More than 1.6 million Tesla cars have been recalled in China. The operation was initiated after faulty steering software was discovered. The recall affects Model 3, S, Y and X vehicles manufactured between 2014 and 2023. Tesla says the recall will be carried out via remote software updates. This means customers will not have to attend a dealership to have the issue resolved.

The United States Supreme Court will hear one of its most consequential cases in recent history. Former US president Donald Trump's appeal against his disqualification from the Colorado primary ballot. The justices agreed to expedite the hearing of Mr Trump's case, scheduling oral arguments for February 8. The court's verdict will set the precedent for other state decisions on the former president's eligibility to run again. In his appeal, Mr Trump's lawyers said the January 6 Capitol Riots, which he is accused of inciting, did not constitute an insurrection under the 14th Amendment.

Gold Coast Turf Club CEO Steve Lines has praised the redevelopment process of the venue as it has resulted in a product “everyone is so far very delighted with” – In Partnership with Gold Coast Turf Club. “We started construction roundabout this time last year and it has been a 12-month slog for everyone,” he told Racing Dreams host Tim Gilbert. “It has been very horrific, the weather up here, but the new track has stood up to all the rigours of those challenges. “Thousands of people have been involved in this project and it has been a massive job from the team at RQ, my team, all contractors involved. “We are pretty excited about folding out our product.”

The Queensland government has partnered with Qantas and Jetstar to provide cheap flights to Cairns. This is in a bid to attract more tourists to Far North Queensland. The community is recovering from its worst flooding event on record. Premier Steven Miles announced $79 flights will be available to the region until March. The move is part of a $5 million flood package.

Victorian drivers with a heavy foot are in the sights of one particular road safety camera. The speed camera in Melbourne’s northwest has raked in millions of dollars in just a matter of months. The camera was only installed last year and within its first 90 days, it had raked in $2.8 million dollars. The camera is placed at the bottom of a valley, which means drivers in both directions are picking up speed. People have claimed the camera is placed to raise revenue for the government.

US President Joe Biden says he “saw an America pushed to the brink” in the aftermath of the January 6 riots. “But I felt an enormous pride, not in winning, I felt enormous pride in America,” he told media in a public address. “Because American democracy had been tested – American democracy had held together.” Mr Biden also took the opportunity to attack his potential opponent, former US President Donald Trump. “Trump is promising a full-scale campaign of revenge and retribution,” Mr Biden said. “He calls those who oppose him vermin – he talks about the blood of America being poisoned. “Echoing the same exact language used in Nazi, Germany.”

Republican candidates are sharpening their attacks on Donald Trump as the Iowa Caucus closes to less than two weeks away. The two leading candidates fighting to de-throne Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, have hosted televised Town Halls in Iowa. “Rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him,” Ms Haley said about the former US president. “Donald Trump is running for his issues, Nikki Haley is running for her donors’ issues, I’m running for your issues,” Mr DeSantis told the crowd. Despite the back-to-back televised Town Halls from Ms Haley and Mr DeSantis, Donald Trump still remains the favourite in the polls to assume the Republican nomination.

The first Magic Millions Off the Track Showjumping in Queensland is investing in para-athletes ahead of the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. Sky News Australia reporter Holly Edwards-Smith spoke with para-athlete Sian Glanney, who has travelled from Western Australia to compete in horseriding and showjumping. Despite Paris 2024 being only six months away, athletes like Ms Glanney are set on working themselves a pathway to the Brisbane 2032 games. “Stepping out of those grassroots into more states and nationals – it is a big leap, so having more support around that and the para-athletes and helping them realise those dreams are achievable would be absolutely fantastic,” she told Sky News Australia. The 2024 Magic Millions Showjumping and Polo events are aiding up-and-coming athletes in their goals by showcasing local equestrian talent in their events.

A $600 million fighter jet contract is set to secure more than 350 Queensland jobs. The move comes as Australia looks to boost its air force capabilities. Boeing Defence has been awarded a contract to cultivate the Super Hornet and Growler fleets for the Royal Australian Air Force. 90 per cent of the contract will be spent in Australia, mainly in southeast Queensland. The boost follows a recent $2 billion dollar upgrade to the Royal Australian Air Force.

Victorians don't seem to be getting bang for their buck from a bloated public service, an Adelaide man dies after waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance, Labor struggles to fill clean energy training positions. Plus, Andrew Klavan joins the show.  See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Futurist Mal Fletcher says there are lots of “immersive” benefits to artificial intelligence as “great developments” continue to occur in the space. Artificial intelligence is being used to bring musicians ‘back to life, with an AI Elvis Presley, who died 66 years ago, appearing in a new stage show starting in November – performing as a hologram. “I think AI will keep surprising us in the arts and in everyday life, and there’s a lot of benefits to it – in education, in the same way, we might go to concerts, we might see immersive learning experience – learning a language could become a fully-immersive experience rather than a piecemeal thing in a classroom,” Mr Fletcher told Sky News Australia host James Macpherson. “Imagine studying historical events by being able to visit them in virtual space, if you combine virtual reality with AI or make that possible in real time. “And healthcare: there are great developments at the moment with nanobots – microscopic machines built from the atomic level up from cellular material that can at least, in theory, be loaded with chemicals injected into the bloodstream and take out harmful cells like cancer while leaving the healthy cells intact. “So, there’s a lot to be said about the immersiveness of AI, but it’s not all for the arts.”

