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Oscar Jenkins, a 32-year-old teacher from Melbourne, had travelled to Ukraine and was serving alongside thearmy when he was captured by Russian soldiers late last year.

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The woman who was killed after a freak lightning strike that shattered a tree in Sydney's southwest has been identified.

By Ashlea Knickel for Daily Mail Australia Published: | Updated: The woman who died tragically after a freak lightning strike ensured that a tree in the southwestern Sydney broke up.

An Adelaide man has come forward to claim a $2.5million lotto prize.

An Adelaide man has come forward to claim a $2.5million lotto prize.

The news was announced by the national broadcaster on Wednesday morning.

A second baby has died at Northern Beaches Hospital just days after the grieving parents of two-year-old Joe Massa claimed he had been failed by staff.

People have been warned to leave or prepare for the worst, with a tropical cyclone on track to cross a densely populated part of Australia's coast for the first time in 50 years.

Ryan Meuleman was hit by the vehicle in Blairgowrie, on Melbourne 's Mornington Peninsula, in January 2013 when he was just 15-years-old.