Speaker 1: I'm Marina Newman with your new twenty four update. The
Speaker 1: corruption inquiry into political donations is causing another issue for
Speaker 1: the New South Wales opposition leader. Eleni Patinos is the
Speaker 1: second Liberal frontbencher called to face questions. She has been
Speaker 1: summoned to appearable on maternity leave from parliament. Ikak has
Speaker 1: played over two thousand phone taps of fugitive city developer
Speaker 1: John Neossef referring to the then Fair Trading Minister as
Speaker 1: one of his girls. She is not listed as a
Speaker 1: person of interest. Passengers at Sydney airports are facing a
Speaker 1: second day of flight delays and cancelations. Air Services Australia
Speaker 1: warning over one hundred flights, both arriving and departing, will
Speaker 1: be disrupted due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.
Speaker 1: Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reese is being accused of pressuring
Speaker 1: the Salvation Army to move from Burke Street. Salvation Army
Speaker 1: Commanding Officer Major Brendan Nodel claims local businesses are lobbying
Speaker 1: for the change. Major no Al told The Herald's son
Speaker 1: the Lord Mayor has asked him to move locations in
Speaker 1: three separate phone calls, mister Rees is also being accused
Speaker 1: of breaking a six million dollar funding promise for the
Speaker 1: Tsavos for homelessness services.
Speaker 2: He came to us and he said, this is what
Speaker 2: I want to provide. And it feels now that the
Speaker 2: Lord Mayor has actually used the most vulnerable as political
Speaker 2: powns in his attempt to become Lord Mayor, and he's
Speaker 2: actually used the Savashnami brand to garner more vote.
Speaker 1: David Bratt has been confirmed as the new US Ambassador
Speaker 1: to Australia. President Donald Trump nominated him for the role
Speaker 1: in April. The former Republican congressman is expected to take
Speaker 1: the post in Canberra head of the seventy fifth anniversary
Speaker 1: of ANSAs in September. He will be leading various matters
Speaker 1: in the US Australia Alliance, including OUCUS and critical minerals overseas.
Speaker 1: Dramatic footage has captured a fatal shooting at a restaurant
Speaker 1: in Idaho. A government opened fire at an in and out,
Speaker 1: killing two people and injuring seven. War Hey running.
Speaker 2: Snow sup?
Speaker 1: Oh did they shoot it up?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 1: Yeah? The Shad Williams, the twenty four year old gunman,
Speaker 1: took his own life after the rampage. The motive behind
Speaker 1: the shooting remains unknown. The US Senate has passed legislation
Speaker 1: backed by late Senator Lindsey Graham to sanction Russia. The
Speaker 1: bill in mister Graham's name also imposes tariffs on other
Speaker 1: countries to reduce their dependence on Russia's oil and gas.
Speaker 1: It aims to increase economic pressure on Moscow over its
Speaker 1: invasion of Ukraine. The late US senator was one of
Speaker 1: Ukraine's most vocal allies in Congress. The bill is expected
Speaker 1: to be considered in the House of Representatives next month.
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