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We’ve rounded up all the latest stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.

1. Husband heard his wife being murdered while they were on the phone.

Distressing details have come to light over the murder of a Sydney resident, Prabha Arun. The 41-year-old IT worker had been on the phone to her husband in India when she was attacked and stabbed to death 300m from her home in the Sydney suburb of Westmead.

reports that she cried out ‘I think I’ve been stabbed’ as he listened on the line from India.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl has been living in Sydney for three years and was due to return home to her family in June.

Police are appealing to witnesses to come forward, particularly anyone who was on Argyle Street or Park Parade at the time of the stabbing.

Anyone in the area at the time should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

2. Mother arrested after man stabbed to death at Port Augusta.

A mother of three has been arrested over the stabbing death of her husband in the South Australian town of Port Augusta.

reports that at the time of the murder the couple’s three young children all aged under four were home.

Police and ambulance crews were called to a house in Russell Ave just after 9pm on Saturday night following reports a man had been stabbed in the chest. Paramedics treated the man but he died at the scene. Police said the murder was not a “random incident”.

The woman was refused bail and is expected to appear in the Port Augusta Magistrates court on Tuesday.

 3. Vigils held in Malaysia for MH370 anniversary.

Candlelit vigils have been held in Kuala Lumpur on the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

As they were held, a 600-page interim report investigating the missing plane was released that said an underwater locator beacon battery on board the aircraft had expired a year before the plane disappeared.

The ABC reports that no red flags were raised in the document relating to the crew or aircraft. Suspicion had fallen on pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah and his co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid. Investigators probed a range of issues including the personal, psychological, and financial profiles of the captain and co-pilot, and the backgrounds of the 10 cabin crew.

But after a lengthy investigation nothing of note was found which could put blame for the disappearance of the plane on the crew.

 4. “Kids, not killers” arrests signs that government’s foreign fighters laws were working.

The Prime Minister said last night that the halting of two teenagers by customs officials at Sydney airport on Friday night who were planning on flying to Turkey and joining Islamic State was a sign that the government’s foreign fighters laws were working.

“If you get out and try to come back we’ll stop you at the border on the way back,” he said.

“It seems they had succumbed to the lure of the death cult and they were on the verge of doing something terrible and dangerous.

“I’m pleased they have been stopped. My message to anyone who is listening to the death cult is: block your ears.”

The two young men aged 16 and 17 were released into their parents’ custody.

New Limited reports that they were on a no-fly list.

5. Melbourne teen revealed as “white jihadist.”

An 18-year-old from Melbourne has been exposed as  the “white jihadist” who was photographed brandishing a rifle in an Islamic State piece of propaganda.

The man identified as Jake – his surname has been withheld – attended Craigieburn Secondary College’s CEAP Excel accelerated learning program- and was a maths genius. He travelled to Turkey and has now said he is a soldier fighting for Islamic State.

For more read this post here.

 6. Bali Nine families visit for the first time today.

The families of Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will travel today to Nusakambangan for their first visit to the two men.

Chan’s mother Helen, brother Michael and girlfriend, and Sukumaran’s parents Sam and Raji, siblings Brintha and Chintu and other relatives will make the short boat trip to the island.

Chan and Sukumaran have been at Nusakambangan since last Wednesday. They are hoping that another of their judicial reviews – due in court on Wednesday may make an impact on their impending execution.

Over the weekend Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he had “requested a conversation” with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. “I’ve had several conversations already with him on this subject,” he said.

“I’ve requested another one. At this stage, it hasn’t been able to be arranged.”

 7. Baby found alive 13 hours after car sunk into river.

A baby girl has been found alive after spending 13 hours inside a car that crashed into a river.

A fisherman found the car upside down in a river in Utah in the US.

The girl’s mother, 25, was found dead inside the vehicle.

The 18-month-old baby was still alive and was rushed to hospital.

 8. New family violence restraining order set to be introduced by WA Government.

A new type of restraining order to better protect family violence victims is being introduced by the Western Australian Government.

Attorney-General Michael Mischin said the Family Violence Restraining Order (FVRO) was designed to reduce the onus on the victim to provide evidence of intimidating or controlling behaviour.

