Friday's news in 5 minutes.

1. Mother-of-two killed after estranged husband tied her to railway tracks in suspected murder-suicide.

A French mother-of-two is dead after her estranged husband tied her to train tracks in a suspected murder suicide.

It was Émilie Hallouin's 34th birthday on Monday June 12 and, in the early hours of the morning, her husband Guillaume Gremy, 37, took her to the railway tracks in their hometown of Beauvilliers in Northern France.

He reportedly tied her wrists and ankles to the steel tracks with polythene tape. And, as the TGV travelling to Beauvilliers approached, Gremy reportedly jumped in front of the train that was moving at 320 kilometres per hour.

It's reported the pair had recently separated after two years of marriage. They both had children from previous relationships, as well as a 15-month old baby together.

Gemy had a history of depression and documents found in his car showed he had suicidal tendencies.

A post-mortem is expected to be completed in the coming days.

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2. Malcolm Turnbull jokes about Donald Trump are being lapped up by the US media.

Leaked recording shows Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull poking fun at the U.S. president https://t.co/IMiLccKYuq

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 15, 2017

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's attempt to score some laughs by poking fun at US President Donald Trump is getting widespread coverage in the American media.

Mr Trump, not shy in firing off a tweet to vent his feelings, has not commented publicly.

The New York Times, USA Today, Time, CNN, CBS, Bloomberg, Politico and almost every other major American news organisation is running with the story.

Some are having a little fun with it.

"Strewth, this is awkward," the Hollywood Reporter began its story.

The hot and cold relationship between the Prime Minister and President is well known across America after the Washington Post was the first to report their fiery January 28 phone call.

In Mr Turnbull's follow-up meeting with Mr Trump in New York on the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier in May, also covered extensively in the US, both leaders went out of their way to praise each other.

But, after the leaking of audio of Mr Turnbull's attempted humour at Mr Trump's expense the US media is questioning whether the relationship could sour again.

"The phone calls between Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and President Donald Trump are probably not going to get any better," Time suggested.

Mr Turnbull presumed his friendly mocking of Mr Trump would not be made public, with the "off the record" comments made before journalists at Wednesday's Parliament House Mid Winter Ball in Canberra.

The Nine Network posted the audio online.

"The Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls," Mr Turnbull said.

Mr Turnbull also poked fun at his New York meeting, describing it as "the most beautiful putting-me-at-ease ever".

The PM also ventured into the political land mine territory of Mr Trump and his relationship with Russia.

"I have this Russian guy," Mr Turnbull said.

"Believe me it's true, it is true."

aughed off the leaking of the audio, although it goes against the playbook used by world leaders and White House staff who shower the president with praise in public comments.

3. Investigators face a long struggle to identify all victims of the London fire.

The death toll from the #GrenfellTower fire has risen to 17https://t.co/yn2bkVte1x

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 15, 2017

Investigators face a stash of complications in trying to identify those caught up in London's horror fire, a forensics expert is warning.

Peter Vanezis, who is professor of forensic medical sciences at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, said on Thursday difficulties in locating the bodies among the charred remains will likely provide the first hurdle for detectives, AAP reports.

At least 17 people are dead after Grenfell Towers in west London was engulfed in flames early on Wednesday morning.

Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said some victims may remain unidentified and warned the process will likely take "a considerable period of time".

The condition of bodies - left inside the burning 24-storey tower block for more than 24 hours before the blaze was extinguished - will also present added challenges as relatives wait for news on their loved ones.

"Identification may take some weeks or even months in some cases because of the state of some of the remains and families need to be updated as to progress on a regular basis and supported at all times," Professor Vanezis said.

"Furthermore it will probably be some time before all victims are located due to the sheer difficulty of fire fighters working in a building which is unsafe and will require a meticulous search of the debris.

"Most deaths in enclosed house fire are unconscious or dead from inhalation of carbon monoxide and other fire fumes before burning of the body occurs."

One of the first victims has been named as 23-year-old Syrian refugee Mohammed Alhajali.

