1 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: From the team at news dot Com TODAU. This is 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: the latest from the newsroom. A world leader is clinging 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: to life after being shot, a high profile Ossie footballer 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: has been accused of rape, and Netflix confirms that it's 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: making a sequel of one of the most popular movies 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: from the nineties. Or that are more coming up in 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: this episode from the Newsroom. It's Thursday, the sixteenth of May. 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: Will be back at the moment. We'll start overseas. The 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: Prime Minister of Slovakia is in a critical condition after 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: being shot five times during an assassination attempt. He was 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: greeting members of the public after a meeting when he 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: was shot. The suspected gunman has been detained by police. 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: Moving on. 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 1: Scott Morrison met with Donald Trump in his private residence 15 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: in New York. The former Ozzie PM shared a photo 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: of the meeting on Twitter and wrote it was nice 17 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: to catch up again with mister Trump, especially given the 18 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: pylon he is currently dealing with in the US. Mister 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: Morrison is a fan of true I was praising the 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: ex president in a recent chat with Kyle and Jackie. Oh. 21 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 3: There are plenty of things he says and does. Was 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: I'm sure people don't agree with them. I'm just saying 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: in the relationship I had him him president, the Prime minister. Yeah, 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 3: he understood that the Australia US relationship was incredibly important. 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 3: He was amazingly sort of friendly towards me and we've 26 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 3: got a lot done at the time. 27 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: Speaking of Trump, he and Joe Biden have agreed to 28 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: take part in two debates before November's presidential election. Biden 29 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: got the ball rolling by issuing a public challenge to Trump. 30 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: Donald Trump lost two debates to me in twenty twenty. 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: Sam said he hadn't shown up for debate. Now he's 32 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: acting like he wanted to beat me again or make 33 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: my day pal. Trump quickly accepted the offer, with the 34 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: two leaders set to clash in June and September. Back 35 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: home Now, a council in western Sydney has voted to 36 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: overturn its ban on same sex books after widespread outrage. 37 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: Earlier this month, the Cumberland City Council voted to ban 38 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: same sex books from its libraries, but last night they 39 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: voted twelve to two in favor of Rie and Stell 40 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: the books to Showbiz Now, Netflix has confirmed it's making 41 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: a Happy Gilmore sequel with Adam Sandler. There have been 42 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: rumors about this movie for months now, with the actor 43 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: who played Shooter McGavin revealing recently that he'd even seen 44 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: a first draft of the script. 45 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: It's Adam about two weeks ago and he says mcdernold, 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: You're gonna love that life. How about that because he 47 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: was in the first draft of Happy Gilmore too. 48 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back in a moment with the latest in 49 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: Sport to Sport Now, a Queensland based NRL player has 50 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: reportedly been accused of rape. A woman allegedly met with 51 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: police and made the complaint on Tuesday night and investigation 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: is underway. And finally, boxer Tyson Fury has revealed why 53 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: he's so excited about his heavyweight world title fight against 54 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: Alexander Yusik this weekend. Fury said, the truth is is 55 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: exciting to me and attractive because of the amount of 56 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: money I'm getting paid, not because of the belts that's 57 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: on the line. Fury is tipped to earn more than 58 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty million dollars from the fight. You 59 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: are now up to date with the latest from the newsroom.