OCTOBER 25 (GMT) – OCTOBER 26 (AEST), 2019 YOur dAILY TOP 12 STOrIES FrOM FRANK NEWS FuLL STOrIES STArT ON PAGE 3 NORTH AMERICA UK AUSTRALIA ‘Closed’ inquiry condemned PM will keep pushing for election Last Uluru climbers come down A leading Senate ally of President Donald Chancellor Sajid Javid says the The last climbers allowed to scale Uluru Trump has introduced a resolution government will push “again and again” have come down from the ancient and condemning the Democratic-run for a general election if the opposition sacred monolith, which is now officially House for pursuing an “illegitimate denies Boris Johnson a pre-Christmas closed for climbing. A group of eight held impeachment inquiry” and demanding poll. The Prime Minister said he would hands and stepped off the rock together that Republicans be given more chances give MPs more time to consider his Brexit about 7pm, local time, escorted by two to question witnesses. The nonbinding deal if they agreed to an election on rangers. Among them was Jayson Dudas resolution announced by GOP Sen. December 12. But Labour – whose votes from Las Vegas, who flew to Australia Lindsey Graham of South Carolina gives will be needed if he is to get the two- specifically to climb the rock. “I know Senate Republicans a chance to show thirds majority in the Commons which he there’s a big controversy. I respect the support for Trump. requires to go the country – has yet to first nations but since it’s an optional say what it will do. thing to do I decided to do it,” he said. NORTH AMERICA EUROPE NEW ZEALAND Shot deer kills Arkansas hunter EU agrees extension is needed Ardern government turns two Officials in Arkansas say a hunter died EU ambassadors have agreed on the This weekend, New Zealand Prime after he was attacked by a deer that principle of granting Britain’s request Minister Jacinda Ardern can blow out the he’d shot and believed to be dead. for another extension to the Brexit candles on two years in power. The jury Arkansas Game and Fish Commission deadline but have yet to decide on is firmly out on whether she’ll celebrate spokesman Keith Stephens said 66-year- the length of the new delay. Speaking a third. A pair of polls this month show old Thomas Alexander shot a buck after EU ambassadors met with the EU her coalition government is neck and with a muzzleloader while hunting near Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier, neck with the opposition National party, Yellville, an area in the Ozark Mountains. European Commission spokeswoman less than a year before the next election. Stephens said the buck attacked Mina Andreeva said ambassadors “have This is surprising, both to outsiders who Alexander when the hunter approached agreed to the principle of an extension” see Ardern confidently flying the Kiwi flag, the animal to see if it was dead. He said and their work will “continue in the and to locals with an eye to their electoral Alexander later died in hospital. coming days”. history. 1 OCTOBER 25 (GMT) – OCTOBER 26 (AEST), 2019 YOur dAILY TOP 12 STOrIES FrOM FRANK NEWS FuLL STOrIES STArT ON PAGE 6 REST OF THE WORLD UK AUSTRALIA Lion Air crash report points finger Hull: exciting waterfront city? Playful puppy sets home ablaze An Indonesian investigation has found Plans for an ambitious £1.5 billion project If you play with fire, you get burnt. a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed to safeguard Hull from flooding and turn It was a hard lesson to learn for Archie 189 people a year ago was doomed by the area into “one of the most exciting the 10-month-old puppy, after he set a combination of aircraft design flaws, waterfront cities in Europe” have been his owner’s Melbourne home ablaze last inadequate training and maintenance revealed. It is hoped that, if realised, the week. The French Bulldog Boston Terrier problems. A final accident report said plan would generate as many as 14,000 cross can be seen on home security Lion Air flight 610, from Indonesia’s new jobs through the building of a new camera jumping on a couch and chewing capital Jakarta to the island of Sumatra, outer harbour and port facilities in the on a lighter before it erupts in flames. crashed because the pilots were East Yorkshire city. The project involves His owner Dee said she left Archie alone never told how to quickly respond to the building of an 11km relief road on in her unit about 9am and four minutes malfunctions of the Boeing 737 Max 8 the Humber Estuary, which would in turn later, when she checked in on her playful jet’s automated flight-control system. create a lagoon. pup via CCTV, saw the incident unfold. REST OF THE WORLD EUROPE NEW ZEALAND Typhoon-hit Japan cops deluge Brit dead in France storms No preparing for major quake Torrential has caused flooding in towns A British