SEPTEMBER 18 (GMT) – september 19 (AEST), 2018 YoUr daiLY Top 12 STorieS from FRANK NEWS fULL STorieS STarT on page 3 NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND Sky-high price for Space Force MPs urge Brexit fallback plan PM rejects disability probe plea Creating a Space Force as a separate Theresa May must consider alternatives military service, as proposed by President to her Chequers blueprint that keep Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled Donald Trump, would cost an estimated Britain aligned to Brussels to avoid a out investigating disability providers as $US12.9 billion in its first five years, “chaotic and damaging” no-deal Brexit part of the royal commission into aged according to a detailed Air Force plan if it is rejected, MPs have warned. The care. The commission will be dealing for how to go about it. This is the first Government should look at either a with in-home care and young people publicly available cost estimate. When customs union or European Economic with disabilities in residential aged care, the White House announced plans to Area (EEA) membership as a fallback but won’t look at disability organisations establish a Space Force in August, Deputy to avoid leaving the European Union more broadly. “It’s important we keep the Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan without a withdrawal agreement, the focus of the inquiry,” Morrison said. declined to give an exact figure. Exiting the EU Committee suggested. Crews to rescue as toll rises Barnier to update EU ministers Ardern: No cracks in coalition Throwing a lifeline to a city surrounded Brussels’ chief Brexit negotiator will Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is by floodwaters, emergency crews have brief ministers from European Union adamant there are no cracks in the delivered food and water to Wilmington governments on the state of talks coalition government. Adern said she as rescuers picked up more people with the UK ahead of a major summit was firmly in charge of the Labour-led stranded by Hurricane Florence and the this week. Michel Barnier will update government and it was incorrect to storm’s remnants took aim at the densely representatives of the EU27 on the characterise Deputy Prime Minister populated north-east. The death toll from remaining issues that need to be Winston Peters as hostile. The prime Florence rose to at least 32, and crews resolved in the divorce talks – including minister also dismissed suggestions of elsewhere used helicopters and boats how to resolve the Irish border question public humiliation of the Labour coalition to rescue people trapped by still-rising – and the framework for the UK’s future because of Peters’ comments by rivers. relationship with the EU. over-planned policies. 1 SEPTEMBER 18 (GMT) – september 19 (AEST), 2018 YoUr daiLY Top 12 STorieS from FRANK NEWS fULL STorieS STarT on page 6 ASIA REST OF THE WORLD AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND Moon, Kim start third summit Russian jet downed near Syria Needle found in Sydney apple north Korean leader Kim Jong Un greeted A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was A mother has reportedly found a needle Moon Jae-in with hugs and smiles as brought down by a Syrian missile over inside an apple she bought from a the South Korean president arrived in the Mediterranean, killing all 15 people Woolworths supermarket in Sydney’s Pyongyang for a third summit between on board, the Russian defense ministry northwest. It was reported the needle the two, aimed at advancing faltering says. It blamed Israel for the crash, saying was found in a six-pack of pink Lady nuclear talks and officially ending the the plane was caught in the crossfire as apples purchased from a supermarket Korean War. Hundreds of north Koreans four israeli fighters attacked targets in at The Ponds. The Kellyville Ridge mother wearing suits and traditional dresses northwestern Syria. The Russian military reportedly found the needle when also greeted moon, carrying flowers and said that the Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft peeling an apple for her daughters. waving Korean peninsula and north was hit 35km off the coast as it was Korean flags. returning to its home base nearby. Teacher, students electrocuted First private moon passenger Release emails, government told Police in Pakistan say a teacher and three SpaceX says Japanese billionaire Yusaku The Speaker of the House has told the students were electrocuted and died at maezawa will be first private passenger government to front up with personal a private school in the country’s north- on a solo rocket trip around the moon. emails between former minister Clare west.police officer abdur rasheed said The 42-year-old entrepreneur, who Curran and technology entrepreneur the four were hoisting the national flag appeared at an event at the space launch Derek Handley. Curran was stripped of during morning assembly in the village company’s headquarters, said it had the Government Digital Services role of Kiwai in the picturesque Kaghan Valley been his lifelong dream to go into space. after it was revealed she used personal when tragedy struck. The officer said the He said just thinking about the journey emails and did not properly record a teacher raised the banner and the steel got his heart racing. meeting with Handley, who was applying pipe with the flag came in contact with for the Chief Technology officer role. high voltage electricity cables. 