4. Man to face court charged with attempted murder of 20-year-old Jessica Hamill in QLD.

Port Douglas man charged with trying to kill former partner. Jessica Hamill was snatched from her home & held captive for more than 16 hours pic.twitter.com/mCms5JlG0Z

— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) June 15, 2017

A man charged with the attempted murder of a young woman who went missing in far north Queensland is set to face court on Friday, AAP reports.

The 24-year-old was charged on Thursday with a string of offences, including assault occasioning bodily harm and deprivation of liberty.

He is expected to face the Cairns Magistrates Court at 9.30am on Friday.

It comes after Jessica Hamill, 20, was reunited with her family about 16 hours after she went missing from her home in Port Douglas around midnight on Tuesday.

Her father Scott told reporters in Cairns on Thursday his daughter was "bewildered" by her experience, which he described as "16 hours of hell".

On Wednesday, police spotted a black 2012 Holden Commodore station wagon on the Kennedy Highway after a public tip-off about the car.

Tyre spikes were used without success to try to stop it and the car eventually crashed down a steep embankment on the Kuranda Range that night.

Emergency services found Ms Hamill in the wreck of a car and she was taken to Cairns Base Hospital in a stable condition.

5. Jurors in Bill Cosby trial are deadlocked after more than 30 hours of deliberations.

JUST IN: Jury in Bill Cosby trial says it cannot come to unanimous consensus on any counts, sent back to deliberate https://t.co/HYCTbFzYSb pic.twitter.com/OXbLyhgaid

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2017

The jurors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial are deadlocked after more than 30 hours of deliberations, but the trial judge is ordering them to resume their discussions.

"We cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the counts," the jury said in a note to Judge Steven O'Neill in Norristown, Pennsylvania on Thursday.

Jurors began discussing the three counts of aggravated indecent assault late on Monday and worked 12-hour days on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

In response, O'Neill gave a standard instruction that the jurors should continue trying to reach a verdict without compromising any of their individual beliefs.

As reporters streamed out of the courtroom, poet and author Jewel Allison - one of the dozens of women who have accused Cosby of assaulting them - burst into tears.

Several of the accusers have been in court all week awaiting a verdict, including the woman at the centre of the trial, Andrea Constand.

Cosby, the 79-year-old entertainer once beloved for his brand of family-friendly comedy, is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand, then 31, at his home near Philadelphia in 2004.

Constand and other accusers say Cosby, the star of the 1980s hit TV comedy The Cosby Show, often plied them with pills and alcohol before assaulting them, in a series of incidents over four decades.

Constand's allegations are the only ones to result in criminal charges, with many of the others too old to allow for prosecution. Cosby has denied every claim, saying his encounters with Constand and others were consensual.

A hung jury would be a clear victory for Cosby, who would avoid what could have been years in prison. Prosecutors would have the option of seeking a retrial if the jury cannot reach a verdict.

On hearing of the jury's note, his lawyers moved for a mistrial. But O'Neill denied that request as premature.

Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, told reporters outside the courthouse that the jurors understand "the facts of this case don't add up".

But Gloria Allred, a high-profile lawyer who represents more than 30 Cosby accusers, said the jury's note was not vindication for the entertainer.

"It's not over until it's over, and it's not over yet," she said.

The jurors have spent days wrestling with which version of the night in question was accurate: Constand's or Cosby's. They have spent days asking to have testimony read back, including Constand's trial testimony as well as the first report she made to police in 2005.

The jury also revisited Cosby's description of the night from sworn depositions he gave in 2005 and 2006 during a civil lawsuit by Constand and a police interview he conducted in 2005. Cosby did not testify.

6. Two people from WA have died and two are injured after a car rollover in SA.

A road trip has ended in tragedy, with two young people killed when their 4WD rolled on the Augusta Highway. @JarradBrevi9 reports #9News pic.twitter.com/tRDJz3Y8T9

— Nine News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) June 15, 2017

Two people from Western Australia have died after their four-wheel-drive rolled in South Australia's mid-north.

The 26-year-old driver and an 18-year-old female passenger died when he lost control of his car on the Augusta Highway early on Thursday morning.

Two other passengers, a 20-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, were also injured in the crash and were airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said efforts were still being made to contact relatives of the deceased in WA.

The deaths bring the state's road toll for 2017 to 38, compared to 39 at the same time last year.

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