Melbourne Express\, Tuesday\, June 4\, 2019

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Melbourne Express, Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Target word

It's Target word time. Late this morning because you'll need only haalf the time to get it.

The letters: L R A E R L T E V. Too easy! Send your answers via email or Twitter. We'll print the names of the first three to land the catch.

Yesterday's solution was an appropriately wet WATERFOWL.

In sport overnight

Ashleigh Barty's impressive run at the French Open continued last night, when the Australian saw off American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals. The eighth seed, who claimed a career-boosting title at the Miami Open this year, will play her second grand slam last-eight match against another American, Madison Keys.

And World Cup favourites England have suffered a surprise loss to Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

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It was cold, wet and windy

A woman who tried to drive through a flooded underpass in Altona Meadows spent a nervous 25 minutes watching waters slowly rise up the side of her car last night. Firefighters waded through waist-high floodwater and piggy-backed the woman to dry land just before 5pm.

Mornington Police Station remains closed today due to flooding. State Emergency Service crews were called to 160 jobs in 24 hours across the state.

We won't have the complete figures until 9am, but the weather bureau says the highest falls between 9am Sunday until this morning were recorded at Mount Elizabeth in East Gippsland (74mm). Elsewhere, Trentham had 71mm, Sunbury received 53mm and Altona 47mm.

The city received a 15mm dumping overnight Sunday but only 3.6mm from 9am yesterday.

'We will always remember the tragic loss of life'

The Australian government has lamented the "tragic" deaths in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 after Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe defended the bloody crackdown as a stabilising move.

Chinese-Australian political cartoonist and activist Badiucao has created a mural of the famous 'Tank Man' in Hosier Lane to mark the anniversary of the massacre.

Here's how we covered the clash between the Chinese army and protesters on June 4, 1989.

Today's top headlines

A Melbourne gardener has launched legal action against a global pharmaceutical giant in the first Australian case to link cancer with popular weedkiller Roundup. Agribusiness Monsanto, which was purchased last year by German-based Bayer, has been accused in a Supreme Court writ of ignoring the carcinogenic impact of its top-selling herbicide.

In other news, a major Melbourne dam needs repair to lower the risk of a catastrophic flood; the private details of almost 100,000 bank customers have been exposed in a cyber attack on Westpac's PayID; and five bodies have been spotted in the search for a group of missing climbers in the Himalayas.

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CCTV images of beret-wearing vandal

Police have released some very clear images of the two men wanted over the train vandalism. Pepe le Paint and his high-vis mate can be seen painting the train before fleeing over the fence. If you know them, call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Beret-wearing vandal caught on camera

A moustachioed, beret-wearing vandal and his high-vis covered mate have been caught on CCTV spray-painting a train in September last year.

The train stopped for an hour between Mordialloc and Aspendale stations on September 11 when the two men climbed a fence and covered the carriages in graffiti, before fleeing on foot. Police estimate the damage at $7500.

Both men are described as Caucasian. The first man had a moustache and was wearing a memorable outfit including blue beret, white overcoat, a blue and white striped shirt and light blue trackpants with white stripes.

His mate had shoulder-length dark, curly hair and was wearing a light-coloured wide-brimmed hat with an orange band, a high-vis shirt and light blue jeans.

Good morning

Hello and welcome to a much more pleasant day than yesterday. Still showery but the rain and wind has eased. Just under nine degrees at the moment ahead of a top of 13.

On the trains, equipment faults are causing minor delays already for Hurstbridge and Mernda commuters. 

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