TikTok access in the United States via an executive order after his inauguration, but insists at least 50 per cent of the app must be owned by U-S investors.
TikTok went offline for its 170 million U-S users late on Saturday, ahead of a law banning the app on national security grounds taking effect on Sunday.
U-S officials have raised concerns about potential misuse of citizens' data by Chinese parent company ByteDance.
Mr Trump stated on his own social media platform, Truth Social, he would extend the period before the law's prohibitions take effect to secure a deal protecting national security and proposed a 50 per cent U-S ownership stake in a joint venture to safeguard the app's future.
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Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has moved within three wins of becoming the youngest man to complete a career grand slam thanks to a fourth-round walkover at the Australian Open.
The 21-year-old mega star entered the last eight at Melbourne Park to set up a quarter final match against 10-time champion Novak Djokovic, who overcame 24th-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka.
Alcaraz defeated Jack Draper after the Briton retired with a hip injury at 7-5 6-1 down, but he says it's not the way he wanted to win.
"For me, in that situation, I don't feel comfortable. Obviously, this is not the way that I wanted you to get through to win matches, and when I see someone that has to retire because of an injury, for me, it's not an easy an easy moment, so I couldn't tell anything to Jack in that in that moment, and just wish him a good recovery."