Futurist Mal Fletcher says “a lot of the fear” about artificial intelligence comes down to a “misunderstanding” of some of the terms used to describe it. For many people, their experience with artificial intelligence has been self-scanning groceries at the supermarket or playing around with ChatGPT at home, but advances in artificial intelligence are moving ahead at lightning speed. While some are excited about the possibilities, others, like former Google boss Eric Schmidt, have warned that AI could destroy the world. “I think a lot of the fear that we see about AI – we’re right to be cautious – but the fear that some people express is down to misunderstanding some of the terms we use,” Mr Fletcher told Sky News Australia host James Macpherson. “For example, AI refers, at least at this point in time, to narrow intelligence. It is good at carrying out complex single-level tasks, like winning a game of chess, but it’s not so good at dealing with multiple-level tasks simultaneously in a way that the brain does every day.

South Australian Opposition Leader David Spiers has slammed South Australia’s Premier Peter Malinauskas for “not fronting up when things get tough.” Mr Spiers' comments come following the death of a 54-year-old man after waiting over ten hours for an ambulance in Adelaide. “Peter Malinauskas the Premier here – he comes across as a very decent guy but he’s not running a very decent government that’s for sure,” Mr Spiers told Sky News host James Macpherson. “A lot of spin, we’ve got a Premier who’s a Premier for the good times and doesn’t like fronting up when things get tough. A formal review has been launched into the South Australian Ambulance Service following the incident.

Australia Men’s Eight coach Mark Prather says it is “really exciting” to have the rowing on the big screen with the release of George Clooney’s ‘The Boys in the Boat.’ The film, starring Australia's Joel Edgerton, hit cinemas on Friday. “Really exciting to have our fantastic sport of rowing on the big screen,” Mr Prather told Sky News Australia. “We all went along last night to watch an advanced screening. “It’s great to have rowing at the forefront of people’s minds going into an important Olympic year.” The film tells the story of the University of Washington’s rowing team as they chase gold at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Nazi Germany. It is an inspiring real-life tale about underdogs rising to the top to take on the best in the world. The film’s release comes as a group of Australia’s own underdogs have their eyes set on the same podium for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Canberra-based Australia Men's Eight crew who are hoping to create some history of their own are in heavy training for national trials in February.

Royal expert Angela Levin says Meghan Markle being furious over her treatment by the Royal family shows she is the “most difficult woman to satisfy”. The New York Post has reported Meghan Markle was ‘furious’ at the royal family over ‘different rules for her’. “Frankly, Meghan is the most difficult woman to satisfy,” Ms Levin told Sky News Australia host Caroline Di Russo. “She’s got a load of millions, she wants billions – she’s one of those people. “It is ridiculous. I think it is Meghan trying to get publicity, saying anything, and she does like to be a victim – we’ve seen that many times on the television and moans and groans.”

South Korea has ordered an evacuation of Yeonpyeong – an island close to the border of North Korea. The South Korean military is due to resume live-fire drills on the island. South Korean and US troops held joint firing drills to test and enhance combat readiness, simulating enemy aggression. The drills have increased in scale and intensity over the last year. This is a result of the escalating tension across the Korean peninsula.

One Nation Chief of Staff James Ashby says the large number of refugees trying to claim asylum in Australia are “country shopping” and hunting for a “better economic life.” It comes amid revelations there has been a surge of asylum seeker applications under the Labor government. There have reportedly been 2,000 refugee visa applications each month – double that of before the election. “What’s surprising though is they are coming from countries where Aussies go on holiday like Vietnam – the number one country where people are trying to claim asylum from,” Mr Ashby said in response to the staggering figures. “A lot of these people are just country shopping. “They are economic opportunists where they are actually just looking for a better economic life.” A recent review found long processing times are seeing many look for loopholes to get into the country – coming to Australia on dodgy visas before applying for asylum.

Sky News can reveal video has emerged of federal Labor Minister Tony Burke suggesting October 7 did not happen in a vacuum, and that comparisons could be drawn between Israel’s war on Hamas and the Holocaust. Last Thursday, Mr Burke was being interviewed by The Saturday Paper’s Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton at the Woodford Folk Festival in regional Queensland. He told a cheering audience the history of the Middle East “did not begin on the seventh of October” – the day of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. “Mr Burke then appears to suggest his audience could make comparisons between Israel's actions and that of the Holocaust, when drawing comparisons between contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis meets the very definition of antisemitism put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,” Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus said. “Weaponising the trauma of the Holocaust against the very people who were killed in their millions by it is not only wrong and racist, it's sick. “Suggesting that, without outright condemning that type of comparison, is disturbing. “Mr Burke may be careful not to use the word "genocide" himself - but he certainly far from rejects it and he actively leads a receptive crowd to draw that conclusion - which, of course, they dutifully do. “Mr Burke is trying to walk both sides of the street - he can't condemn hate speech, while simultaneously encouraging radical protesters to draw the most hateful and unsubstantiated conclusions about the Jewish state.”

The Prime Minister has taken in a day at the cricket. It is part of the annual Pink Test match in Sydney. Prime Ministers attending the Jane McGrath Day at the MCG is a tradition. The event is to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer nurses. Just on pink day alone, more than $4 million dollars have been raised for the McGrath Foundation.

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival has transformed China's white landscape into a vibrant and colourful event. The annual festival lights up winter with a spectacular sculpture display. With maximum temperatures lingering around minus 10 degrees at this time of the year, Harbin is considered one of the coldest cities in China. Thousands of tourists have defied the freezing cold this year to enjoy a magic winter wonderland. The festival features five spectacular theme parks, each offering a unique and mesmerising experience.