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Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mea podcast. Hi, I'm Charlie Blackman

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Speaker 1: from mom A MEA's twice daily news podcast Quickie with

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Speaker 1: Your Headlines for Wednesday, January seven. Swiss authorities say fire

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Speaker 1: safety inspections had not been carried out since twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: at a bar where a New Year's party fire killed

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Speaker 1: forty people and injured more than one hundred. Investigators believe

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Speaker 1: the blaze at La Constellation bar in the ski resort

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Speaker 1: of Crans Montana was sparked by litz sparklers placed on

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Speaker 1: champagne bottles which came too close to the ceiling. They

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Speaker 1: are examining weather, ceiling, soundproofing, met safety standards, and whether

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Speaker 1: the candles were permitted. A criminal investigation has been opened

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Speaker 1: into the bars managers, who are suspected of involuntary homicide

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Speaker 1: and bodily harm. Local officials said regulations require annual fire

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Speaker 1: safety checks of public venues, but inspections were missed between

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty and twenty twenty five. The mayor said the

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Speaker 1: lapse was deeply regretted and its impact would be assessed

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Speaker 1: by prosecutors. The fire is one of Switzerland's worst recent

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Speaker 1: disasters and has prompted a national day of mourning. Venezuela's

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Speaker 1: main opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, has vowed to return

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Speaker 1: home soon, praising US President Donald Trump after the capture

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Speaker 1: of President Nicolas Maduro and saying her movement is ready

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Speaker 1: to win a free election. In her first interview since

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Speaker 1: Maduro was seized by US forces on the weekend, Machado

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Speaker 1: told Fox News she wanted a rapid political transition and

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Speaker 1: said the opposition had already won the disputed twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four election by a landslide. Machado, who fled Venezuela in

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Speaker 1: disguise last year, is wanted for arrest on charges brought

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Speaker 1: by the Maduro government, including alleged conspiracy and actions linked

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Speaker 1: to organizing protests. She has dismissed the accusations as politically motivated.

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Speaker 1: Trump has said elections cannot be held until Venezuela's institutions

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Speaker 1: are rebuilt, calling a rapid vote unrealistic. Despite Machado's praise,

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Speaker 1: Washington has shown little sign of backing her leadership and

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Speaker 1: is still signaling it may work with the interim president,

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Speaker 1: Delsey Rodriguez. Maduro has pleaded not guilty to US narcotics

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Speaker 1: charges and insists he remains Venezuela's president. European leaders have

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Speaker 1: voiced strong support for Greenland's sovereignty after US President Donald

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Speaker 1: Trump said he wants the Arctic island brought under US control.

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Speaker 1: In a joint statement, leaders from France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland,

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Speaker 1: Spain and Denmark said Greenland belongs to its people and

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Speaker 1: that decisions about its future rest only with Greenland and Denmark.

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Speaker 1: They stressed that security in the Arctic should be handled

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Speaker 1: collectively through NATO, including the United States. Trump has revived

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Speaker 1: an idea first raised in twenty nineteen, arguing Greenland is

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Speaker 1: vital to US military interests and that Denmark has not

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Speaker 1: done enough to defend it. Greenland's government has repeatedly rejected

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Speaker 1: becoming a part of the United States. Greenland, home to

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Speaker 1: about fifty seven thousand people, is strategically important for missile

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Speaker 1: defense and rich in minerals, but remains covered by Denmark's

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Speaker 1: NATO membership. New South Wales Police Commissioner mel Lanyon has

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Speaker 1: extended temporary protest restrictions across three Sydney Metropolitan policing areas

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Speaker 1: for another fourteen days, citing ongoing public safety concerns. The

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Speaker 1: restrictions were first activated on December twenty four, shortly after

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Speaker 1: new laws were passed following the Bondai terror attack. Commissioner

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Speaker 1: Lanyon said public assemblies over the next fortnighte could cause

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Speaker 1: fear in the community, and police will not accept Form

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Speaker 1: one notifications during that time. Under the measures, gatherings still allowed,

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Speaker 1: but police can issue move on directions for behavior deemed obstructive, intimidating,

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Speaker 1: or likely to cause fear. Participants also lose certain legal

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Speaker 1: protections and maybe at risk of committing offenses. Commissioner o

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Speaker 1: Lanian said the decision was not about stopping free speech,

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Speaker 1: but was about community safety. The declaration can be renewed

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Speaker 1: fortnightly for up to three months and will be reviewed

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Speaker 1: again in fourteen days. When Sher gives you relationship advice,

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Speaker 1: you listen, even if it's on your own podcast. Sher

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Speaker 1: weighed in on Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd's famously open

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Speaker 1: book marriage during a recent episode of Shepherd's Armchair Expert podcast.

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Speaker 1: Delivering a moment of celebrity awkwardness that everyone is talking about,

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Speaker 1: Sher joked that Bell was definitely the better half. A

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Speaker 1: comment Bell brushed off, while Shepherd nodded along. No, she

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Speaker 1: just likes sorted at, Well, you don't have this of

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Speaker 1: the relationship of either of you guys, So I mean

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Speaker 1: that partner. No, But the truth is I trust her,

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Speaker 1: so you must have something that I don't see. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: by the way, Yeah, that's incredible. The conversation quickly turned

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Speaker 1: to Shepherd asking sher who she'd rather see Bell with,

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Speaker 1: prompting more laughter and a bit of discomfort. Sher politely dodged,

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Speaker 1: and Shepherd playfully suggested Brad Pitt as a dream partner.

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Speaker 1: Bell reassured everyone that Shepherd was just being self deprecating.

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Speaker 1: Shea eventually wrapped up, saying she trusts Belle's judgment and

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Speaker 1: that Shepherd must have qualities she doesn't see. Shepherd closed

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Speaker 1: the segment by praising Belle's success and shine, saying that's

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Speaker 1: one of the things he loves most about her. That's

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Speaker 1: your latest news headlines. I'll be back in your ears

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Speaker 1: tomorrow with more of the latest news, followed by Ash

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