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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi.
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The chief executive of Optus says he won't quit his job and is helping Optus improve.
In September, an outage meant Optus customers in parts of Australia could not call emergency services and three people died.
Stephen Rue says the company is investigating what happened.
"Let me say on behalf of Optus, the board, the executive team - and the thousands of people across Australia who work at Optus what happened on the 18th of September is unacceptable. As the CEO, I am accountable for Optus' failings. And I am deeply sorry. We are all deeply sorry. The tragic events. The tragic deaths of people will stay with us an individuals - and as a company, as we investigate the incident."
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UK police say a 32-year old man is the only suspect, after a mass stabbing attack on a train in Eastern England.
Four people are seriously injured in hospital.
Local politician Ben Obese-Jecty says it was a shocking incident.
"This is not a part of the world where incidents like this happen at all. They certainly don't happen regularly so to see a major incident of this nature is something that really puts everybody...sets everybody back and I think my role in this is to reassure the local community and offer support to those people who have been affected."
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Pope Leo the fourteenth says violence must stop in Sudan and aid including food, must be allowed into the country, after another deadly attack killed 450 people in a hospital.
"With great sorrow that I follow the tragic news coming from Sudan, particularly from the city of el-Fasher in the tormented northern Darfur region. Indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on defenceless civilians and serious obstacles to humanitarian action are causing unacceptable suffering to a population already exhausted by long months of conflict."
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In sport, Australian tennis player Kimberly Birrell says she will treasure the fair player award she was given for the care and concern she showed to a rival player at the Chennai Open.
Birrell says the award is an unexpected but welcome surprise.
"We have a friendship off the court - and you have to put that aside. But when your opponent and a friend is struggling like that. It is really hard to focus and concentrate. To be honest, that was not fun at all the last few games. Thank you so much for this. I'm really honoured and I think it is a cool award that you do here. And I really appreciate it."
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That's the latest SBS News in Easy English.
