1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Suzy Thompson. Dramatic scenes 2 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: in Central Europe. The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: is fighting for life after an assassination attempt, with police 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: arresting a seventy one year old man. Freelance journalist Sarah 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: Sincearova says the Populace PM was regarded as a friend 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: of Putin and opposed handing more arms to Ukraine. 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: The shooting occurred when Kinsell got out of the meeting 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: that was being held in a House of Culture, and 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: while he was surrounded by people and supporters, he would 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: have received four or five gunshots. He was injured in 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 2: the abdomen and also one arm and one leg. 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: Winter Olympic figure skater Brendan Kerry has been stood down 13 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: from his job coaching children in Sydney after he was 14 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: handed a lifetime ban in the US accused of sexual misconduct. 15 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: News Corp is reporting the figure skater plans to appeal 16 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: and says he's stepped away from his job voluntarily. The 17 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,639 Speaker 1: twenty nine year old skater was the Australian flag bearer 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Larger than expected numbers of 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: students deemed to have a disability will force the federal 20 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: government to fork out an extra one point one billion 21 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: dollars for government schools due to NDIS loadings. Detail in 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: the federal budget shows that funding will blow out until 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: at least twenty twenty eight. Tailgating has been identified as 24 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: the top road rage behavior in Victoria, an RACV survey 25 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: finding thirty eight percent of people have been victims. Sport 26 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: and entertainment and x in sport excitements brewing in Brisbane 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: ahead of a jam packed four days of NERL action. 28 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: While Magic Round is anticipated to inject fifty million dollars 29 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: into the local economy. The activity really begins tonight. Round 30 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: one of the women's State of Origin kicks off at 31 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: seven forty five at Suncorp. Melbourne City has signed coach 32 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: Aurelio Vidmar to the end of twenty twenty six after 33 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: he guided the team to their tenth AI Finals appearance 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: in a row. The former Soccaru was appointed in November 35 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: to replace Rado Vidasych, who was sacked after just two games. 36 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: And Round ten of the AFL kicks off tonight with 37 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: the Gold Coast Suns and Geelong doing battle in Darwin. 38 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: In entertainment news, the UK is the latest economy about 39 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: to get an economic boost thanks to Taylor Swift. More 40 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: than one point one million tickets for upcoming tour have 41 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: sold out, with each fan expected to spend at least 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: twelve hundred pounds on food, hotels, travel and merch leading 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: to a billion pound economic boost. And Spotify has been 44 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: hit with a cease and desist demand in the US 45 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 1: from the National Music Publishers Association. Songwriters say the use 46 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: of lyrics in its recently launched video function, podcasts and 47 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: remix feature copyright violations and should be paid for. And 48 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: that's the latest from an over podcast team. We'll see 49 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: later on. For another update, I'm Sussy Thompson.