1 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: From the team at News dot com dot Au. This 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: is the latest from the Newsroom. The Pope apologizes for 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: using a homophobic slur, Robert de Niro lashes out at 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, and a win for Australia at the French Open. 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: All of that is coming up in this episode of 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom. It's Wednesday, the twenty ninth of May, 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: and we'll be back in a moment. The daughter of 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: the man who killed two women in Perth has revealed 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: she and her mum begged police for help before the 10 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: double murder. Mark Bombara shot and killed his ex wife's 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: best friend, Jennifer Patelschi's and her youngest daughter, Gretel last 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: Friday afternoon before taking his own life. Now, his daughter 13 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: Ariel Bombara, has delivered an emotional statement with an extraordinary 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: message for Australia. Have a listen. 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: What my father did was an act of domestic violence. 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 2: My mother and at My mother and I made it 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: clear that lives were at risk, and we were repeatedly ignored, 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 2: repeatedly failed. These failures have cost the lives of two 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: incredible women. 20 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: Moving on, Two people have been killed in Sydney's Southwest 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: overnight after a motorcycle crashed with a car. The collision 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: happened at an intersection of the Hume Highway at Greenacre 23 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: around seven pm on Tuesday night. Both passengers on the 24 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: motorcycle were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of 25 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: the car was taken to Westmeeed Hospital in a critical condition. 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: Overseas now, the Vatican has issued an apology after Pope 27 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 1: Francis was accused of using an offensive gay slang word. 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: The head of the Catholic Church used the homophobic slur 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: during a meeting with Italian bishops, but he is said 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: to have joked about the number of gay men in seminaries. 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: In its statement, the Vatican said the Pope never intended 32 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he 33 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: addresses his apologies to those who felt offended. And in 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: Show Bears, Robert de Niro gave a surprise press conference 35 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: outside the New York court where Donald Trump is standing trial, 36 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: calling the former president a dangerous clown on The actor 37 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: and longtime Trump critic had a chilling warning for Americans 38 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: ahead of the upcoming presidential election. 39 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 3: I don't mean to scare you. No, no, wait, maybe 40 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: I do mean to scare you if Trump returns to 41 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that 42 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 3: we all take for granted, and elections forget about it. 43 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 3: That's over, that's done. If he gets in, I can 44 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 3: tell you right now, he will never leave. 45 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: De Niro's comments came as prosecutors delivered their closing arguments 46 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: in Trump's criminal trial. Will be back in a moment. 47 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: With the latest in sport to sport now, Alex Demonor 48 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: has kept Australia's French Open hopes alive. The twenty five 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: year old beat American Alex Michaelson in three straight sets 50 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: at Roland Garross. With the victory, he is the first 51 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: Australian man to reach the second round of the French 52 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: Open in seventeen years. And finally, former Test opener Joe 53 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: Burns will attempt to help Italy qualify for the twenty 54 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: twenty six World Cup in honor of his late brother, 55 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: who died in February. Burns, who played twenty three Tests 56 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: for Australia between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty, wasn't offered 57 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: a Queensland contract for the upcoming season and his Big 58 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: Bash deal with the Melbourne Stars also ended. The thirty 59 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: four year old, who has Italian heritage through his mother, 60 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: set on Instagram that while the fields of Rome may 61 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: be a long way from the Gabba mcg or our 62 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: front yard growing up, I feel like I'm coming home. 63 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: You are now up to date with the latest from 64 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: the newsroom.