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- 0:02Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christan Amiot, but
- 0:05Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. US President Donald Trump has downplayed
- 0:11Speaker 1: tensions with NATO leaders during a press conference marking the
- 0:14Speaker 1: first anniversary of his return to the presidency. He said
- 0:18Speaker 1: they'll work something out, but didn't rule out a possible
- 0:21Speaker 1: military invasion of Greenland. A consequence of your determination to
- 0:27Speaker 1: take control of Greenland is the ultimate breakup of the
- 0:29Speaker 1: NATO alliance. Is that a price you're willing to pay?
- 0:32Speaker 2: So I think something's going to happen that's going to
- 0:35Speaker 2: be very good for everybody. I think that we will
- 0:39Speaker 2: work something out where NATO's going to be very happy
- 0:42Speaker 2: and where we're going to be very happy.
- 0:45Speaker 1: Trump will this week come face to face with European
- 0:48Speaker 1: leaders at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in
- 0:50Speaker 1: Davos in Switzerland. They've accused him of threatening the global
- 0:54Speaker 1: order over his plan to buy or acquire the Danish territory.
- 0:59Speaker 1: He says America needs to take control of Greenland to
- 1:02Speaker 1: ward off China and Russia, and he's threatened to punish
- 1:06Speaker 1: European allies who resist with tariffs, but leaders of the
- 1:09Speaker 1: affected countries say his plan is unnecessary and potentially dangerous.
- 1:16Speaker 1: National senators who crossed the floor to vote against the
- 1:19Speaker 1: government's hate crimes legislation are waiting to learn their fate.
- 1:23Speaker 1: Front benches Ross Cadell, Susan MacDonald and Bridget mackenzie voted
- 1:28Speaker 1: against the bill in a break from Coalition solidarity. Kadell
- 1:31Speaker 1: told The Australian on Wednesday he's prepared to accept the
- 1:35Speaker 1: outcome arrived at by Coalition leadership, including being asked to resign.
- 1:41Speaker 1: Liberal leader Susan Lee and her National's counterpart David Little
- 1:44Speaker 1: Proud convened an early morning meeting on Wednesday to discuss
- 1:47Speaker 1: the matter, with Coalition MPs agreeing it's a leadership test
- 1:51Speaker 1: for both. The bill passed the Senate without the National
- 1:55Speaker 1: support late on Tuesday, but racial vilification laws recommended by
- 1:59Speaker 1: Special Void to combat anti Semitism Gillian Siegel didn't get up.
- 2:04Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi on Wednesday morning downplayed a future
- 2:07Speaker 1: push to pass the racial vilification laws and place the
- 2:11Speaker 1: blame for their failure firmly on the Coalition. David Beckham
- 2:16Speaker 1: has responded after his son Brooklyn accused him and his
- 2:19Speaker 1: wife Victoria of trying to ruin Brooklyn's marriage. He told
- 2:23Speaker 1: CNBC's Squawkbox program, it's all a big misunderstanding. They make mistakes.
- 2:29Speaker 2: Children are allowed to make mistakes.
- 2:31Speaker 1: That's how they learn. So that's what I try to
- 2:33Speaker 1: teach my kids.
- 2:34Speaker 2: But you know, you have.
- 2:36Speaker 1: To sometimes let them make those mistakes as well. Twenty
- 2:41Speaker 1: six year old Brooklyn claimed in a lengthy Instagram post
- 2:44Speaker 1: on Tuesday he has no interest in reconciling with his
- 2:47Speaker 1: famous parents, accusing them of sabotaging his wedding and launching
- 2:51Speaker 1: a press campaign against him. Check out those stories live
- 2:56Speaker 1: right now at the Australian dot com dot a U
- 2:58Speaker 1: and come back to the front first thing in the morning.