That’s all for todayBy Isabel McMillanThanks for reading our live news blog for today, Friday, July 10. This is where we will end the rolling coverage.Here’s a quick look back at some of the day’s biggest stories.Vicki Brady, Telstra’s chief executive, has revealed she didn’t learn about the outage for several hours because she was overseas. Her staff could not call her because their phones weren’t working. She defended the company’s processes and would not commit to surrendering her bonus.Telstra says there could be compensation available under its “business as usual” terms. How much will be available and who will be eligible are not clear. The company has told customers, including small businesses, to call and ask.South Australia Police said the death of a woman during the outage was not due to the telco bungle. An investigation into the woman’s death began after social media posts by Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed she had been contacted by a community member telling her a relative had died during the outage. Police have since confirmed the death was not the result of a failed Triple Zero call.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined Anthony Albanese and officials at the MCG for the second official day of his visit. Last night he hosted thousands at an event at Marvel Stadium.And veteran broadcaster, bon vivant and sometime senator Derryn Hinch has died, aged 82, after a long battle with a series of infections arising from a bad fall last year. In an interview with A Current Affair in November, Hinch said he’d had 30 falls in the previous 12 months, one of which left him lying on the floor of his St Kilda Road apartment for 12 hours before help arrived.Thank you again for tuning in today. We’ll see you back here on Monday for more news you need to know.Latest Posts5.37pm on Jul 10, 2026Man accused of assaulting girls after luring them onto trainBy Robyn WuthA man accused of luring two girls from a city by train and sexually assaulting them was later arrested in the company of a child, police say.Queensland detectives are appealing for information after charging the 50-year-old man from Deception Bay over alleged child sexual offences.The man is accused of approaching a 13-year-old girl on June 28 near Roma Street railway station in central Brisbane, nearly three weeks after allegedly doing the same to a 15-year-old girl.He was arrested later on June 28 in the company of one of the girls, police said on Friday.5.00pm on Jul 10, 2026Twelve people die in Spanish wildfire amid soaring temperaturesBy Madrid: A wildfire has killed 12 people in Almeria in southern Spain as soaring temperatures grip much of the country.Several victims of the Los Gallardos fire were found inside burnt-out vehicles, local media reported on Friday. About150 firefighters were battling the blaze. Authorities have not confirmed the cause of the fire.Spain’s military emergency unit, which is deployed in major emergencies, was due to join firefighting efforts in the coming hours.Regional authorities said the fire was the deadliest the region had seen.Andalusian regional leader Juan Manuel Moreno wrote on X: “Our hearts are heavy, and we are devastated by grief.”AP4.34pm on Jul 10, 2026Pacific leader says China missile test has ‘caused a stir, created tension’By Matthew KnottTonga’s prime minister has joined a chorus of regional leaders condemning China’s testing of a nuclear-capable long-range missile in the Pacific this week as his nation weighs whether to join Fiji and Australia in a new military alliance.Lord Fatafehi Fakafānua, who attended the State of Origin decider with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Brisbane on Wednesday, said he was hopeful Australia and Tonga could move quickly to strike an ambitious treaty, possibly by the end of the year.Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, Samoan PM Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt, Tongan PM Fatafehi Fakafānua and Anthony Albanese at the State of Origin decider.AAPWhile China gave Tonga notice of the missile launch, Fakafānua said that “any escalation to militarise the ocean is something that we join the rest of the Pacific family in not supporting”.