The 268-wagon train started on its solo journey when the driver got down from his cab to carry out an inspection, and was soon hurtling along at up to 110 kilometres (68 miles) per hour.

Mining giant BHP, which owns the four-locomotive train, decided to derail before it reached the town of Port Hedland near its Western Australia Pilbara site, and flicked the points.

The train crashed off the rails, damaging around 1,500 metres (1,600 yards) of tracks, but hurting no one.

Aerial images published by The West Australian showed a trail of twisted wreckage after Monday’s incident, with some wagons covered by their loads.

Australia is one of the world’s major sources of iron ore.

BHP said Wednesday more than 130 people were working to recover the train and fix the track — a key access route for the enormous mining facility — with partial rail operations expected to start up again in about a week.

The mine sites were still running and reserves would be used to maintain port operations, “however they are not expected to cover the entire period of interruption”, a BHP spokeswoman said in a statement.

“We will be liaising with our customers in relation to our contractual commitments over this period,” she added.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it was investigating the incident. There was no indication of what had caused the train to move without its driver.

“We cannot speculate on the outcome of the investigation however we are working with the appropriate authorities and our focus remains on the safe recovery of our operations,” the BHP spokeswoman said.

BHP’s shares closed 0.48 percent lower to Aus$33.39 (US$24.18) in Sydney Wednesday as reports in Britain said the Anglo-Australian firm was facing a £5 billion (US$6.5 billion) lawsuit over the deadly Samarco dam failure in Brazil in 2015.

BHP is also facing an Australian class action involving investors pursuing the miner for losses relating to the collapse.

Nineteen people were killed and a wave of toxic waste was unleashed when a dam burst at the mine in one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters.

It is rare for police to shoot suspects in Hong Kong, where it is illegal for the public to carry firearms.

Officers intercepted a “suspicious” man in Sham Shui Po station but he then pulled a six-inch (15-centimetre) knife from his backpack, divisional commander Chow Ngai-kong told reporters.

After giving him a warning, a policewoman shot him and he was sent to hospital with a stomach injury.

The 55-year-old knifeman, who has been arrested, is in a critical condition.

Asked by reporters why police had fired at the man during rush hour in a crowded station, Chow said their lives had been under threat.

“The male was using a life-threatening sharp-edged weapon to try to attack officers at the scene,” Chow said.

“She has considered whether she has the opportunity to hit the target before she actually opened fire,” he added.

The man was a Hong Kong identity card holder, Chow said, giving no further detail on the suspect.

Durian is highly popular in Southeast Asia but very divisive. While some consider it the “king of fruits”, likening its creamy texture and intense aroma to blue cheese, detractors consider its odour to be closer to sewage, stale vomit or damp socks.

Passengers booked on a Sriwijaya Air flight from Bengkulu province in Sumatra to Jakarta on Monday complained to staff after smelling the fruit and refused to get on the plane — repulsed by the pungent payload and concerned about the extra weight on board.

The airline admitted it was carrying more than two tonnes of the whiffy wares but insisted they posed no danger to the flight, adding the smell would dissipate once the aircraft took off.

“Durian is not classified as a hazardous material to be transported on a plane,” Sriwijaya Air official Abdul Rahim told national television station Kompas TV late Tuesday.

He blamed unusually hot weather for the stench.

“We made the necessary precautions, such as putting in pandan leaves and coffee powder to absorb the durian smell,” Rahim said.

Staff decided to unload the fruit after passengers who had boarded the flight decided to get off the plane, which took off an hour later and landed safely in Jakarta.

Bengkulu airport staff said they would review procedures regarding transport of durian to avoid passenger discomfort in the future.

Maria Valles Bonilla waved a small American flag at a ceremony in Washington, her hand on her heart as she pledged allegiance to the United States surrounded by family, including her great-grandchildren.

She was interviewed beforehand by US Citizenship and Immigration Services agents, who determined that she met all the necessary conditions to be naturalized as an American citizen, a spokesman said.

