NOVEMBER 29 (GMT) – November 30 (AEST), 2018 YOur daiLY TOP 12 sTOries FrOM FRANK NEWS FuLL sTOries sTarT On Page 3 NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND Kids among six killed in blaze Johnson urges Tories to vote no More communities told to leave Authorities have recovered six bodies, Former minister Jo Johnson wants fellow One community has been cut off by including those of four children, from the Tories to vote down Prime Minister bushfire and told to seek shelter and six rubble of a burned-out northern Indiana Theresa May’s “worst of all worlds” Brexit. other towns are packing up valuables home, according to police. The victims Johnson, whose surprise resignation and evacuating their homes as fires of the fire outside Logansport included caught Westminster off guard earlier continue to rage in central Queensland. a 25-year-old woman and her three this month, will use a speech in London Firefighters can’t stop the fire advancing children – two daughters aged three and to try and rally opposition to May’s EU towards the seaside hamlet of Tinnanbar, one, and a three-month-old son, Indiana withdrawal agreement. The ex-transport which is between Maryborough and State Police Sgt. Tony Slocum said. The minister will say the Conservatives risk an Gympie, and say the blaze has reached other victims were a 42-year-old man and election disaster on the scale of 1997 if the road. his 10-year-old daughter. they back May’s plans. Trump open to Manafort pardon Scottish independence warning One dead in Mt Cook avalanche President Donald Trump has said a Prime Minister Theresa May has hit One person has died after an avalanche pardon for Paul Manafort was “not off back at claims she is too “feart” to go up on Aoraki Mount Cook this afternoon. the table”, in a comment that drew swift against Nicola Sturgeon in a TV debate Police say there were three people out rebuke from critics who fear the president on Brexit, as she insisted her withdrawal tramping when the avalanche occurred will use his executive power to protect deal would be “good for the UK as a at 1.30pm. While one of the trampers friends and supporters caught up in the whole”. With the country’s departure escaped uninjured, a second tramper Russia probe. The president’s discussion from the European Union looming in suffered minor injuries on the mountain of a possible pardon in an interview came just four months, May also restated her and was taken to Twizel for treatment. days after special counsel Robert Mueller opposition to any prospect of a second said Manafort had breached his plea deal Scottish independence referendum. by repeatedly lying to investigators. 1 NOVEMBER 29 (GMT) – November 30 (AEST), 2018 YOur daiLY TOP 12 sTOries FrOM FRANK NEWS FuLL sTOries sTarT On Page 6 NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND Senate defies Trump over Saudis Reports paint grim picture Andrews unveils cabinet shake-up Defying President Donald Trump, Separate assessments from Whitehall a first-time MP has been handed the senators have sent a strong signal they and the Bank of England have painted a big portfolio of public transport, while want to punish Saudi Arabia for its role in grim picture of the impact of a no-deal Victorian Labor has named its first female the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Brexit on the UK economy. The Bank attorney-general in its new-look ministry. By a bipartisan 63-37, the Senate voted warned Britain could be tipped into Premier Daniel Andrews revealed his to move forward with legislation calling a recession worse than the financial major ministerial shake-up, two days for an end to US involvement in the crash, with an 8 per cent cut in GDP, after announcing a gender-equal cabinet Saudi-led war in Yemen. The vote was a unemployment surging by as much as for the first time in the state’s history. rebuke not only to Saudi Arabia but also 7.5 per cent and house prices falling by to Trump’s administration. almost one-third. Trump’s jet has its wing clipped GPs workload too heavy West Coast to get $140m boost President Donald Trump’s private jet GPs’ workload is reaching “saturation Tourism, technology and dairy are set to has been involved in a collision at New point” as they order more than three benefit from a $140 million investment York’s Laguardia airport. a corporate jet times the amount of tests compared in the West Coast. Regional Economic manoeuvring into a parking spot struck to 15 years ago, scientists have said. Development Minister Shane Jones has the wing of Trump’s parked Boeing 757. Even using “conservative estimates”, the revealed details of a Provincial Growth The Federal Aviation Administration diagnostics for patients are costing the Fund package designed to strengthen referred reporters to the White House NHS more than £2.8 billion a year – while the region’s economy and create new press office. reviewing results is increasing pressure jobs. Top of the list is an $87.46 million on doctors, the researchers said. investment in tourism, including $40 million to upgrade KiwiRail’s TranzAlpine service. 