1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,414 Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges the 2 00:00:15,414 --> 00:00:18,294 Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is 3 00:00:18,334 --> 00:00:23,414 Speaker 1: recorded on Hi. I'm Tallly Blackman from Mom and Me 4 00:00:23,494 --> 00:00:26,134 Speaker 1: as twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines. 5 00:00:26,134 --> 00:00:30,334 Speaker 1: For Friday July eighteen, President Donald Trump says he plans 6 00:00:30,374 --> 00:00:33,374 Speaker 1: to sue Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over 7 00:00:33,414 --> 00:00:36,654 Speaker 1: what he calls a fake letter tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. 8 00:00:37,854 --> 00:00:40,614 Speaker 1: The Journal reported the letter appeared in a two thousand 9 00:00:40,614 --> 00:00:44,214 Speaker 1: and three birthday album for Epstein and included a typewritten 10 00:00:44,294 --> 00:00:47,974 Speaker 1: text signed Donald framed by a hand drawn nude woman. 11 00:00:48,454 --> 00:00:51,734 Speaker 1: Trump denied ever writing it, calling the story defamatory and 12 00:00:51,814 --> 00:00:55,214 Speaker 1: a scam. In a truth post, Trump says, I told 13 00:00:55,334 --> 00:00:57,854 Speaker 1: Rupert Murdock it was fake. Now I'm going to sue 14 00:00:57,854 --> 00:01:01,334 Speaker 1: his ass off. At the same time, Trump asked Attorney 15 00:01:01,414 --> 00:01:05,094 Speaker 1: General Pam Bondi to release all grand jury testimony in 16 00:01:05,134 --> 00:01:09,534 Speaker 1: the Epstein case, pending court approval. Bondie confirmed the Justice 17 00:01:09,414 --> 00:01:13,614 Speaker 1: Department is ready to act. Trump has dismissed Epstein related 18 00:01:13,654 --> 00:01:17,534 Speaker 1: claims as a Democrat hoax, even scolding some supporters as 19 00:01:17,574 --> 00:01:21,574 Speaker 1: weaklings for believing what he called fake news. Epstein died 20 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:26,014 Speaker 1: in prison in twenty nineteen. Lachlan Young has pleaded guilty 21 00:01:26,054 --> 00:01:29,534 Speaker 1: to murdering his former girlfriend Hannah McGuire. Eight days into 22 00:01:29,574 --> 00:01:33,014 Speaker 1: his Supreme Court trial in Ballarat, Victoria, the twenty three 23 00:01:33,094 --> 00:01:35,974 Speaker 1: year old admitted to killing miss McGuire and burning her 24 00:01:35,974 --> 00:01:38,974 Speaker 1: body in her car on April five, twenty twenty four. 25 00:01:39,374 --> 00:01:42,814 Speaker 1: He initially pleaded guilty to manslaughter, claiming her death was 26 00:01:42,894 --> 00:01:46,934 Speaker 1: unplanned and spontaneous. Despite that, the case proceeded to trial 27 00:01:46,974 --> 00:01:50,254 Speaker 1: after Young denied the murder charge. On Friday morning, he 28 00:01:50,374 --> 00:01:52,854 Speaker 1: changed his plea to guilty before the jury, and he 29 00:01:52,894 --> 00:01:56,614 Speaker 1: will now face a pre sentence hearing. Support is available 30 00:01:56,654 --> 00:02:01,014 Speaker 1: at one eight hundred respect. Stephen Colbert has confirmed that 31 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:04,134 Speaker 1: The Late Show will end after its upcoming tenth season. 32 00:02:04,854 --> 00:02:08,094 Speaker 1: The host made the surprise announcement during a July seventeen 33 00:02:08,214 --> 00:02:11,894 Speaker 1: taping at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater, telling the audience 34 00:02:11,934 --> 00:02:14,174 Speaker 1: that next year will be their last season and the 35 00:02:14,214 --> 00:02:17,814 Speaker 1: network will be ending the Late Show. In May, Colbert 36 00:02:17,854 --> 00:02:21,094 Speaker 1: said CBS is not replacing him and that the entire 37 00:02:21,174 --> 00:02:25,454 Speaker 1: show is ending. CBS later confirmed the decision, calling it 38 00:02:25,494 --> 00:02:30,174 Speaker 1: a financial move unrelated to ratings or content. Colbert thanked 39 00:02:30,174 --> 00:02:33,894 Speaker 1: his team and fans, saying he was extraordinarily grateful and 40 00:02:33,974 --> 00:02:37,814 Speaker 1: excited to keep working for another ten months. A cozy 41 00:02:37,814 --> 00:02:40,854 Speaker 1: moment at a Coldplay concert has gone viral for all 42 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:44,534 Speaker 1: the wrong reasons, and now two high profile tech executives 43 00:02:44,574 --> 00:02:48,054 Speaker 1: are facing the music. During the band's show at Gillett 44 00:02:48,094 --> 00:02:51,174 Speaker 1: Stadium near Boston, the kiss cam landed on a couple 45 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:55,574 Speaker 1: in the crowd, identified as Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and 46 00:02:55,614 --> 00:02:59,654 Speaker 1: his company's chief of HR Kristin Cabot. Caught on the 47 00:02:59,734 --> 00:03:04,894 Speaker 1: JumboTron midcuddle. The pair looked visibly panicked. Cabot quickly turned away, 48 00:03:04,974 --> 00:03:08,454 Speaker 1: while Byron ducked out of view from the stage. Frontman 49 00:03:08,574 --> 00:03:11,654 Speaker 1: Chris Martin quipped, either they're having an affair or they're 50 00:03:11,694 --> 00:03:15,574 Speaker 1: just very shy. Social media erupted with viewers calling it 51 00:03:15,614 --> 00:03:19,774 Speaker 1: a public outing of a workplace affair, and neither Byron, Cabot, 52 00:03:19,974 --> 00:03:24,374 Speaker 1: nor Astronomer has responded to the growing backlash. That's your 53 00:03:24,374 --> 00:03:27,934 Speaker 1: evening news headlines on Monday's episode of The Quikie. Australia 54 00:03:28,014 --> 00:03:31,014 Speaker 1: is in the middle of a baby recession. We unpack 55 00:03:31,094 --> 00:03:33,454 Speaker 1: what's behind the low birth rates, what it means for 56 00:03:33,494 --> 00:03:36,654 Speaker 1: the country, and what if anything, can turn it around. 57 00:03:37,094 --> 00:03:39,374 Speaker 1: Listen to the Quikie wherever you get your podcasts.