7NEWS live updates: Fire at e-bike shop sparks emergency evacuation, body found in national park

The emergency declaration in Gympie has been revoked.

A man was taken into police custody “without incident” and the PSPA revoked just after 6pm.

An emergency declaration has been made as police respond to a developing situation in Queensland’s Gympie region.

Authorities declared a Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) zone just after 1.30pm after a man reportedly barricaded himself inside a home on Helen St in Southside, Gympie.

Residents on Helen St, Kesteven Dr, Grant St, and Andrea Av have been told to stay indoors, while the public is urged to steer clear of the area.

Specialist police units are on the scene.

That’s it for our morning news coverage. Thank you for joining us, we’ll jump back on if anything breaks this afternoon.

A man has been charged after he allegedly touched several school girls through a school fence in Sydney’s inner west.

Police say an unknown elderly man allegedly inappropriately touched several girls aged between eight and nine at a school in Forest Lodge on September 3 and September 4.

Following investigations police arrested an 86-year-old man at the intersection of Bridge Rd and Ross St in Forest Lodge about 2pm on Tuesday.

He was taken to Newtown Police Station and charged with three counts of sexually touching a child under 10.

The man was refused bail to appear before court on Wednesday.

A man has been critically injured in a brutal assault by a woman who was trying to steal his bag on the Gold Coast.

Police say a 54-year-old homeless man was assaulted by a woman at the corner of Scarborough St and Young St in Southport about 12.30am on Wednesday.

The 29-year-old woman allegedly approached the man and repeatedly kicked and assaulted him, before stealing his bag.

The man was suffered “significant” injuries, police said, and was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

He has been placed in an induced coma.

The woman was arrested a short time later on High St.

“Investigations continue,” police said.

Anyone with any information has been urged to contact police.

Fire Rescue NSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry has provided an update on an e-bike shop fire that forced the evaucation of residents in the apartment above.

Fire crews received multiple calls about a blaze at Flyebike in Chippendale just after 7am on Wednesday morning.

Dewberry said the first firefighters to arrive were confronted by “heavy fire and smoke activity on the ground floor shop.”

There are six levels of residential units above the shop, with fire crews evacuating an unknown number of residents.

“All occupants have been evacuated safely,” Dewberry said.

Paramedics attended the scene however no injuries have been reported at this stage.

“They will make some assesments of anyone that could have been exposed to smoke remembering smoke is what kills people in the first instance in a fire,” Dewberrry said.

It took about 40 minutes for firefighters to control the blaze.

Crews remain on the scene.

Two of the four southbound lanes on Regent St have been closed causing heavy traffic delays according to Live Traffic NSW.

National Australia Bank will cut hundreds of jobs as it looks to create new roles overseas.

The bank will cut 410 positions from its technology and enterprise operations unit.

It plans to create about 127 new roles in Vietnam and India.

The announcement comes a day after rival ANZ Bank revealed plans to slash about 3500 jobs.

A woman has been struck by her own car while trying to stop thieves from stealing the vehicle in Brisbane’s northeast.

The criminals entered a home on Hopetoun St, Ascot about 5am on Wednesday and attempted to steal a black BMW X3 from the property.

When the occupants of the home noticed they attempted to stop the thieves.

A 34-year-old woman was struck by the car as the offenders drove away, causing her to fall to the ground.

She was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

The stolen car was found on Borrows St, Virginia not long later however the offenders remain on the run.

“Investigations are ongoing,” police said.

Anyone with any relevant dashcam footage or CCTV of the vehicle between 4.30am and 5.30am has been urged to contact police.

The Prime Minister of Qatar has responded after Israel’s military launched an air strike against the leaders of Hamas in the country’s capital.

Hamas say five of its members were killed in the attack in Doha, including the son of Hamas’ exiled Gaza Strip chief and top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya.

It said Israel had failed in what Hamas called an attempt to assassinate the group’s ceasefire negotiation team.

Speaking in a press conference Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said the attack came without any warning.

“‘The attack happened at 3.46pm. The first call we had from an American officer was at 3.56pm, which is 10 minutes after the attack,” he said.

“The US Government position (is) that they (had) no knowledge about the attack nor any coordination about it, until it started to happen.

“Now, when they got the alert, when the alert has reached us, thats information that I dont know right now.”

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong condemened the attack saying it wasn’t the right thing to do.

“It’s a strike that violates Qatar’s sovereignty,” she said on Sunrise.

“It undermines or potentially damages the possibility of ceasefire and the release of hostages and obviously it risks escalation.”

An e-bike shop in Sydney has gone up in flames.

Fire crews descended on Flyebike at Chippendale on Wednesday morning.

Smoke spread to apartments above the shop, sparking evacuations.

Nobody was injured but firefighters will now investigate exactly how the fire began.

See our latest blog post for an update on the fire.