2 NOVEMBER 29 (GMT) – November 30 (AEST), 2018 Firefighters battle an early morning house fire in Logansport, indiana. – aP Paul Manafort. – AP NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA Kids among six Trump open to killed in blaze Manafort pardon Authorities have recovered six bodies, including those of President Donald Trump has said a pardon for Paul four children, from the rubble of a burned-out northern Manafort was “not off the table”, in a comment that Indiana home, according to police. drew swift rebuke from critics who fear the president will use his executive power to protect friends and The victims of the fire outside Logansport included a 25-year- supporters caught up in the Russia probe. old woman and her three children – two daughters aged three and one, and a three-month-old son, Indiana State Police Sgt. The president’s discussion of a possible pardon in an interview Tony Slocum said. The other victims were a 42-year-old man came days after special counsel Robert Mueller said Manafort and his 10-year-old daughter. had breached his plea deal by repeatedly lying to investigators. The man’s wife and his adult son survived the fire and were The former Trump campaign chairman denied he lied. taken to a local hospital, Slocum said. Trump’s remarks were the latest sign of his disdain for the neighbors reported the fire at the rural home about 70 Russia investigation, which has dogged him for two years miles (115km) north of indianapolis. Two Cass County sheriff’s and ensnared members of his inner circle. In recent weeks, deputies arrived minutes later and tried to enter the home but the president, armed with inside information provided to his were turned away by flames and heat, sheriff randy Pryor said. lawyers by Manafort’s legal team, has sharpened his attacks, Pryor said the two survivors had spoken to investigators. seizing on what he claims are dirty tactics employed by the The house was largely engulfed in flames when firefighters special counsel and accusing investigators of pressuring arrived, preventing any rescue attempts, New Waverly Fire witnesses to lie. department Lt. steve Crispen said, adding the building’s roof When asked about a pardon for Manafort, Trump said: “It collapsed after fire gutted most of the interior of the two- was never discussed, but i wouldn’t take it off the table. Why storey, wood-frame house. would i take it off the table?” Firefighting efforts were hindered by a lack of fire hydrants Trump only has the power to pardon for federal charges. A near the house. Fire crews ran out of water and had to wait for pardon would not shield Manafort from prosecution for state about five minutes for more tankers to arrive, Crispen said. charges, though he is not currently facing any. “It’s pretty numbing when the initial dispatch is telling us The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee people are entrapped in the structure and they’re saying said if Trump pardoned Manafort it would be a “blatant and multiple people,” he said. “It’s one of the toughest days I’ve unacceptable abuse of power”. probably had in my life.” ■ Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia tweeted that the president’s pardon power was not a “personal tool” Trump could use to protect “himself and his friends”. Meanwhile, Manafort’s lawyers have been briefing Trump’s attorneys in recent months on what their client has told investigators, an unusual arrangement for a government co- operator and one that raises the prospect that Manafort could be angling for a pardon. Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni declined comment. ■ 3 NOVEMBER 29 (GMT) – November 30 (AEST), 2018 Former minister Jo Johnson. – PA Prime Minister Theresa May. – PA EUROPE EUROPE Jo Johnson urges Warning against Tories to reject deal Scottish independence Former minister Jo Johnson wants fellow Tories to vote Prime Minister Theresa May has hit back at claims she down Prime Minister Theresa May’s “worst of all worlds” is too “feart” to go up against Nicola Sturgeon in a TV Brexit. debate on Brexit, as she insisted her withdrawal deal would be “good for the UK as a whole”. Johnson, whose surprise resignation caught Westminster off guard earlier this month, will use a speech in London to try and With the country’s departure from the European Union rally opposition to May’s EU withdrawal agreement.