Brisbane news live: Wine truck crashed on Pacific Motorway at Tanah Merah with long delays expected; Telstra warns some Samsung phones may not connect to Triple Zero

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8.27am

Heavy traffic on M1 to Brisbane

By Julius Dennis

A truck carrying wine was part of a multi-vehicle crash on the Pacific Highway at Tanah Merah, south of Brisbane, with police warning drivers to plan alternate routes.

Emergency services were called to the Beenleigh-Redland Bay on-ramp where they found one person trapped in their vehicle at 6.12am.

Ambulance crews reported it was a five-car crash.

Paramedics said one other person suffered minor injuries.

Two northbound lanes and the on-ramp are blocked off and police said there would be significant delays.

8.16am

Telstra warns some Samsung phones may fail to connect to Triple Zero

By Emily Kaine

Telstra has detected issues for some customers using Samsung phones who have been unable to connect to Triple Zero services.

Australians using certain Samsung phones have been told to urgently update or replace their devices after Telstra reported that the Triple Zero issue affected up to 70 old Samsung models, affecting thousands of Australian customers.

Telstra said the issue was found in 11 older model Samsung Galaxy phones which users would need to replace with newer devices, and about 60 models requiring updates.

The telco said affected customers would be notified via email or SMS, and said legal obligations meant customers who owned models that needed to be replaced would be blocked from its network if their phones were not replaced within 28 days of notification.

“Under the government’s Emergency Service Call Determination, all mobile network operators are required to block devices from their networks that are not configured to access emergency call services,” Telstra posted online.

7.47am

Brisbane’s weather is a hot topic

A pocket of hot air shunted east from Central Australia has scorched Queensland and NSW, and Brisbane has not gotten off scot-free.

But today’s expected maximum temperature of 34 degrees isn’t the worst of what’s to come.

The weather bureau’s seven-day forecast shows another hot one on Sunday, before Monday looks to be a blazing 38 degrees in the city.

Before then, we’re in for mostly sunny days to see out the week.

Here’s the outlook:

7.42am

While you were sleeping

Here’s what’s making news further afield:

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared she is not going anywhere and rubbished suggestions Barnaby Joyce is about to take over from her as the boss of the conservative minor party.

Labor will bring on a major fight next week when it revives its controversial nature laws in parliament, sparking anger from environmentalists who fear it will accelerate habitat destruction and business groups who claim it will hand the government broad powers to veto investment.

US President Donald Trump will meet NATO chief Mark Rutte today, a White House official has confirmed. NATO also confirmed the meeting, which will take place in the White House. It comes amid increasing pressure on Russia to force it to negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine, after plans for a meeting between Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin collapsed.

And Putin has staged a missile launch to prove his forces are ready for nuclear war, a day after the collapse.

In early 2024, Luigi Mangione went travelling across Asia. Prosecutors believe this pivotal trip may shed light on why, months later, he allegedly carried out a killing that has transfixed the world.

The United Nations’ International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel is obliged to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza to ensure the basic needs of Palestinian civilians are met. Israel rejected the decision as “political” and said it would not co-operate.

7.36am

The top stories this morning

Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Thursday, October 23.

Brisbane will not be spared from hot conditions sweeping the state and setting records this week, with the city set to swelter through mid-30s daytime temperatures across the next seven days, and today’s maximum a balmy 34 degrees.

Here are this morning’s local headlines:

Artistic render of the new building proposed for 53 Racecourse Road in Hamilton, Brisbane.

A small Brisbane shopping strip is set to be demolished, with a plant-covered luxury apartment block approved to take its place. The 1205-square-metre block at 53 Racecourse Road in Hamilton, about five kilometres from the CBD.

In a six-year period, there were 43 crashes on this southside road, which in parts is a twisting single lane – while speed limits have been cut nearby.

Health service providers were given 21 minutes to consider a directive that would ban gender-affirming treatments for young Queenslanders, a court has heard, but were not told until the meeting that it would count as “consultation”.

A woman has been taken to hospital after an army truck partially crushed her car during a traffic crash in Brisbane’s north on Wednesday afternoon.

And should you pay $19 for a sandwich? Hospitality operators are still dealing with the hangover from high inflation and subsequent interest rate hikes. Some diners need to cut them some slack, says food and culture editor Matt Shea.