1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the updates. I'm Eleanor Quirk. Friends and family 2 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: of soccer style Sam Kerr have given glowing character references 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: on day five of her racially aggravated harassment trial in London. 4 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: The thirty one year old's accused of calling a police 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: officer stupid and white during an incident in twenty twenty three, 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: but denies it was racially charged. The juries expected to 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: begin deliberations on Monday. Flood affected towns in North Queensland 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: are being worn to brace the more rain it comes, 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: as areas including Townsville and Ingham's struggle to recover from 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: severe flooding from last week's deluge. The state's Premier, David 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: chris Of fully says it's unprecedented. 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 2: Some of the scenes that I have witnessed in places 13 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: where water have gone I've never seen. Growing up in Ingham, 14 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: I was always told about the nineteen sixty seven flood 15 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: being the one that we'd never see again. Well, there 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: are waters in places that didn't go there in nineteen 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: sixty seven. People talking about a one in one hundred. 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: And many parts overseas, and the FBI has now joined 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: the search for a passenger plane that's vanished off the 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: coast of Alaska. Ten people were on board the aircraft 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: when it disappeared from radar around an hour into its flight. 22 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: The Coast Guard and Air Force have joined the FBI, 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: who were trying to track mobile phone signals in a 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: bid to locate the plane. And the US President and 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: his Japanese counterpart have met in Washington, with security in 26 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: the Indo Pacific high on the agenda. The Japanese Prime 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: Minister confirming his country is committed to boosting its defense 28 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: systems in the region. Donald Trump reasserting a strong defense 29 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: partnership between the two countries. 30 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 3: The military cooperation between the United States and Japan is 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: one of our closest security partnerships. 32 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 4: It's one of the closest we have anywhere in the world. 33 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: Sport and entertainment annexed to sport. Three weeks aren't from 34 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: their historic trip to Las Vegas, and the Sharks and 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: Warriors have played out a twelve all draw in the 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: NRL's preseason. Cronulla outside back Morwenni Hiroti says the team 37 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: was happy with their performance. 38 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 3: Good to get the. 39 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 4: Cold webs out, but short preseason, but I think the 40 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 4: boys worked pretty hard on what we want to achieve 41 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 4: this preseason and took them to the game. 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 3: I feel like we did. 43 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 4: We did pretty good. And there's a lot of areas 44 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 4: when they're to work on obviously, but sorry, pre says he. 45 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 4: We'll get it done. 46 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: To entertainment, Australia's biggest screen stars have turned out for 47 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: the industry's Night of Nights on the Gold Coast Netflix 48 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: series Boys Swallows Universe the big winner, picking up twelve 49 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: gongs at the Actor Awards, while Robbie Williams Biopick Betterman 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: took home nine awards. 51 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 3: You spend the second twenty years of your life sorting 52 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: out the first twenty years of your life. But if 53 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: you accept who you are and work with your disabilities 54 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 3: is not the right word, but they can, they do 55 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 3: become superpowers. 56 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: And that's the latest from the nov podcast team. Will 57 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: see you again soon for another episode of the Updates.