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From Nine News, this is your news today.
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Good morning, this is your news today, streaming on Nine Now and on YouTube.
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We begin in Melbourne where the families of two young women
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killed in a methanol poisoning in Laos are outraged over the charges expected to be laid against those allegedly responsible.
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Let's go live to Christina Hearn.
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Chris, good morning.
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Charles, good morning.
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It is expected that officials in Laos will announce later today the findings of their investigation.
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Those allegedly responsible are only expected to be hit with two charges
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and they are producing a hazardous substance and also running a business illegally.
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Collectively, those charges carry a maximum one year in jail and a fine of $1,600.
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It is not expected that murder or manslaughter charges will be laid.
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Understandably, this has devastated and infuriated the families of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton Bowles,
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Both young women from Melbourne were killed in November 2024 in a mass methanol poisoning in a backpackers in Laos.
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Mark Jones, who is the father of Bianca, said he is disgusted by those charges.
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And Charles, he wants Anthony Albanese to intervene.
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We will speak to those families later in the program.
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Chris, thank you.
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Two men and a woman are in police custody this morning after a dramatic arrest in Sydney's west, with police also seizing a car from the property.
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Live now to Sarah Stewart with more.
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Sarah, good morning.
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Good morning to you, Sylvia.
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That's right, those two men and one woman were arrested last night in pretty dramatic scenes in Maryland.
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From around 5.30, police surrounded that home with bear cats on the ground and polaire from above on a speaker.
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They ordered those people to come out of the property.
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They did so with their hands in the air.
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They were taken into custody where they remain this morning.
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A short time after that, police also seized a white Porsche from the back of the property.
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That was taken away on the back of a truck.
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It is currently being examined at the moment.
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Police are investigating if that car is linked to another incident that happened in Sydney a couple of days ago.
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We are expecting police to release more details this morning, Sylvia.
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Sarah, thank you.
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Donald Trump is set to make a primetime speech later today with reports the president will revisit his claims
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that the 2020 election was rigged.
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While the exact content of his speech is yet to be confirmed, Trump told media earlier this week that voting would be discussed.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with the Ukrainian Order of Freedom,
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the highest award for a foreign person.
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The recognition comes during his final visit to Kiev as Prime Minister
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before Andy Burnham is expected to take over the top job on Monday.
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Millions of people in the US are facing dangerous air quality as more than 100 wildfires burn across Canada.
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Smoke has drifted into major cities like Chicago, Detroit, New York and Boston, causing concern for people who have difficulty breathing.
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A US pilot is being investigated after a low flyover caused chaos on a beach in Florida. That is a buzz.
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Let's go live to our US correspondent Reid Butler.
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Good morning, Reid.
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Charles, it's enough to make you want to spit out your waterfront pina colada.
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These beach crowds would have felt it in their bones when the US Navy's elite Blue Angels flew
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terrifyingly close during an air show in Florida.
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Certainly frightening.
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Witnesses say it whipped up a mini tornado on the beach, sending tents and chairs and towels and sand flying.
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US Navy's flight demonstration squadron is investigating,
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saying the flyover was too low for standard operations in this kind of air show.
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No-one was injured, though, and, Charles, you get the feeling the spectators loved it.
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Memorable story to tell, Reid.
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Thank you.
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King Charles has found a royal remedy for England's World Cup heartbreak, a pint.
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His Majesty managed to laugh about the loss while pulling a beer during a visit to a pub.
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Maybe it's a good day to drown a few sorrows.
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Live now to Mimi Becker in London.
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Sylvia, it was a quip from the King acknowledging the disappointment that many England fans are still feeling today.
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His Majesty lightening the mood at a brewery visit today.
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He was accompanied by Queen Camilla, the pair marking 250 years of that brewery in Dorset.
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They also met with representatives from local charities and the King was also introduced to an owl.
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Now, separately, Princess Anne is currently touring overseas and she's in Thailand where she's met with the country's Prime Minister.
