United States: A laptop found inside the Las Vegas gunman's hotel suite after he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history was missing a hard drive, a federal official told AP. Investigators suspect gunman Stephen Paddock removed the hard drive from the laptop after opened fire from his high-rise suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino into a crowd at a country music concert, killing 58 people. The hard drive hasn't been found, according to the official. Investigators have examined Paddock's politics, finances, any possible radicalisation and his social behaviour and there's still no clear motive.
Australia: Queensland police officers are doorknocking a Brisbane neighbourhood as they continue to search for the person who killed father-of-four Abdul Basith. Scientific and forensic investigators remain at the Kuraby home after the 35-year-old's body was found in the front yard by police yesterday. The SES is combing nearby bushland and the neighbourhood in an attempt to find the murder weapon. Investigators believe Basith's death was not random but did not believe the murder was racially or religiously motivated. More than A$20,000 has been raised on GoFundMe for the family in less than 24 hours.
United Nations: A former African judge who has reviewed new information on the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold says "it is plausible that an external attack or threat may have been a cause of the crash". Former Tanzanian Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman says in a report released today that it also remains conceivable that the crash in Congo resulted from pilot error. He says the possibility of sabotage is also still being investigated. Further investigation is needed to finally establish the facts. He says it is almost certain that Hammarskjold and members of his party were not assassinated after landing and that all passengers died from injuries during the crash, instantaneously or soon after.
Thailand: Amid beating drums, the whistle of an ancient flute and an artillery salute, Thailand started a lavish ceremony for revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of Bangkok to watch the funeral procession, with buildings on the route draped in yellow marigolds on the eve of his cremation. "This is the last goodbye. I really love and miss him. It is very difficult to describe," said a tearful Pimsupak Suthin, 42, who travelled to Bangkok from the northern province of Nan for the funeral. Officials dressed in blue and orange removed a symbolic golden urn from the Dusit Maha Prasart Throne Hall at the start of the ceremony. The late king's body, which had been lying in state at the palace since his death a year ago, was moved to the cremation area early today. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, King Bhumibol's only son, arrived at the Grand Palace dressed in a red uniform with his two daughters and young son.
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