Air safety investigators are right on their way to Rottnest Island after a seaplane carrying 7 people crashed into a rock and plunged into the ocean.

Residents are fleeing as a massive wildfire burns through California closing in on homes.

A series of extraordinary declarations from Donald Trump left the door open to the use of military force to seize control of Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal.

7NEWS Headlines with Amber Laidler for January 08, 2025.

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