Saturday's news in less than two minutes.

1. Australian police to arrive at MH17 crash site this weekend

Australian police are set to arrive at the MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine this weekend. The police will be accompanied by Australian soldiers, Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed at a press conference late on Friday.

A ceasefire in a 40km radius around the site has been negotiated between the Ukrainian military and the rebels, to allow the investigation to occur.

The Prime Minister stressed that the mission, which hopes to secure the site from rebels and looters as well as gather forensic information, is strictly humanitarian. “All we want to do is claim our dead and bring them home,” he said.

Australia, in consultation with the US and the Netherlands, will decide whether to engage in a global military operation to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine this weekend.

2. French soldiers secure black box from Air Algerie crash

French soldiers have secured the black box from the Air Algerie crash in Mali on Thursday. French President Francois Hollande told reporters that one of the two black boxes on the plan had been located.

All 116 passengers on board the flight died when it crashed in Mali, near the Burkina Faso border. Over half of the passengers were French.

It is currently unclear as to whether the crash was caused by some sort of foul play or terrorism, or just by the bad weather in the region, although officials are leaning towards the latter.

3. First Australian bishop charged with child sex offence appears in court

The first Australian Catholic bishop to be charged with a child sex offence has appeared in court. Bishop Max Davis appeared in Perth Magistrates Court yesterday to face allegations that he indecently assaulted a 13-year-old boy while teaching at St Benedict’s College New Norcia in 1969. Davis denies the charges.

Bishop Davis is currently the head of the Catholic Diocese of the Australian Defence Force, a non-geographical diocese which provides services to the Australian army, air force and navy. However, Davis was not an ordained priest when the alleged assaults occurred.

He will next appear in court on October 17.

4. Advocate of link between abortion and breast cancer to speak at conference attended by

Kevin Andrews

An advocate of the link between abortion and breast cancer will speak at a conference attended by Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews as well as other Victorian Liberals in Melbourne next month. Fairfax Media reports that American Angela Lanfranchi will attend the World Congress of Families despite many of her teachings being scientifically invalid.

In addition to her beliefs about breast cancer and abortion, Lanfranchi also holds unorthodox views about oral contraceptives, believing that they make women more likely to engage in incest.

5. Israel bans ad listing names of Palestinian children killed in Gaza

A radio ad which listed the names of some of the 190 children killed in the Gaza conflict has been banned by Israeli authorities. The ad, produced by human rights group B’Tselem, featured a woman’s voice calmly listing the names and ages of young victims of the conflict for one minute and 25 seconds.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said the ad was banned on the grounds that it was “politically controversial”.

A 12-hour truce is set to be observed in Gaza from 7am on Saturday.

However, the conflict in Gaza will continue after Israel rejected US Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposal of a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire. Kerry, in conjunction with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, is hoping to negotiate a ceasefire to coincide with the Islamic religious holiday Eid al-Fitr next week.

6. US teenager shot dead after speaking out against gun violence

A US teenager who spoke out against gang-fuelled gun violence in his hometown has been killed. 19-year-old Ravon Jordan was killed at a party in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when a gun fight between rival gangs erupted. Jordan made headlines last month when he called on the city council to start taking gang violence seriously after his best friend and her boyfriend were gunned down in their apartment earlier this year. The council had proposed the apartment block change its name.

7. Qantas assists grieving MH17 families neglected by Malaysia Airlines

Qantas has provided mercy flights to the family of Nick Norris and his three grandchildren after they were refused assistance by Malaysia Airlines.

Mr Norris’s sister Carolyn and her daughter Elyse were unable to afford flights from Melbourne to Perth to be with the rest of their family, Elise’s husband Paul Barratt-Hassatt told News Limited. However, they were refused help from Malaysia Airlines because they were not the next of kin of any of the victims.

DFAT referred the women on to Qantas, who Mr Barratt-Hassatt said were “really good about it”.

8. The seatbelt that could PREVENT car accidents

A heart-monitoring seatbelt could prevent car accidents, not just prevent injury when they occur. The seatbelt, which is currently being developed by the Biomechanics Institute in Spain, would monitor heartbeat and respiration, setting off an alarm when it appears that the person is not alert enough to drive.

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9. A lot more dinosaurs had feathers than scientists first thought

The discovery of a new dinosaur is making experts question whether dinosaurs in the Jurassic Era had feathers. While previously feathers were only considered in relation to dinosaurs which were able to fly the discovery of fossils from the Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus in Siberia suggest that some dinosaurs used their feathers for insulation, not for flight. Researchers have suggested that this is indicative of a wider trend in the Jurassic era, Science Magazine reports.