“The new FVROs will be a distinct third category of orders and will adopt a more modern definition of family violence.”

Courts will be required to consider information from police and other agencies including the Department for Child Protection in assessing a person’s risk.

It would then apply conditions specifically tailored for family violence, such as mandatory counselling.

Police Minister Liza Harvey said the FVRO was part of a reform package designed to address a significant increase in the number of such incidents in recent years.

“Family violence is unfortunately core business for police and the courts, with applications for restraining orders being made in 31 per cent of cases recorded by police in 2012,” she said.

Ms Harvey said the reforms would see authorities, including police, work together more closely to identify those at risk.

“Family violence starts usually with the partner controlling every aspect of a woman’s life, the banking, who they speak to, where they go,” she said.

“To be able to intervene at that point before that control, coercion and intimidation escalates to violence is a step in the right direction, a huge step for these women who are trapped in those relationships.

“We’re sending a message to the courts that we would prefer them to err on the side of the victim and err on the side of granting one of the violence restraining orders in these scenarios because they do protect women.”

There were almost 45,000 incidents reported to police 2012, two and a half times the level reported 10 years ago.

The laws will be introduced later this year.

A version of this story was originally published on ABC and has been republished with full permission.

9. Woman’s gym membership revoked after she complained about transgender member.

A woman has had her gym membership revoked from a US division of Planet Fitness after she complained to management about “someone “dressed like a man” being in the women’s change room.

Yvette Cormier told ABC News that the person was wearing a wig and “a little bit of blush,” but was “huge” and appeared “very manly.”

She said she told the front desk, and then management, who informed her that “Planet Fitness policy is “whatever gender you feel you are, that’s the locker room you’re allowed to go in.”

She says that the transgender woman should use a unisex bathroom, or wait till she had finished. After complaining to management she then also informed several members.

ABC News reports that Ms Cormier then received a phone call head office saying her membership had been revoked immediately.

“They said, ‘You are talking to people about him in the women’s locker room. You are making people upset.’ That’s my whole point,” she said. “I’m telling them and warning them because you are not doing that. You allow men in there, and we are appalled by it.”

Planet Fitness Director of Public Relations McCall Gosselin told ABC News the gym is “committed to creating a non-intimidating, welcoming environment for our members. Our gender identity non-discrimination policy states that members and guests may use all gym facilities based on their sincere self-reported gender identity.”

The statement continued, “The manner in which this member expressed her concerns about the policy exhibited behavior that management at the Midland club deemed inappropriate and disruptive to other members, which is a violation of the membership agreement and as a result her membership was cancelled.”

Gosselin added, “As our statement outlines, her membership was not cancelled as a result of complaints about our policy, as we welcome all feedback from our members. Rather, it was the manner in which her concerns were expressed that club management felt was inappropriate, which resulted in the cancellation.”

10. Trial of Al Jazeera journalists adjourned.

The trial of two Al Jazeera journalists charged with aiding a terrorist organisation in Egypt has been adjourned.

Canadian-based Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, from Egypt, spent over a year behind bars in the country before being released on bail last month.

Australian Peter Greste was released and deported home earlier in February.

11. Men see stalking as romantic or blame the victim.

A study by Swinburne University of Technology and Monash University as found that many men see stalking as romantic and the victim’s fault.

Up to 15% of Australians are stalked throughout their lifetime but women are twice as likely to be victims.

The study, published in the Psychiatry, Psychology and Law journal, interviewed police alongside ordinary Australians and found that police viewed stalking as more serious than members of the public did.

“Men were more likely to think stalking was less serious than women; they were more likely to think it was romantic and they blamed the victim more than women did,” Dr Troy McEwan told News Limited.

12. American Tourists caught carving initials into the Colosseum.

Two American women have been caught attempting to carve their names into the Colosseum in Rome.

The women, aged 21 and 25, carved a “j” and an “n” into the ancient wonder, and took a selfie before being caught.

Defacing the ancient monument, which has existed since AD80 treasure, is against the law.

The two young tourists will face court and receive a punishment for the crime.

According to The Guardian, the last man who was caught carving his initials into the sight, was given a four-month suspended sentence and a fine of 20,000 euros ($AUD28,000).

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