1 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Morning Update. I'm Tina Quinn. 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: The US President Donald Trump has blamed diversity recruitment policies 3 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: for the deadly crash between a passenger plane and an 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: army helicopter over a river in Washington. He's provided no 5 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: evidence all sixty seven people on board the two aircrafts 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: were killed. Search and recovery efforts are underway, with local 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: fire chief John Donnelly saying that twenty eight bodies have 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: been recovered from the water so far. 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 2: We are inhrad at the point where we are switching 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. At this point, 11 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: we don't believe there are any survivors. 12 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: From this accident. Crowds in the occupied West Bank have 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: welcomed the release of more than one hundred Palestinians from 14 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: Israeli prisons as part of the Gaza Seasfire deal. They 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: were freed after a brief delay prompted by a chaotic 16 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: handover of hostages in the southern Garden city of Hanunas 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: several hours earlier, returning home now and two people remain 18 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: in custody over a caravan found full of explosives at 19 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: Dural in Sydney's Northwest Police are investigating whether a third 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: person is linked to the investigation. Meanwhile, Australia's terror threat 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: level will remain at probable despite the discovery of the 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: foiled terror plot. AZIO says it lifted the threat level 23 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: last year anticipating that the security climate would worsen. It 24 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: says there is no ongoing threat to public safety. More 25 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: than eight hundred social and affordable homes will be built 26 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: under the first round of contracts to be signed through 27 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: the Housing Australia Future Fund. The ten billion dollar scheme 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: was established more than a year ago. The federal government 29 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: is confident some projects will be finished within the next 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: twelve months. Housing Minister Clara O'Neil says it's about alleviating 31 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: pressure on everyday Australians. 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,559 Speaker 2: Australians are under real pressure and our government is working 33 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: to alleviate that by building more homes right around the 34 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 2: country of all clients. Fifty five thousand social life and 35 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: affordable homes have been funded by a government and we've 36 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: got more tradees on the tools trying to get both 37 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: homes up and running as quickly as possible. 38 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: The National Australia Bank is looking at opening on Sundays 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: at major shopping centers. As of this weekend, twenty nine 40 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: branches will stay open all day Saturday if the plan 41 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: goes ahead, and AB would be the first big bank 42 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: in decades to operate on a Sunday. And Mexico's president 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: has written to Google asking it to reconsider a decision 44 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 1: to relabel the Gulf of Mexico the Golf of America 45 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: for users in the United States. The company made the 46 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: move after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: to rename the golf to sport and suspended Richmond star 48 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: Noah bolt has admitted to an assault following an incident 49 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: that left a man in hospital with a head injury. 50 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: He entered the guilty plea over the incident on the 51 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: New South Wales Victoria border last month. Bolta will remain 52 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: out on bail before being sentenced in March. While another 53 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: dominant day of Test cricket for Australia again Sri Lanka, 54 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: a brilliant cat from Travis Head Sorcier Lunka Captain Angelo 55 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 1: Matthews bold out on day two in gaul. The home 56 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: side will resume on three for forty four trailing the 57 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: Aussies by six hundred and ten runs and North Melbourne 58 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: young gun George Wardlow will be out of action for 59 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: up to three months with a hamstring injury. The twenty 60 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: year old heard his right hamstring during a match simulation 61 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. The Kangaroos take on the Western Bulldogs in 62 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,119 Speaker 1: their AFL opener on March fifteen. To Entertainment News Now 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: and the English actress and singer Maryanne Faithful has died. 64 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: An icon of the swinging sixties, she shot to fame 65 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: as a teenager with the song As Tears Go By, 66 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: which was written by her then boyfriend Mick Jagger and 67 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: his bandmate Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. She continued 68 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: to carve out a successful singing career throughout the nineteen 69 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: seventies and eighties. The statement announcing her death said she 70 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: passed away in London in the company of her loving family. 71 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: Maryann Faithful was seventy eight years old. And that's the 72 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: latest from the Nova podcast team. We'll see you this 73 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: afternoon for another EVERSD side of the update. 74 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: Hm