Cheryl Sarkisian first knew she wanted to be a star when she saw an Elvis Presley concert in 1956. Part one of her new memoir details the trials and glories that led to her becoming global pop sensation Cher.

More than 250 people have been arrested in Manila after Filippino authorities raided the centre, with the Australian Federal Police also investigating.

Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell has defended her party's response in 2018 when it learnt a formal complaint had been made by a former intern about Prahran MP Sam Hibbins's alleged behaviour two years earlier.

The missing man was last seen in the water on Lake Macquarie on Monday afternoon, trying to swim towards a tinny before a witness lost sight of him.  

At least 17 people are missing after a tourist cruise vessel sank in the Red Sea, officials in Egypt say.