2 SEPTEMBER 18 (GMT) – september 19 (AEST), 2018 - AP Floodwater from Hurricane Florence threatens homes in South Carolina. - AP NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA Sky-high price for Crews come to the rescue Trump’s Space Force as Florence toll rises Creating a Space Force as a separate military service, Throwing a lifeline to a city surrounded by floodwaters, as proposed by President Donald Trump, would cost an emergency crews have delivered food and water to estimated $US12.9 billion in its first five years, according Wilmington as rescuers picked up more people stranded to a detailed Air Force plan for how to go about it. by Hurricane Florence and the storm’s remnants took aim at the densely populated Northeast. This is the first publicly available cost estimate. When the White House announced plans to establish a Space Force in August, The death toll from Florence rose to at least 32, and crews Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan declined to give a elsewhere used helicopters and boats to rescue people figure but said it would be in “the billions.” trapped by still-rising rivers. The Air Force’s estimate is contained in a September 14 A day earlier, Wilmington’s entire population of 120,000 memo from Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who proposed people was cut off by flooding. that the Pentagon ask Congress for the authority and money to authorities then reopened a single unidentified road into establish a Space Force headquarters in 2020. the town, which stands on a peninsula. But it wasn’t clear if the “The President has clearly communicated his desire for a route would remain open as the Cape Fear River kept swelling. military department for space,” she wrote. and officials did not say when other roads might be clear. “Strategic competition with Russia and China is the focus in some places, the rain finally stopped, and the sun of our approach.” peeked through, but north Carolina gov. roy Cooper warned Creation of Space Force as a separate military service will dangerously high water would persist for days. require congressional action. The administration is expected He urged residents who were evacuated from the to submit proposed legislation early next year authorizing the hardest-hit areas to stay away because of closed roads and establishment of a Space Force. catastrophic flooding that submerged entire communities. The first-year cost of a Spacef orce would be $3.3 billion, and “There’s too much going on,” he said. the cost over five years would be an estimated $12.9 billion. About two dozen truckloads of military MREs and bottled In an indication of the complexities of creating a new military water were delivered to Wilmington, the state’s eighth-largest service, the Air Force says the proposed US Space Force would city, officials said. be a separate department organized under a civilian secretary The chairman of new Hanover County’s commissioners, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, Woody White, said three centers were set to open to begin along with an undersecretary, four assistant secretaries, a chief distributing essentials to residents. lawyer, an inspector general and a legislative liaison. A four-star mayor Bill Saffo said he was working with the governor’s general would serve as chief of staff. office to get more fuel into Wilmington. The proposal said the missions of Space Force would include “At this time, things are moving as well as can be in missile defense. More broadly, it would be “responsible for the the city,” he said. preparation of forces necessary for the effective prosecution Crews had conducted about 700 rescues in new Hanover of war.” County, where more than 60 per cent of homes and In June, Trump directed the Pentagon to create a “separate businesses were without power, authorities said. ■ but equal” space force. ■ 3 SEPTEMBER 18 (GMT) – september 19 (AEST), 2018 - EPA The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. - AP EUROPE EUROPE MPs urge Brexit fallback Barnier to update EU plan in case of no-deal ministers on Brexit Theresa May must consider alternatives to her Chequers Brussels’ chief Brexit negotiator will brief ministers from blueprint that keep Britain aligned to Brussels to avoid European Union governments on the state of talks with a “chaotic and damaging” no-deal Brexit if it is rejected, the UK ahead of a major summit this week.
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