Five Big Things That Happened Today: Tuesday, August 19

Key takeaways from Trump's Zelensky meeting; Mother of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips writes a letter; and an inmate from Auckland Prison in critical condition.

1 Key takeaways from Trump's meeting with Zelensky, European leaders

During their second meeting in the Oval Office this year, President Donald Trump said the US would be willing to support European efforts to police any peace deal

Ukraine leader, Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his gratitude and wore dressier clothes.

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2 Mother of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips writes letter to her son and his kids

The mother of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips has written her son and his kids a heartfelt letter.

Phillips and his three children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember, have been missing since December 2021. Despite multiple police operations and rewards offered to find them, there has been no success.

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3 Father and son killed in Queensland as they went to get ice cream

The family of a four-year-old killed alongside his father in Queensland say they have been left "heartbroken" at their deaths.

Emergency services were called to Regents Park in Logan on Sunday after a ute hit two pedestrians when it veered off the road.

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4 Prisoner critical after alleged assault at Auckland Prison

An inmate at Auckland Prison has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after allegedly being assaulted by three other prisoners today.

In a statement, Auckland Prison general manager Stephen Parr said three prisoners had been placed on directed segregation after the incident at Paremoremo, which involved an assault on another prisoner.

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5 All Blacks set to reshuffle pack for second Test against Pumas

Selection changes are coming for the All Blacks, with Tamaiti Williams and Wallace Sititi set to start the Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires and new lock and midfield cover required for the reserves bench.

Williams, back from a knee injury, and Sititi, an ankle issue, will likely start on Sunday morning NZT as head coach Scott Robertson manages their workload after neither were available for last month’s three Tests against France.

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Watch: Driver faces court date after 'dangerous' overtaking move

Dashcam footage of the incident showed two vehicles overtaking a shuttle bus on the road to Whakapapa ski field.

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ONE COSTLY SHOP

Food prices are rising but people ducking out for a pint of milk or loaf of bread have been especially hard hit by rises in the last year.

Stats NZ data shows that between June 2006, the start of the available data, and July this year, the combined cost of a loaf of sliced white bread and bottle of standard milk rose from $4.35 to $6.58.

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