#HurricaneMaria ‘devastates’ #Dominica:

#HurricaneMaria 'devastates' #Dominica: https://t.co/0ZQYSieJOl Jo http://pic.twitter.com/xp6r59EF9M

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) September 19, 2017

BREAKING: Police operation in East Perth. Officers working on multiple crime scenes in Wellington Square.

BREAKING: There's a police operation in East Perth where officers are working on multiple crime scenes in Wellington Square. http://pic.twitter.com/30inofJtSt

— Nine News Perth (@9NewsPerth) September 12, 2017

Trump makes mock threat to fire health chief, but swipe at Sessions is no joke

President Donald Trump has jokingly threatened to fire his health secretary if a crucial vote to repeal Obamacare fails.

Key points:

• Donald Trump threatens to tell Tom Price “you’re fired” if repeal fails
• Senator Shelley Moore Capito also singled out ahead of health care vote
• President also renews attack on Attorney-General Jeff Sessions

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price may have taken some comfort from the President’s light-hearted tone, but Attorney-General Jeff Sessions had no such luxury.

Mr Trump took a remarkable new swipe at Mr Sessions on Monday, referring to him in a tweet as “beleaguered”, while privately musing about whether he should fire his longtime ally.

But the President seemed in a more genial mood when he told thousands of boy scouts at a national gathering in West Virginia that Mr Price “better get” the votes to begin debate on healthcare legislation on Tuesday (local time), lest Mr Trump repeat his tagline from The Apprentice, the reality show in which he once starred.

“Hopefully he’s going to get the votes tomorrow to start our path toward killing this horrible thing known as Obamacare,” Mr Trump said, before turning to Mr Price.

Source: Donald Trump appears at Scout jamboree to make mock threat to sack health secretary – Donald Trump’s America – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Massive alligator weaving his way through a street in Florida; CLIP

Drivers have a close encounter with a massive alligator weaving his way through a street in Lakeland, Florida. https://t.co/DKUvXag5uN http://pic.twitter.com/C769gsLaZw

— ABC News (@ABC) July 21, 2017

Grenfell: Minister declined to include sprinklers in fire safety rules as it could discourage building

The former Conservative housing minister warned against increasing fire safety regulations to include sprinklers because it could discourage house building. As the death toll from the Grenfell Tower blaze rose to 12, it emerged Brandon Lewis, who was recently promoted to immigration minister, declined in 2014 to force building developers to fit sprinklers.

As the death toll from the Grenfell Tower blaze rose to 12, it emerged Brandon Lewis, who was recently promoted to immigration minister, declined in 2014 to force building developers to fit sprinklers.

A sprinkler system would have “undoubtedly” saved lives at the Grenfell Tower blaze, the managing director of the Fire Protection Association told The Independent…

Source: Grenfell Tower: Tory minister declined to include sprinklers in fire safety rules as it could discourage house building | The Independent

Sydney peak hour chaos as truck and car crash causes 9km traffic jam and injures five people

Southbound lanes of the M7 Motorway at Eastern Creek in Sydney’s west was closed for more than an hour.

Five people, including a teenager, were injured when a truck collided with several cars along a motorway in Sydney’s west, causing traffic to pile up for 9km.

Emergency services responded to the Westlink M7 at 2.50pm on Thursday to reports of a crash involving a number of vehicles.

One of the victims, a teenager, was transported to Westmead Children’s Hospital, an NSW Ambulance spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.

Another person was taken by ambulance to Liverpool Hospital.

Source: Five people injured after multi-vehicle crash in Sydney | Daily Mail Online