Morning Mail: North Korea warns of 'thermonuclear war', Abbott the 'wrecker', teenage girl dies in shark attack

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Tuesday 18 April 2017 g Teenage girl dies in WA shark attack Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Among the stories leading our website this morning: a 17-year-old girl has died after being attacked by a shark in Western Australia. The girl was surfing with her father at Kelp Beds, near Wylie Bay in Esperance, when she was attacked and was taken to Esperance hospital in a critical condition. The girl's mother and two sisters reportedly watched it happen from the beach as the teenager was grabbed by the shark. Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines North Korea warns 'thermonuclear war may break out at any moment' Country's deputy UN ambassador Kim In-ryong makes declaration as Trump tells Kim Jong-un he has 'gotta behave' Warren Entsch pleads with Tony Abbott to shut up Veteran backbencher says the former prime minister risks being seen as a wrecker, 'hellbent on destroying an individual' Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days First ever observed case of 'river piracy' saw the Slims river vanish as intense glacier melt suddenly diverted its flow into another watercourse Malcolm Turnbull's myth of 'middle Australia' ignores both gender and reality 'Middle Australia' earns much less than the government would have you believe and women continue to earn much less than men Eight-year-old boy critically injured in amusement park accident Boy suffers head injuries after slipping from his seat on the Cha Cha ride at Rye carnival in Victoria Australian news and politics Government open to gas swaps to secure domestic supply Labor and Australian Industry Group back plans to facilitate swaps that would use overseas gas to fulfil export orders Colleagues contradict Tony Abbott's claim he was unaware of Safe Schools' rollout Abbott says he spoke out against 'terrible program' when he became aware of it, but colleagues say the then prime minister defended it in party room Woman in wheelchair dies after falling into Adelaide pond Police divers retrieved the body of the Valley View woman from Veale Gardens in Adelaide's southern parklands Malcolm Turnbull told Coalition not doing enough to avert gas crisis Australian Industry Group says government should introduce national interest test and encourage swaps to boost supply SA minister calls for ban on 'barbaric' horse jumps after 'senseless death' Thoroughbred Racing SA resists pressure to end jumps racing after injured horse euthanised in front of hundreds of spectators Tony Abbott launches new attack on Turnbull – but says PM shouldn't be replaced In News Corp article Abbott says 'people aren't happy' with government and there is expectation that Bill Shorten 'could soon be in the Lodge' Australia's housing market and the great intergenerational tax rort Soaring house prices are driving young people to borrow ever greater sums of money, which is transferred straight to older people Around the world Turkey vote curtailed fundamental freedoms, say European observers Constitutional referendum took place on unlevel playing field and campaigners did not have equal opportunities, say monitors Devastation and a war that rages on: visiting the valley hit by the Moab attack The US attack on Isis in Afghanistan means locals could return to their villages – but the scenes on the ground were grim, and the fighting is far from over Le Pen and Macron woo Paris as French election enters final stretch Just days before first round of voting in presidential race, polls show frontrunners not dead certs to face each other in runoff Jamaican woman, 117, is oldest person on Earth Violet Brown becomes oldest registered person after death of Italian Emma Morano, also 117 Bizarre bivalve: first living giant shipworm discovered in Philippines Mud-dwelling organism that lives head down in a tusklike tube found alive for first time, although its existence had been known of for centuries

One last thing Bizarre bivalve: first living giant shipworm discovered in PhilippinesAbout three feet long and glistening black with a pink, fleshy appendage, it looks like the entrails of an alien from a bad horror film. In fact, it is a giant shipworm. The mud-dwelling organism that lives head down in a tusklike tube has been found alive for first time, although its existence had been known of for centuries. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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