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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the Morning Update. I'm Tina Quinn.

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Speaker 1: It's been an anxious night for residents anticipating major flooding

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Speaker 1: in southeast Queensland following ex Cyclone Alfred. River Levels in Ipswich,

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Speaker 1: west of Brisbane were expected to peak above the major

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Speaker 1: flood level, but the threat has eased overnight. The storm

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Speaker 1: is continuing to dump heavy rain on many areas around

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Speaker 1: Queensland and New South Wales as residents begin to clean

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Speaker 1: up and assess the damage. Australian Federal Police knew a

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Speaker 1: caravan laden with explosives were sitting by a road on

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Speaker 1: the outskirts of Sydney months ago, but they didn't tell

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Speaker 1: their state counterparts. Authorities have confirmed it was all part

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Speaker 1: of a criminal conjob and a fabricated plot. The Telegraph

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Speaker 1: claims the AFP found out about the van in early January,

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Speaker 1: but they didn't pass any information on to New South

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Speaker 1: Wales police. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has fired back

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Speaker 1: at Donald Trump after the US President called him a

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Speaker 1: week leader on social media. Speaking to the ABC, mister

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Speaker 1: Turnbull described Trump as a bully and says Australia and

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Speaker 1: other countries need to stand up to him.

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Speaker 2: Trump wants people to suck up to him and to

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Speaker 2: be sick a fantic, and I have dealt with Trump

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Speaker 2: in the past. I mean, you know he The fact

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Speaker 2: is I stood up to Trump and got him to

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Speaker 2: do things he didn't want to do because I wasn't

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Speaker 2: being bullied by him.

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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, the US has made a shock announcement that it's

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Speaker 1: cutting eighty three percent of all aid programs. Over five

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Speaker 1: thousand contracts will be torn up, with Secretary of State

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Speaker 1: Marco Rubio saying that the agreements spent billions of dollars

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Speaker 1: in ways that didn't serve the core national interests of

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Speaker 1: America staying in the US. And stocks have plunged amid

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Speaker 1: further uncertainty over tariffs after President Trump said he's not

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Speaker 1: ruling out a recession. The Dow is down almost two

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Speaker 1: and a half percent, then as DAK almost five percent,

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Speaker 1: and the S and P five hundred itself that its

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Speaker 1: biggest drop since twenty twenty two, down just over three percent.

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Speaker 1: A large emergency response is underway off the UK coast

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Speaker 1: after an oil tanker and cargo ship collided, sparking a

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Speaker 1: huge fire. More than thirty people are believed to be

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Speaker 1: injured and have been brought to show. The UK Coast

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Speaker 1: Guard says it's monitoring that any potential environmental impacts the

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Speaker 1: incident may have. This is the moment the local Coastguard

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Speaker 1: issued a distress call to notify other vessels in the area.

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Speaker 3: So Long has collided with tanker Stenna immaculate in the

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Speaker 3: outer anchorage. Both vessels are abandoning. Vessels who have firefighting

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Speaker 3: equipment or who can assist with search and rescue contact

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Speaker 3: Humber Coast Guard on Channel one six.

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Speaker 1: Ukraine's President Voladimir Zelenski has arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead

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Speaker 1: of talks with the US that could lead to a

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Speaker 1: paste deal with Russia. Mister Zelenski will not participate directly

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Speaker 1: in today's talks, but has stressed his commitment to pace.

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Speaker 1: The head at the UN's Relief Agency for Palestinians has

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Speaker 1: warned that a hunger crisis could return to Gaza if

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Speaker 1: Israel keeps preventing aid deliveries. Felipe Lazzolini says continually blocking

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Speaker 1: basic assistance violates international law. Returning Home and the West

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Speaker 1: Australian Opposition is calling for a parliamentary inquiry and to

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Speaker 1: Saturday state election, claiming some voters may have been disenfranchised

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Speaker 1: from casting a ballot. Opposition leader Shane Love says an

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Speaker 1: inquiry into alleged shortcomings that the electoral Commission should be

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Speaker 1: the first order of business for the new parliament following

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Speaker 1: reports of staff and ballot shortages. Updating Sport and Parramatista

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Speaker 1: Dillan Brown has announced he'll leave the NRL club at

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Speaker 1: the end of the season, signing a monster ten year

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Speaker 1: deal with Newcastle. Brad Scott has expected to stay on

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Speaker 1: as Bomber's coach. He's already contracted for next AFL season,

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Speaker 1: but is expected to extend that another year. Buffalo Bill's

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Speaker 1: quarterback Josh Allen, who's signed a half a billion dollar

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Speaker 1: extension to twenty thirty, making him one of the highest

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Speaker 1: paid players in NFL history, and west Ham will host

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Speaker 1: Newcastle this morning in the EPL. In entertainment, the director

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Speaker 1: of Megan Markle's new Netflix series has opened up about

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Speaker 1: his experience with her following reports she's been difficult to

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Speaker 1: work with. Michael Steve says the Duchess of Sussex is

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Speaker 1: someone who is constantly hustling and working. Another staffer says

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Speaker 1: She was warm and approachable and made everyone feel included.

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

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Speaker 1: see you this afternoon for another episode of the Update