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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Morning Update. I'm Tina Quinn. Firefighters in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles are bracing for intense winds which could fan

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Speaker 1: wildfires that have already killed at least twenty four people.

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Speaker 1: Tens of thousands of residents remain under evacuation orders as

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Speaker 1: the inferno continues to burn right through La, which has

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Speaker 1: seen almost no rain in more than eight months. The

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Speaker 1: two biggest wildfires, in the Palisades and Eaten Areas, erupted

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Speaker 1: last week, fanned by intense winds. Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins

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Speaker 1: has reportedly been killed by Russian forces. The thirty two

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Speaker 1: year old was serving alongside Ukraine's army when he was

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Speaker 1: captured by Russian soldiers in the Donbas region late last year.

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Speaker 1: Video on social media showed him being interrogated and beaten.

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Speaker 1: Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong has told the ABC that

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Speaker 1: her department is making urgent inquiries about his welfare.

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Speaker 2: All options are on the table. I need you know,

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Speaker 2: as the Foreign Minister, to identify and ascertain the facts beforehand. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: this does not occur in the context of relationship that

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Speaker 2: has been an easy relationship. This has been a very

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Speaker 2: difficult relationship for many years.

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Speaker 1: Queensland's LMP government is under fire after it was revealed

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Speaker 1: attempted murder isn't covered by adult crime adult time legislation.

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Speaker 1: A thirteen year old boy has been charged with attempted

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Speaker 1: murder after allegedly stabbing a coals worker in a random attack.

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Speaker 1: The Premier has indicated the laws may be adjusted to

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Speaker 1: include the charge. Bond University Associate professor Terry Goldsworthy says

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Speaker 1: it's a huge blunder by the state government.

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Speaker 3: I think this is a signature policy put forward and

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Speaker 3: promoted very strongly. If you look at the top of

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Speaker 3: offenses that they included things like move, squoadly harm, wounding,

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Speaker 3: murder and the killing men's order, Appempted murder is the

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Speaker 3: same kind of a sense an intensive murder label block

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Speaker 3: of chrismus, such as the serious.

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump's nominee for US Defense Secretary has been grilled

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Speaker 1: by senators overpass conduct. During his confirmation hearing. The former

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Speaker 1: Fox News host Pete Hegzath was queried over a sexual

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Speaker 1: assault allegation that he denies, and was also pushed over

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Speaker 1: his previous comments that women shouldn't serve in combat roles.

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Speaker 1: He now says they should be allowed to as long

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Speaker 1: as standards don't change. Medics saying an Israeli air strike

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Speaker 1: in central Gaza has killed at least ten Palestinians and

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Speaker 1: wounded many others. In a separate strike on a house

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Speaker 1: in Ralfa, five people were reportedly killed. The deaths come

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Speaker 1: as ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamasa reportedly on the

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Speaker 1: brink of a breakthrough. A global study has discovered three

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Speaker 1: hundred previously unknown genetic links to depression. Australian researchers are

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Speaker 1: part of a team that's been analyzing genetic samples from

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Speaker 1: six hundred and eighty thousand people across twenty nine countries.

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Speaker 1: Doctor Britney Mitchell from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research

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Speaker 1: says it's the world's largest study of the condition.

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Speaker 3: Oh finally's highlighted specific cell types within the brain and

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Speaker 3: biological pathways every previously didn't know about.

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Speaker 1: And the Princess of Wales has announced she's in remission

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Speaker 1: from cancer. In a social media post, Catherine says it's

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Speaker 1: a relief and she remains focused on recovery. To Sport

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Speaker 1: and Matilda's captain Sam Kerr will have to face trial

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Speaker 1: in London next month after failing to have an alleged

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Speaker 1: harassment charge thrown out. The thirty one year old attended

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Speaker 1: a hearing this morning where her lawyers trying to argue

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Speaker 1: an abuse of process because police took twelve months to

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Speaker 1: charge her. Kerr has pleaded not guilty to the charge,

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Speaker 1: with the trial due to start on February third. Alex

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Speaker 1: Demonor is through to the second round of the Australian

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Speaker 1: Open after beating his Dutch opponent in straight SAIDs.

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Speaker 3: The demon does it a straight SATs victory.

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Speaker 1: Meantime, demil Meddev is likely to get fined after smashing

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Speaker 1: his racket and a net camera while venting his frustrations

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Speaker 1: on court. He eventually beat his high opponent in five sets. Today.

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Speaker 1: James Duckworth, Jordan Thompson, to Nasi Kokanakas and Isla tom

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Speaker 1: Lanovitch are among the Aussies in action in the second round.

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Speaker 1: In entertainment, Australian journalist and television presenter Simon Townsend has died.

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Speaker 1: His family confirmed the news, saying the seventy nine year

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Speaker 1: old had a short battle with an aggressive cancer. He

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Speaker 1: was best known as creator and host on children's television

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Speaker 1: show Simon Townsend's Wonderworld. The show ran for almost a

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Speaker 1: decade from nineteen seventy nine to nineteen eighty seven, receiving

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Speaker 1: five logies in that time. And that's the latest from

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Speaker 1: the Nova Podcast team. I'll see you this afternoon for

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Speaker 1: another episode of the Update