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Severe flooding has forced the famous Louvre museum to close its doors so it's priceless artworks can be moved to safety and a two-year-old girl shot dead in her South Auckland home is being remembered as a "daddy's girl".

A law enforcement official claims that tests show the music superstar died of an opioid overdose.

R Kelly had to sing to prove who he was to a fan, and it still didn’t work. Source: DJ DR DOOM

Sam Wallace has caused another hilarious stir after pointing out something a little risque in this morning's weather report. Source: TVNZ

John Key announces his policy that will require councils to open up new land to housing and a street has been cordoned off in South Auckland after the death of a child in a property there.

Work begins on the 2.5 billion dollar Auckland City Rail Link - we talk to Len Brown about what it means and an insiders view on the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard break up.

Source: NZOnScreen Dunedin-born Alan Dale always had his sights set on brighter lights: first Auckland, then Sydney, then Los Angeles, where he now lives. He started out performing in amateur theatre, but came to professional acting late, taking a DJ slot on Radio Hauraki in his late 20s, followed by a role on the Hauraki-inspired series Radio Waves.

The soaring prison population has led to an over spend of 45 million dollars on jails in the last 12 months and new technology could help reduce the number of bobby calves being killed. Also a Kiwi takes America’s got talent by storm.

On NZ Herald Focus – The Treasury is warning that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs and Islamic State militants launch a major counter-attack on Iraqi government troops in Fallujah. Also Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a father again at the age of 68 after his wife gave birth to twin girls.

Today: ‘A croc has got me!', those were the last words of Cindy Waldron as she was grabbed by a crocodile in Queensland and it’s World Smokefree day with organisers hoping to raise awareness around the health burden of smoking. Also Melissa McCarthy goes on the defensive after Ghostbusters got a record number of dislikes online.

Official trailer for "Broke".

Source: YouTube/all around the web Adele scolded a fan who was filming her show with a video camera. The British superstar told off a concertgoer after she caught a fan filming with a camera on a tripod. The incident was caught by another fan, ironically, on their camera phone, at the star's show in Verona over the weekend.

Today - The search for a missing kiwi woman continues after she was taken by a crocodile in Northern Queensland and the Iraqi army is facing fierce resistance as it attempts to retake Falluja. And doctors advise the Duke of Edinburgh not to go to the events to mark 100 years since the Battle of Jutland.

Anger grows over the shooting of a 17-year-old Gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo after a 4-year-old boy fell into the animal’s enclosure and the former Anglican dean of Napier Cathedral is considering legal action after being dumped by the church for having an affair 25 years ago.

Watch the trailer for the 2016 Pixar film Finding Dory.

We hear from one of the newest members of the All Black squad Damian McKenzie who has been labelled "brave" by selector Grant Fox and we look at how Tristam Clayton’s Sky Tower Firefighters challenge unfolded.

More than 700 migrants may have drowned over the last few days in the Mediterranean sea and a gorilla has been shot dead after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure in Cincinnati.

One News host Wendy Petrie climbed the 1103 stairs of Sky Tower to support her niece who is battling leukaemia.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus Chaos erupts in court as Christchurch woman Renee Duckmanton’s family face the man accused of her murder and tributes flow in for Hilary Barry as she prepares for her last 6pm news broadcast at tv3 tonight.

Today - Russell John Tully has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non parole period of 27 years at the High Court in Christchurch and Hillary Barry will read her final 6 o’clock bulletin tonight after 23 years at TV3. And Amber Heard has split from Johnny Depp after just 15 months of marriage

He spoke about his toiletry habits, his hoarding abilities, his hatred of Russell Crowe and his distrust of computers, but Paul Henry kept his tributes to departing co-host Hilary Barry to a minimum. Source: TV3

Janet McLarin is an Auckland grandmother who regularly performs at the Classic Comedy Club

Today: Eric McIsaac has pleaded guilty in the high court in Palmerston North to killing his half-brother Alex Fisher and Parramatta league star Corey Norman has been charged with drug offences. And the trailer for Pixar's new film Finding Dory the follow-up to Finding Nemo.

Tornadoes touch down in Dodge City, Kansas causing early reports of damage, Konrad Hurrell has been released from his contract with the Warriors and Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says homeless people could be offered up to $5000 to leave Auckland.

Today - Comedian Bill Cosby is ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges and about 140 people are living without basic shelter in Tauranga. Also a new pay deal for New Zealand Rugby that could keep many players from moving overseas.

Selena Gomez talks fame, finding her identity and Jennifer Lopez.

Today: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby to trial on a sexual assault charge and there's a rise in the use of dodgy imported building materials into NZ. Also more rain, squalls, strong winds, thunderstorms and even coastal tornadoes today as another front makes its way across the country.