“I think it’s created tension in the Pacific, and some of my colleagues in the Pacific have been quite vocal about that,” he told this masthead. “So let’s just say it’s caused a bit of a stir.”Albanese said earlier this week that the Pacific Islands Forum was drafting a “very strong” condemnation of the test firing, which he called a “provocative act”.Read the full story here. 4.09pm on Jul 10, 2026Trump’s new Air Force One has ‘luxury nobody’s seen before’. But is it as safe?By Washington: The new Air Force One, which US President Donald Trump flew on earlier this week to Turkey, lacks the defensive countermeasures that were security features of the old model, including its advanced anti-missile capabilities, according to officials who have been briefed on the jet’s retrofitting.Experts say the absence of those capabilities on the Boeing 747-8 aircraft, which was donated by Qatar, creates potential risk in using the jet abroad. This was underscored by the abrupt decision on Wednesday for Trump to leave Turkey on the old Air Force One at the urging of the Secret Service.Donald Trump speaks after touring the newly designated Air Force One.AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaThe episode is intensifying the focus on Trump’s demands to rapidly retrofit the donated 747 to replace an ageing fleet that had served as the official presidential planes.Politicians have called on the administration to disclose whether the overhaul of the Qatari plane, which the US Air Force oversaw in the course of the past year, provided sufficient security upgrades. The safety of the aircraft is critical not only for the president, but also for the large entourage of White House staff, Secret Service officials, journalists and guests who fly aboard.Read the full story here. 3.33pm on Jul 10, 2026‘This woman was all alone’: MP shares mother’s Telstra outage storyBy Isabel McMillanAnother MP has shared a story she received about a community member who says she failed to get through to Triple Zero during Wednesday’s Telstra outage.“I’ve just got off the phone from an extremely upset grandmother in my electorate,” member for Monash Mary Aldred said in a video posted on social media.“She told me the story of her daughter, who at 5am on Wednesday this week needed Triple Zero and despite multiple attempts, couldn’t get through.”Aldred said the woman’s 17-year-old son was suffering significant mental health issues at the time, and was at “high risk of self-harm or harming other people”.3.09pm on Jul 10, 2026China tests sea-based rocket booster recovery system, state media saysBy Beijing: China has successfully tested an experimental rocket-retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media has reportedThe Long March 10B rocket lifted off from the Hainan commercial space launch site in southern China on Friday. About six minutes after separation of its booster and upper stage, the booster returned vertically and was recovered on an offshore platform, state broadcaster CCTV reported.It marked China’s first successful controlled recovery of a carrier rocket’s booster, CCTV said. China hopes to break the US dominance in reusable rockets.Reuters2.40pm on Jul 10, 2026‘Hinch lived a life rich in colour and free from fear’: AlbaneseBy Isabel McMillanPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid his respects to media veteran Derryn Hinch, who has died at the age of 82.“Derryn Hinch lived a life rich in colour and free from fear,” Albanese posted on X.“As an interviewer, investigator and presenter he was much more than ‘the Human Headline’.”Albanese said Hinch had a sense of the deeper story, and always had the courage to cover it, “come what may”.2.27pm on Jul 10, 2026Police outline chain of events linked to SA death, condemn early alertBy Isabel McMillanSouth Australia Police say the death of a woman during the Telstra outage on Wednesday was not due to the telco bungle.An investigation into the woman’s death began after social media posts by Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed she had been contacted by a community member telling her a relative had died during the outage.On Wednesday night, Liddle took to social media to announce her office had received a report of “a tragic death following an apparent failure to connect Triple Zero during a life-or-death emergency amid Telstra’s nationwide outage”.South Australia Police have confirmed a death during the Telstra outage on Wednesday was not directly related to the bungle. Sam MooyPolice launched an investigation into the claim, but have now confirmed that claim was incorrect.2.02pm on Jul 10, 2026Hinch to be remembered as an ‘icon of the media’By Broede CarmodyAnika Wells’ press conference has now wrapped up, but she did take a question on the death of former senator and broadcaster Derryn Hinch.She said it was a question for the prime minister as to whether the “human headline” would receive a state funeral. However, she otherwise had this to say:I offer my condolences to all of those who loved Derryn Hinch. To me, he’s known best as a journalist. He was an author. Lately, a federal senator. I think he will be remembered as an icon of the media. I think that’s fair to say.”Hinch, pictured in February 2024.Justin McManus1 of 5