Tuesday's news in under 5 minutes.

We’ve rounded up all the latest stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.

1. Stockmarket crashes: worst day for more than six years.

The Australian sharemarket yesterday saw its worst day in more than six years with more than $60 billion wiped off the sharemarket value.

Global fears about China’s economic slowdown have reverberated for a second week in a row.

Overnight international markets continued the hellish ride with the US Dow Jones index crashing more than 1000 points within minutes of opening.

That is the largest point loss ever during a trading day, surpassing the “Flash Crash” of 2010.

The Dow recovered from those initial losses now down about 140 points, or less than 1%.

London’s FTSE 100 index closed down 4.6% at 5,898.87, with major markets in France and Germany down by 5.5% and 4.96% respectively.

2. Jayde Kendall’s uncle makes a public plea.

The uncle of missing 16-year old Jayde Kendall has made a public plea for any information relating to the disappearance of Jayde.

The 16-year old hasn’t been seen since she was picked up by an 18-year-old male friend outside her high school in Gatton 11 days ago.

Her uncle told media yesterday that she was the glue the held the family together since the death of her mother two years ago.

Jayde’s uncle Craig Morrissey pleaded for anyone holding her against her will to let her go.

“Have a bit of human decency,” he said.

“Just bring her home to us, mate.”

3. New evidence found in search for identity of murdered girl.

Police in South Australia have found new clues in the search for the identity of a little girl whose remains were found in a suitcase dumped by the side of a South Australian highway on July 14.

A children’s book and a piece of pink material have been found between Naturi and Tailem Bend alongside the Karoonda Highway, several kilometres from where the girl’s remains were found.

They will continue the search on horseback today.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

4. Homicide squad investigate missing NSW mum.

Detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating the disappearance of a Tamworth mother of four who went missing in early August.

40-year old Johann Morgan has not been seen since the 9th August, she was last sighted in West Tamworth near her home.

Police found a car, believed to have been used by Ms Morgan burnt out, 17 kilometres from town on the Oxley Highway.

Fairfax Media reports that her bank account or phone has not been touched since her disappearance.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

5.  Suicides over Ashley Madison hack.

Police in Toronto have said that two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison have taken their lives.

Acting staff superintendent Bryce Evans of the Toronto police said, addressing the hackers directly “I want to make it very clear to you your actions are illegal and we will not be tolerating them. This is your wake-up call.”

“This is not fun and games,” he said.

“We’re talking about families, we’re talking about their children, we’re talking about wives, about their male partners.”

Some of those listed as customers are now being threatened with exposure unless payment is received, Evans said.

The Star reports that police revealed details of the hack saying from the moment on 12 July when several Avid Life Media employees logged in to their computers they knew they had been hacked when they were confronted by a message from the hackers.

This message was accompanied by music – AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”, said Mr Evans.

“This hack is one of the largest data breaches in the world and is very unique on its own in that it exposed tens of millions of people’s personal information,” he said.

Some hackers are sending links claiming to access the leaked information that infect computers with viruses.

Another online scam tells people that their names can be removed from the list for a fee.

For help: Lifeline 13 11 14. Kid’s Helpline: 1800 55 1800.

6. Mark Latham’s publisher says his outbursts have been very distressing.

Louise Adler, CEO of Melbourne University Publishing and publisher of the 2005 memoir The Latham Diaries said it was very upsetting.

“I felt abused, he was abusive of the audience, certainly abusive of his interlocutor Jonathan Green, a terrible hour for us all to endure.”

She said “He was absolutely enraged, he was obsessive, he was paranoid, he was teary; it was really watching a man sort of fall apart before you.”

Ms Adler said Mr Latham was a “complex individual” who was “not easy to deal with”.

7. Anzac Day Terror charges to be dropped.

18-year old Harun Causevic was arrested on April 18 will have his charges of planning a terrorist attack dropped and Mr Causevic will only face relatively minor weapons charges.

It is understood that his lawyers will now seek bail for the 18-year old who is being held in an adult jail. He was one of three men arrested over the alleged terror attack plans.

8. China to boost penalties for sex with girls under 14 by deeming it rape.

AAP reports that China is planning to close a loophole that allowed some men to get away with relatively light penalties after having sex with girls under age 14.

An amendment to China’s penal code will eliminate the charge of “prostitution with underage girls.”

This will mean then that any sex with girls under 14 would be considered rape and subject to harsher penalties, including death.

The current penalty for prostitution with underage girls is five to 15 years in jail.

Kong Weizhao, a lawyer with the Juvenile Protection Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association,  told The South China Morning Post said he expected the clause would be abolished but it would be announced as part of amendments to the Criminal Law, possibly by the end of this year or in the first half of next year.

“The central government is well aware of the controversy over the law. Rampant cases of child sex abuse in recent years have been reported by the media and aroused the anger of the public, with calls for the [clause] to be abolished,” Kong said.

9. Would you swim with baby tigers?

A Zoo in the US is being slammed for an attraction allowing guests to swim with baby tigers.

Dade City’s Wild Things in Florida offers guests a swimming with baby tigers experience for $200.

Animals Rights group Peta has started up a petition calling for the zoo to stop the tiger swimming saying it is “cruel.”

The petition says, “Alarming video footage of these swims shows a cub named Tony repeatedly crying out in distress as a reporter stops the baby tiger from escaping the swimming pool. The terrified cub is ignored and later can be seen in the background trying to escape again, only to be pushed back in.

Even though Dade City’s Wild Things was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in September 2011 for violating a federal law that prohibits the handling of tiger cubs in a manner that causes unnecessary discomfort or stress, the company continues to exploit suffering baby tigers for profit.”

ABC News reports that the zoo also offers activities including letting people pose in pictures with the cubs and putting paint on their paws to allow them to make paw prints.

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