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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Ash Gartner. The US

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Speaker 1: has started moving hundreds of troops out of basays across

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Speaker 1: the Middle East, in a sign there could be a

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Speaker 1: major escalation in the violence in Iran. It comes as

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Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump threatens to intervene with state ordered

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Speaker 1: executions due to begin today in the wake of anti

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Speaker 1: regime protests. They want to have protests. That's one thing

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Speaker 1: when they started killing thousands of people, and now you're

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Speaker 1: telling me about hanging. We'll see how that works out

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Speaker 1: for them. It's not going to work out good. The

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Speaker 1: future of the footbridge at the center of the Bondaye

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Speaker 1: terror attack will be weighed up at a council meeting tonight.

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Speaker 1: The bridge was used as a vantage point by the

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Speaker 1: accused father and son gunman. Waverley Council says a final

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Speaker 1: decision will involve extensive consultation. Parts of central Queensland are

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Speaker 1: now in the firing line of ex tropical cyclone COG.

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Speaker 1: Parts of the region are on floodwatch, with heavy rain

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Speaker 1: expected to hit the region over the weekend and into

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Speaker 1: next week. Alleged drug kingpin Kazem Hahmad could face the

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Speaker 1: death penalty if he's found guilty of drug trafficking in Iraq.

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Speaker 1: Here in Australia, who was the AFP's number one target,

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Speaker 1: accused of being behind Melbourne's tobacco turf wars. Publishers and

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Speaker 1: bookstores are pulling Craig Sylvie's work from shelves after the

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Speaker 1: author was charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material.

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Speaker 1: He was released on bail with strict conditions. Peter Darton's

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Speaker 1: name has emerged as a possible contender to take over

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Speaker 1: from Kevin Rudd as Australian Ambassador to the US. He'll

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Speaker 1: step down at the end of March. At least thirty

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Speaker 1: two people have been killed and sixty six others injured

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Speaker 1: after a crane fell onto a moving train in Thailand.

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Speaker 1: Carriages were crushed and one caught fire when the train

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Speaker 1: derailed from Today, sports fans from around the world can

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Speaker 1: register for the ticket draw ahead of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: eight Olympic Games in La. While it won't guarantee a ticket,

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Speaker 1: it will secure a spot for the official drop in April.

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Speaker 1: Sport and entertainment news are next. Alexander Vukisch has advanced

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Speaker 1: to the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International. After another win,

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Speaker 1: he's now the last dossie standing in the men's drawer

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Speaker 1: and will line up against American Tommy Paul today. Excited

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Speaker 1: to get another win, hard to play against another top

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Speaker 1: player and see where my game stacks against them, you know,

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Speaker 1: leading into Ao and hopefully keep going here and see

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Speaker 1: what I can do. Aler Tomlanovitch as A's open chances

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Speaker 1: are in doubt after having to retire at the Adelaide International.

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Speaker 1: She handed a walkover to Mayor Joint due to a

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Speaker 1: suspected shoulder injury. Brisbane Heat has kept their Big Bash

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Speaker 1: Finals hopes live with a three to one win over

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Speaker 1: the Hobart Hurricanes, the Hurricanes missing their chance to lock

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Speaker 1: in top spot on the ladder. In the entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: Jessica Simpson is marking a new chapter in her career,

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Speaker 1: signing on with independent artist group. It comes as she

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Speaker 1: launches new music and to Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey

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Speaker 1: will him up again in a new project. It's been

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Speaker 1: revealed the Wicked co Stars will start in a revival

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Speaker 1: of the musical Sunday in the Park with George in London.

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Speaker 1: And that's latest from the Nova Podcast. News team. We'll

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Speaker 1: have another episode of the Update for you later