woman was among three people No amount of planning could prepare east of Tokyo, prompting fresh concerns killed as torrential rain lashed southern the country for the reality of a large- in areas still recovering from recent France. The 68-year-old died after being scale earthquake, disaster officials typhoons. Footage showed muddy swept away by a flood outside her home have warned. The South Island Alpine waters spilling from a river in Chiba, in Cazouls-d’Herault, according to local Fault Earthquake response Forum southeast of Tokyo, where pedestrians media. She was reportedly taken to was in Nelson this week as part of its waded through waist-deep floods. hospital by helicopter after being found awareness-raising road-show. The Alpine A highway toll gate near the Narita by emergency workers nearby. More Fault, which runs almost the length of the International Airport was temporarily than 2000 emergency services workers South Island, has ruptured about every closed for safety. No casualties or have been mobilised to deal with the 300 years. The last time was in 1717. damage were reported. aftermath of the storms, which hit eight French counties. 2 OCTOBER 25 (GMT) – OCTOBER 26 (AEST), 2019 Republican senator Lindsey Graham. – AP – AP NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA Resolution condemns Hunter dies after deer ‘closed’ inquiry he’d shot attacks him A leading Senate ally of President Donald Trump has Officials in Arkansas say a hunter died after he was introduced a resolution condemning the Democratic- attacked by a deer that he’d shot and believed to be run House for pursuing an “illegitimate impeachment dead. inquiry” and demanding that Republicans be given more chances to question witnesses. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens said 66-year-old Thomas Alexander shot a buck The nonbinding resolution announced by GOP Sen. Lindsey with a muzzleloader while hunting near Yellville, an area in the Graham of South Carolina gives Senate Republicans a chance Ozark Mountains about 105 miles (170km) north of Little rock. to show support for Trump at a moment when the president Stephens said the buck attacked Alexander when the hunter is urging his GOP allies to fight harder for him as the House approached the animal to see if it was dead. He said Alexander impeachment probe gathers momentum. later died in hospital. IMPEACHMENT PrOBE: republicans disrupt deposition Stephens said it was not clear how long Alexander waited Graham said the House process so far has been “a star- before checking on the deer, but that the agency recommends chamber-type inquiry” and accused Democrats of using it to waiting at least 30 minutes before approaching.. ■ damage Trump. “If you can drive down a president’s poll numbers by having proceedings where you selectively leak information, where the president who’s the subject of all this is pretty much shut out, God help future presidents,” Graham said. With lawmakers from both parties present, House investigators have been questioning diplomats and administration officials behind closed doors for several weeks. Democrats are expected to soon hold public hearings. Should the House vote to impeach Trump, both sides would be able to question witnesses during the trial the GOP-run Senate would then commence. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, r-Ky., is a leading co-sponsor of the measure. Asked about a vote, McConnell said earlier that Republicans are “discussing the way forward on that.” Graham said 41 of the Senate’s 53 republicans had so far co-sponsored. ■ 3 OCTOBER 25 (GMT) – OCTOBER 26 (AEST), 2019 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with Chancellor Sajid Javid in the background. – AP Eu chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at the Eu headquarters in Brussels. – AP UK EUROPE PM will keep demanding EU agrees Brexit election ‘again and again’ extension is needed Chancellor Sajid Javid says the government will push EU ambassadors have agreed on the principle of granting “again and again” for a general election if the opposition Britain’s request for another extension to the Brexit denies Boris Johnson a pre-Christmas poll. deadline but have not yet figured out how long that delay should be. The Prime Minister said he would give MPs more time to consider his Brexit deal if they agreed to an election on Speaking after Eu ambassadors met with the Eu Brexit December 12. chief negotiator Michel Barnier, European Commission But Labour – whose votes will be needed if he is to get the spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said ambassadors from the Eu’s two-thirds majority in the Commons which he requires to go 27 other nations accepted the terms of an extension and their the country – has yet to say what it will do.