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Isolated showers this morning and a mostly sunny afternoon. A top of 16 degrees.
Making headlines around the world and IS releases a video appearing to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff; an inquiry heard the construction workers union directed all staff and officials to delete emails despite being issued with an order to produce electronic documents to the royal commission on union corruption and intelligence sources reveal an air strike by US military forces struck an area where leaders of Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked militants were meeting.
Trouble on the tracks already. The Glen Waverley Line has been suspended. City-bound services have resumed between Glen Waverley and Burnley, but outbound services will be replaced by buses due to a signal issue at Heyington.