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Israel has announced that the remains of three hostages have been handed over from Gaza, as a fragile month-old ceasefire with the terror organisation Hamas continues to hold.

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Daycare droughts are all too common in regional Australia, but in one New South Wales town, the shortage is so acute, the community is cracking.

Optus executives will be hauled before a Senate inquiry today where they will be grilled about the telco's triple-0 outage. Follow live.

A strong result from Amazon pushes Wall Street high, and the ASX is set to open flat this morning. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.