Yamma. It's Jack here. Let's take a look at what's making news.
The Bureau of Meteorology has officially announced
that La Nina has developed in the Pacific Ocean.
And it means we could be in for a wet summer.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
CHARLOTTE: There's no doubt we Aussies love a bit of summer sun.
Oh! Wouldn't it be terrible if some crazy weather pattern came along
and it rained all summer?
(LAUGHS)
Oh.
Yeah, about that...
We've moved into an active La Nina phase out in the tropical Pacific.
That tends to favour rainfall and cloudiness near Australia.
Tends to favour more rain
and some cooler temperatures over the coming months.
Yep, La Nina is back, folks, and it's here to rain on your summer parade.
It's a phase of the El Nino southern oscillation,
or ENSO as I like to call it,
and happens when our waters are warm,
which allows more moisture to be lifted into the air
just to rain back down on us.
The last time we were in La Nina back in 2010 to 2012
was the wettest two-year period Australia's ever seen,
and it also caused things like flooding and cyclones.
So typically with La Nina, we do see more tropical cyclones than normal.
But there will be some benefits,
like helping with drought and bushfires.
Meteorologists say it could stick around well into next year,
so maybe don't put your brolleys away just yet.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced off today
in the first presidential debate.
The debates are meant to help Americans decide who they want
to represent them as president.
Oh, and to watch the prospective leaders battle it out -
in word form, obviously.
..in the last 25 years? Because you weren't president...
Why didn't you do it over the last...
There'll be two more of these before people go to the polls in November.
As far as presents go, getting a prehistoric shark tooth
from none other than Sir David Attenborough
has to be up there with the best,
even if you are Prince George.
So maybe it's no surprise that Malta's government,
the country where Attenborough found the fossil back in the '60s,
now wants it back -
or at least it did.
After putting in a request to get the 3-million-year-old tooth returned,
a few people mentioned that the teeth are actually pretty common in Malta.
So the government says Prince George can keep it.
Emergency services in the UK have been trialling a new
and rather futuristic way of getting to people in need.
Here's Cale.
CALE: If you're stuck on top of a mountain
and desperately in need of help, who do you call?
An ambulance? A helicopter? Or what about...a jet pack?
Nope, it's not a medically-based Iron Man spinoff.
This is the world's first jet pack paramedic.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service in England have teamed up
with tech company Gravity Industries
to revolutionise and speed up emergency services.
See, getting to people in these mountains by foot or even helicopter
can be pretty tricky,
but with this aerial advancement, they're hoping that journeys
can be cut from half an hour to under 90 seconds.
It's absolutely astounding how quickly
we can be at somebody's side that needs us.
Now, this is only a test flight,
but these modernistic mountain medicos are hoping that by next year
they'll be out saving lives.
This next segment is full of things that aren't human,
but they're trying their best.
It's time for:
How do you stage a fashion show during a pandemic?
Easy. You use puppets.
Italian label Moschino avoided COVID restrictions by enlisting
the team behind The Muppets to create a miniature version
of their latest collection, complete with marionette models and guests.
Why? Because everyone loves puppets.
If I wasn't already afraid that artificial intelligence
was going to take my job, I now am.
This AI robot has been reporting live from the 2020 Beijing Auto Show,
livestreaming to online viewers all of this car stuff.
And no, you're not looking at twins.
One of them is actually a cake.
Now, I'm not sure if this is cool or just plain creepy,
but cake maker Natalie Sideserf
created a very impressive and realistic selfie cake
and people have been losing their minds...or heads over it.
Creepy, but cool. Creepy cool.
Well, that's all we got for you today. See you tomorrow.