1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: From The Daily Oz. I'm beliefit Simons, I'm Emma Gillespie. 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: It's Friday, the eighteenth of July. Here's what's making headlines 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: this evening. 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump is threatening legal action against Australian 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a decade's old letter sent 6 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein was a well 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: known US financier who died in jail awaiting trial for 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: sex trafficking charges in twenty nineteen. A report by the 9 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 2: Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal claims it's reviewed a collection 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: of letters compiled for Epstein's fiftieth birthday in two thousand 11 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: and three, including letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein's 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 2: other associates. The article describes a hand drawn picture of 13 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: a naked woman included in Trump's letter. However, the US 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: president says it's fake. In a post to his platform 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: Truth Social, Trump wrote quote, I told Rupert Murdoch it 16 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: was a scam, that he shouldn't print this fake story, 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: but he did, and now I'm going to sue. Trump 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: has also said he's directed the US Attorney General to 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: release court materials related to Epstein's trial after mounting pressure 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: from Trumps supporters. An Australian base jumper has become the 21 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: second person killed in an extreme sports accident in Italy 22 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: this week. Perthman James Nolan died after he leapt from 23 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 2: a summer in the Italian Dollarmites on Wednesday. It's believed 24 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: a technical issue with the forty two year old's wingsuit 25 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: may have contributed to the accident. News of Nolan's death 26 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: came hours after an Austrian skydiving pioneer was killed in 27 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: a paragliding incident. Fifty six year old Felix Baumgartner made 28 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: global headlines for a record breaking dive in twenty twelve 29 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: when he jumped from a balloon thirty eight kilometers above 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: Earth and became the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. 31 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 2: According to local reports, Bamgartner lost control of a motorized 32 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: paraglider while flying in central Italy and fell to the ground. 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: The cause of the accident remains unclear. US authorities have 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: recommended a one day prison sentence for a former officer 35 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 2: convicted over the shooting of Briona Taylor. The twenty six 36 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: year old died after being shot multiple times during a 37 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 2: botched police raid of her Louisville home on the thirteenth 38 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: of March twenty twenty. Police were investigating a suspected drug 39 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: operation linked to Taylor's ex boyfriend, but no drugs were 40 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: found in the apartment. Taylor's death and the police killing 41 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: of George Floyd gained global attention, sparking the twenty twenty 42 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: Black Lives Matter protests. Last year, former Kentucky police officer 43 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: Brett Hankerson was convicted for using excessive force during the 44 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: deadly raid. Hankerson is due to be sentenced next week 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: and face's life imprisonment. However, the US Justice Department has 46 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: now written to a federal judge asking he be sentenced 47 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: to one day in prison over his involvement in Briona 48 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: Taylor's death. Officials have suggested the previous Biden administration pursued 49 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 2: unfit processes to convict Hankerson. 50 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: And today's good news new scientific analysis shows the world 51 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: is making significant progress in reducing deaths from cancer. Findings 52 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: from the economists also attribute rising case numbers to population growth, 53 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: not an actual spike in the prevalence of the disease. 54 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: By stripping out the effects of population growth. Researchers said 55 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: the rate of death from cancer has actually fallen markedly 56 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: over the past thirty years or so, with scientists fast 57 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: improving understanding of the disease expected to lead to further 58 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: advances in the years to come, cancer quote will almost 59 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: certainly be much less deadly than it is today in 60 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: another thirty years time. 61 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily oz newsroom for this week. 62 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: But if you are looking for something else to listen to, 63 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: check out today's deep dive on the young assis being underpaid, 64 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: a really interesting one from Sam and Billy. 65 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday with another deep dive, but 66 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: until then, enjoy your weekend. My name is Lily Maddon 67 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: and I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung Calkatin woman from Gadighl Country. 68 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on 69 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to 70 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: all Aboriginal and torrest Rate island and nations. We pay 71 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both 72 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,239 Speaker 1: past and present.