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It's been 40 years since she was there in Thailand.
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And the Royal Family have also posted video of her meeting a robot in South Korea a couple of days ago.
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The pair managed to shake hands, but the Royal Family, waiting for that vision, the Royal Family have joked, but can it curtsy, Sylvia?
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One more trick for the robots to learn, Mimi, thank you.
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Now to what could be every driver's worst nightmare.
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Six mini roundabouts surrounded by one almighty traffic circle.
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What is going on here?
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Known as the Magic Roundabout, don't know about that.
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It's located in the English town of Hemel Hempstead and has confused drivers, young and old, since 1973.
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One man posted his tour of the roundabout online and people were stumped.
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Here we go.
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So ready for this?
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Yeah, no, you're going to turn left.
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Oh, I am.
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So roundabout, mini roundabout people look at this okay here we go
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so yeah just here's the first roundabout there it is take a left all right okay
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so then get in the right get in the right yeah yeah now turn right on this one yeah
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there you go this roundabout yeah a little right on
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that one okay now on this one yeah keep going then
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take a right again I've got a headache just trying to figure
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that out on paper the roundabout may make sense
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but many say once there it feels like every driver for themselves that looks like carnage to me, Charles.
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I'd love to see Americans tackle it on the wrong side of the road as well, just to make it really confusing.
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Well, from South East Queensland to the globe, a blockbuster action thriller will soon hit our big screens featuring some very familiar places.
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I want to get out of the car.
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I know we can't get out of the car right now.
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I want to get out of the car.
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Well, you said you wanted to get out.
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Let's go live to Andrew Crullers in Brisbane.
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Good morning, Charles.
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Well, for years, Hollywood has been coming here to shoot things, but making us pretend we're somewhere else like Chicago or Miami.
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But now, Runner completely flips the script.
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So it stars Alan Richson and Owen Wilson.
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And it follows them as a former soldier has to race
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against time to get a life-saving liver transplant to a little girl driving between Brizzy and the Gold Coast, all while being chased by a ruthless cartel.
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And while they may be the stars, Queensland certainly steals the show.
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There's plenty of familiar places, the Kangaroo Point Cliffs, the Gold Coast Highway, and all of this drops in cinemas come September, Charles.
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Andrea, thank you.
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It is official.
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Melbourne is now the most expensive city in the world to buy beer and cigarettes.
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The cost of both items has skyrocketed by 90% over the past decade.
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Out of 69 cities, Melbourne leads the rankings on the so-called Oasis Index for the price of five beers
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and two packs of ciggies, totaling $159, which is more than double what it would cost you in New York City.
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I wonder everyone in Melbourne is moving to Brisbane.
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Well, have you ever been polite, but it's somehow backfired?
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Well, this girl's basic decency to say thank you may take the cake literally.
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She gave what she thought were careful instructions to the bakery, making her brother's birthday cake.
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The baker took the words a little too literally.
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Take a look.
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I got my brother a birthday cake he's just turned 17 and
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when I requested the cake in the like little message down
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below I said can you please write happy birthday Brandon thanks
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so much um they took that way too literal they wrote happy birthday Brandon thanks
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so much that is the last time I am being polite
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and saying thank you
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because what the hell it does just look like she's saying
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thanks to her brother at least I didn't put the delivery address on it.
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It was no harm no foul for the brother he commented online saying the cake was great.
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I mean I'm sure she has plenty to thank her brother for as well while she's at it.
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Yeah sure maybe not, maybe it's the other way around.
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Your relationship goes that way doesn't it.
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You're spot on.
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Okay quick look now at the weather for your Friday morning and a mostly sunny day is on the way for Melbourne, Adelaide and Darwin.
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The news isn't as good for Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Perth though with showers on the way, temperatures hovering around 20 degrees.

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  • Methanol poisoning: Avvelenamento da metanolo (termine tecnico usato nelle notizie).
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