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- 0:01Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian I'm Christinamio with the
- 0:05Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. Prince Andrew says he'll leave the stately
- 0:09Speaker 1: home where he pays just one peppercorn of rent, but
- 0:12Speaker 1: only if he gets two new dwellings in return. The
- 0:16Speaker 1: King's embattled brother is under pressure to vacate Royal Lodge,
- 0:19Speaker 1: where he's lived with ex wife Sarah Ferguson for more
- 0:22Speaker 1: than two decades, following renewed scrutiny of his links to
- 0:26Speaker 1: convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew reportedly demanded Harry and Meghan's
- 0:31Speaker 1: former home, Frogmore Cottage, while Fergie has her eye on
- 0:34Speaker 1: Adelaide Cottage, where Prince William and his wife Kate currently reside.
- 0:39Speaker 1: That arrangement would save British taxpayers a mozza on security
- 0:43Speaker 1: costs because both properties are within palace grounds, but both
- 0:47Speaker 1: Andrew and Fergie would likely be on the hook for rent.
- 0:51Speaker 1: Both recently gave up their royal titles Duke and Duchess
- 0:55Speaker 1: of York around the same time a memoir penned by
- 0:58Speaker 1: the late Virginia Dufrey was released. Defrey alleged in the
- 1:01Speaker 1: book she was trafficked to Prince Andrew for sex on
- 1:04Speaker 1: three occasions when she was a teenager. Prime Minister Anthony
- 1:09Speaker 1: Albanezi met with Chinese Premier Lie Chung on the sidelines
- 1:12Speaker 1: of the Asian Summit in Malaysia on Monday. The PM
- 1:15Speaker 1: took the opportunity to put Beijing on notice after flares
- 1:18Speaker 1: were fired at an Australian surveillance aircraft flying over the
- 1:22Speaker 1: South China Sea last week.
- 1:24Speaker 2: Australia VAL's direct discussions between our houses dialogue builts deeper
- 1:30Speaker 2: mutual understanding on his shoes that matter to us Sam
- 1:34Speaker 2: the stability and prosperity of our region, who remain committed
- 1:39Speaker 2: to working with Paths to show a region where transparency
- 1:44Speaker 2: rules are respected.
- 1:48Speaker 1: Fast bowler Pat Cummins has been officially ruled out of
- 1:51Speaker 1: the first Test of the upcoming Ashes series against England.
- 1:55Speaker 1: Steve Smith will lead the Australian men's cricket team as
- 1:58Speaker 1: captain while Cummins continues his recovery from a back injury
- 2:01Speaker 1: in hopes of a mid series return. Check out those
- 2:06Speaker 1: stories live right now at the Australian dot Com dot
- 2:08Speaker 1: au and come back to the front first thing in
- 2:10Speaker 1: the morning for a look at the Iranian commander accused
- 2:13Speaker 1: by Mossad of orchestrating anti Semitic attacks in Australia.