During her interview, Valles Bonilla said her late husband had harbored the dream of becoming American and so she filled out the paperwork and completed the process in his honor.

President Donald Trump has led a virulent campaign targeting illegal immigration, focusing on thousands of migrants making their way on foot toward the United States in the hopes of obtaining asylum.

Many members of the caravan come from El Salvador, fleeing its endemic violence and poverty.

Beyonce, a Houston native, posted a series of self-portraits that showed her sporting a cap with the slogan “Beto for Senate” and the message: “Every vote counts.”

“Every race matters,” the queen of pop wrote. “We can’t voice our frustrations and complain about what’s wrong without voting and exercising our power to make it right.”

“We need you.”

O’Rourke — a charismatic three-time congressman and former punk band member — tweeted his thanks to Beyonce, who in the past has thrown her star power behind Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

The high-profile 11th hour endorsement came as American voters were pouring into polling stations to wrap a heated midterm campaign seen as a test of Donald Trump’s contentious presidency.

O’Rourke’s battle against Ted Cruz — a 47-year-old who fought Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination — is one of the most expensive and closely watched Senate races in the sharply divided United States.

A win from the 46-year-old O’Rourke — whose given names are Robert Francis but who goes by Beto — would post a major win for the embattled Democratic Party.

Beyonce was a last-minute addition to the list of stars backing O’Rourke, who also garnered support from Houston hip-hop artist Travis Scott and NBA royalty LeBron James.

“Sending you all love and positivity on this happy voting day!” Beyonce wrote.

One of the key topics of discussion will be regional economic integration, given that ASEAN is expected to be the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030.

Other issues expected to be on the table include the conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement and bolstering of cybersecurity across the region.

Running on the sidelines of the main summit meanwhile are the Asean Plus Three Summit and the East Asia Summit. At the end of these meetings, Singapore will hand over the Asean chairmanship to Thailand.

Also taking place concurrently with the ASEAN Summit is the Asean Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) 2018, which will be held from November 12-13 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.

ABIS 2018, ASEAN’s premier annual business and investment event, will revolve around the theme ‘Building Tomorrow, Connecting Today’, which encapsulates the ASEAN Business Advisory Council’s (ASEAN-BAC) goal of being forward looking in approach and innovative in building towards a resilient ASEAN.

The forum acts as a platform for key policymakers and top business leaders to share their thoughts on current issues concerning ASEAN’s business and investment environment.

Separately, the Singapore Police Force on its website stated that the 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits have been declared as an ‘Enhanced Security Special Event’ under the Public Order Act.

The area around Suntec has correspondingly been designated as an ‘Enhanced Security Special Event Area’ from November 13-15, with roadblocks and stringent security checks to be conducted by police within this area to ensure the security of the summit.

UNESCO said its observatory, which tracks nearly 1,300 killings going back to 1993, went live last Friday to coincide with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

Most recently the murder of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul, which Turkey claims was on the orders of the government led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has drawn widespread condemnation.

“These deaths provide a tragic demonstration of the risks many journalists face in the line of duty,” the Paris-based body said, noting that in 89 percent of cases the killers go unpunished.

It said more than 80 deaths have been reported so far this year, representing one journalist or other media employee killed every four days.

Often reporters are targeted while covering violent conflicts such as the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, where AFP photographer Shah Marai was among ten journalists killed by suicide bombers last April.

But others have occurred in democratic countries, including the brutal murder of the 30-year-old television journalist Viktoria Marinova in Bulgaria last month.

Khaled Ali, 35, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday, with his attorney saying he was not competent to stand trial.

Ali was arrested last Wednesday after leading police on a chase after several people called the emergency services a day before to report that he had taken them in the wrong direction after picking them up and had refused to allow them to exit his vehicle.

All of the victims managed to jump out of his car and alerted police.

He was arrested after leading police on a chase with two passengers in his car who managed to leap out.

Ali, who remains in jail in lieu of $475,000 bail, faces more than 23 years in prison if convicted.

The ride-sharing company Uber said it had removed Ali’s access to the platform and was cooperating with authorities.