Townsville warned of ‘very serious and dangerous event’, with flooding likely to continue into middle of next week for state’s north

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Cyclonic rainfall totals have lashed the regions of north Queensland as prepare-to-leave warnings were issued for six suburbs across Townsville.

The state’s north has been hit by torrential rain for days, resulting in road closures, flash flooding and multiple rescues due to tropical lows off the coast.

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• World No 8 defeates Mikael Ymer 7-5, 6-1 in qualifier
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Leo Borg 6-4, 6-4 for 2-0 lead

Trusty Davis Cup old hand Alex de Minaur and late-blooming new boy Aleksandar Vukic have put Australia well on the road to victory in their first-round qualifying tie against Sweden in Stockholm.

World No 8 de Minaur, in his first outing since his Australian Open quarter-final drubbing by Jannik Sinner, had to subdue comeback man Mikael Ymer before running away to a 7-5, 6-1 victory on Friday (Saturday AEDT).

• Usman Khawaja’s 232 helps tourists declare on 6-654
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Usman Khawaja played the greatest innings of his Test career to help Australia tighten the screws on Sri Lanka in a series opener fast slipping away from the hosts.

Khawaja (232), Steve Smith (141) and debutant Josh Inglis (102) made life hell for Sri Lanka in Galle, as Australia declared on 6-654, their largest total for any innings on the subcontinent.

The 40-year-old had a medical condition where people exhibit sexual behaviour during sleep, court heard

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Jurors have acquitted a man diagnosed with “sexsomnia” of rape.

On Thursday, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, 40, was found not guilty of having non-consensual sex with a woman at his Sydney apartment on 26 August 2022, after the pair spent a night out together.