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January 24 (GMT) – January 25 (AEST), 2018 YOUR DAILY TOP 12 STORIES FROM FRANK NEWS FULL STORIES START ON PAGE 3 NORTH AMERICA UK + EUROPE AUSTRALIA Trump delays State of the Union Chance of second vote soars Blackouts hit amid heatwave President Donald Trump said he is The likelihood of a second referendum Thousands of houses across Victoria postponing his State of the Union being held to break the political deadlock are without power as the state swelters address until the partial government over Brexit has “risen sharply”, according through an “oppressive” night of hot and shutdown ends, yielding after a weeklong to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). humid weather. About 5800 properties showdown with House Speaker Nancy The forecasting group put the probability were without power, a spokesman for the Pelosi. Trump conceded that “no venue of another poll at 50 per cent, up from State Control Centre said, with the cause that can compete” with the House 30 per cent in a similar analysis less than of the outages under investigation. The Chamber” and that he was not looking for a fortnight ago, and said it expects the blackouts came after Energy Minister Lily an alternate option after Pelosi said he Government to delay Britain’s exit. D’Ambrosio urged households to ration won’t be allowed to deliver the address to their non-essential electricity use. a joint session of Congress next week. Dems’ border security proposal Cold snap prompts ice warning Thai cave divers vie for honour House Democrats, feeling pressure to Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians have Two mates thrust into the global spotlight display their vision for border security, been urged to remain cautious after for their heroic roles in rescuing a Thai are preparing a package that would the cold snap brought ice to many parts junior soccer team could be crowned ignore President Donald Trump’s of the country. An overnight low of -9C joint winners of Australian of the Year. demand for $5.7 billion for a wall with was recorded in Aboyne, a village on the South Australian anaesthetist Richard Mexico and would instead pay for other edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Harris and West Australian retired vet ideas aimed at protecting the border. while Cavendish in Suffolk was hit by Craig Challen took out their state awards Details of the Democrats’ border security temperatures of -5C. The Met Office for their part in July’s daring salvage of plan and its cost remained a work in meteorologist warned that showers and 12 young boys and their coach from a progress, though some said it might freezing rain could bring treacherous flooded cave in Thailand. match Trump’s $5.7 billion figure. travel conditions throughout the day. 1 January 24 (GMT) – January 25 (AEST), 2018 YOUR DAILY TOP 12 STORIES FROM FRANK NEWS FULL STORIES START ON PAGE 6 REST OF THE WORLD EUROPE NEW ZEALAND US backs Maduro rival Sala search turns to recovery Queenstown in clean-up mode Venezuelans are headed into Guernsey Police have resumed their Queenstown and Central Otago are uncharted political waters, with the search for the missing plane carrying new cleaning up after wild southerly change young leader of a newly united and Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala, but the swept through the area, downing trees combative opposition claiming to hold man in charge of the search said it was and cutting off power to thousands. the presidency and socialist President unlikely that Sala or pilot David Ibbotson Dozens were still without power in Nicolas Maduro digging in for a fight would be found alive. Guernsey Police pockets of the Queenstown Lakes and with the Trump administration. Violence said that they would begin a coastal air Central Otago districts after power was flared again during big anti-government search, focusing on the small islands of cut to about 4500 customers as strong demonstrations across Venezuela, and Burhou, Alderney and Sark, as well as the winds and heavy rain lashed the area. at least seven protesters were reported Casquets rocks, and the north coast of killed in the escalating confrontation. the Cherbourg Peninsula. Kim prepares for second summit Union chiefs say ‘no’ to no-deal Ardern pitches wellbeing budget North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda ordered preparations for a second has repeated her call for Theresa May Ardern has pitched what she says will summit with President Donald Trump, to take a no-deal Brexit off the table, as be the first-ever “wellbeing” budget by saying he’ll “wait with patience and in she emerged from Downing Street saying a government. Her administration has good faith” to work toward a common she had not received the guarantees vowed to this year take a new approach goal, the North’s state media reported. unions are seeking on jobs and workers’ to its finances, saying it would no longer Despite Kim’s determination for another rights. The Prime Minister was meeting just crunch numbers on economic data meeting with Trump, the two remain at union bosses as one of Britain’s largest but also a variety of social indicators. “I odds over fundamental issues. manufacturers, Airbus, issued a stark think it’s the beginning of doing things warning of the potential damage to jobs differently,” Ardern said at the World from a no-deal departure. Economic Forum in Davos. 2 January 24 (GMT) – January 25 (AEST), 2018 US President Donald Trump. – AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. – AP NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA Trump delays State Dems prepare own of the Union border security package President Donald Trump said he is postponing his State House Democrats, feeling pressure to display their vision of the Union address until the partial government for border security, are preparing a package that would shutdown ends, yielding after a weeklong showdown ignore President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. for a wall with Mexico and would instead pay for other ideas aimed at protecting the border. Following a high-stakes game of dare and double-dare, Trump conceded that “no venue that can compete with the history, As the government slogged through a record 33rd day of its tradition and importance of the House Chamber” and that partial shutdown, details of the Democrats’ border security he was not looking for an alternate option after Pelosi served plan and its cost remained a work in progress, though some notice earlier that he won’t be allowed to deliver the address to said it might match Trump’s $5.7 billion figure. Party leaders a joint session of Congress next week. said it would include money for scanning devices and other Pelosi had taken the step after Trump said he planned to technological tools for improving security at ports of entry and show up in spite of Democratic objections to the speech taking along the boundary, plus funds for more border agents and place with large swaths of the government shut down. immigration judges. Denied that grand venue, Trump promised to come up with “If his $5.7 billion is about border security, then we see some sort of alternative event. The White House scrambled ourselves fulfilling that request, only doing it with what I like to to find a site matching the gravitas of the traditional address call using a smart wall,” said No. 3 House Democratic leader Jim from the rostrum of the House to lawmakers from both Clyburn. parties, Supreme Court justices, invited guests and a television The Democrats’ movement toward producing a plan, which audience of millions. they said they expected to unveil this week, was significant “As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to because it underscored a growing uneasiness with letting give the State of the Union Address. I agreed,” Trump tweeted. Trump cast them as soft on border security. It came as the “She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, Senate prepared for votes on rival plans for reopening federal suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the agencies and paying 800,000 federal workers who are days Address when the Shutdown is over.” from missing yet another paycheck. Fireworks over the speech shot back and forth between Republicans would couple ending the shutdown with the Capitol and the White House as the month-long partial financing Trump’s wall and revamping immigration laws. government shutdown showed no signs of ending and about Democrats would reopen agency doors through February 8 800,000 federal workers faced the prospect of going without while bargainers seek an accord. their second paycheck in a row. A poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Pelosi told Trump the House wouldn’t approve a resolution Affairs Research released Wednesday was the latest indicator allowing him to address Congress until the shutdown ended. that the shutdown is hurting Trump with the general public. Trump shot back that Pelosi was afraid of hearing the truth. While his approval among Republicans remains strong, just “I think that’s a great blotch on the incredible country that we 34 per cent of Americans like his performance as president all love,” Trump said. “It’s a great, great horrible mark.” ■ and 6 in 10 assign a great deal of responsibility to him for the shutdown, around double the share blaming Democrats. ■ 3 January 24 (GMT) – January 25 (AEST), 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May. – PA An early morning runner during a frosty sunrise in Primrose Hill, London. – PA UK + EUROPE UK + EUROPE Chance of second Brexit Cold snap prompts vote soars ice warning The likelihood of a second referendum being held to Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians have been urged to break the political deadlock over Brexit has “risen remain cautious after the cold snap brought ice to many sharply”, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit parts of the country.