Your wrap of the world stories that broke overnight.
The UK army is helping out with the rescue effort after bad flooding in the Cumbria area of Britain. A months worth of rain fell in 24 hours. The village of Kendal and the city of Carlisle are hard hit.
Children aged 12 and 13 in a remote area of New South Wales drove 35km to get help for their parents trapped in a well. They were able to flag down a motorist. Their father died after becoming overwhelmed by fumes. He had been installing a water pump near Weilmoringle. His partner tried to rescue him but fell onto a ledge in the well when a rope ladder broke. She was taken to hospital.
US actor Morgan Freeman was unhurt after the plane he was in made a forced landing. The plane blew a tyre on takeoff from Mississippi Airport then ran off the side of the runway.
The Telegraph reports that Finland is considering a plan to give every citizen 800 euro a month tax free and scrap benefits. Bloomberg estimates it would cost the Government 52.2 billion euros a year. The Government will make a final decision on the plan in November 2016.
The New York Times reports that a penis transplant is to be performed next year on a soldier injured by a bomb blast in Afghanistan. The surgery would be the first ever in the US. It says two others have been performed - a failed one in China and a successful one in South Africa. From 2001 to 2013, 1367 men in military service suffered wounds to the genitals, the New York Times reports. Johns Hopkins University plans 60 penis transplants.
The Washington Post reports on how Washington spent US$200 million on a tram people still can't ride on. The project is also nine years late.
A Queensland man, Ashley Dyball, has returned to Australia after fighting against Isis in Syria. Meanwhile US President Barack Obama plans to address Americans from the Oval Office today at 2pm NZT about the terrorism threat.
Former US President Jimmy Carter says his brain tumour has disappeared following his cancer treatment.