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

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Speaker 1: from Mamma MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with

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Speaker 1: your Headlines for Tuesday, January sixth. Ousted Venezuelan president Nicholas

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Speaker 1: Maduro has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including narco terrorism,

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Speaker 1: cocaine importation, conspiracy, and possession of machine guns after his

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Speaker 1: dramatic capture by US forces last weekend. Maduro appeared in

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Speaker 1: a New York federal court this morning, transferred under armed

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Speaker 1: guard from a Brooklyn detention center. Through an interpreter, he

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Speaker 1: insisted he was innocent and claimed he remained Venezuela's legitimate

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Speaker 1: president before being cut off by the judge. The court

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Speaker 1: appearance comes after a high stakes US operation dubbed Operation

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Speaker 1: Absolute Resolve, in which special forces flew into Caracas by helicopter,

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Speaker 1: breached Maduro's security, and captured him and his wife from

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Speaker 1: a fortified safe room. He has long denied the allegations,

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Speaker 1: saying they are a cover for US efforts to control

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Speaker 1: Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump

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Speaker 1: said Washington was willing to work with Venezuela's remaining leadership,

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Speaker 1: but only if it meant US demands. He also suggested

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Speaker 1: the Venezuela operation could be repeated in Colombia. Comments that

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Speaker 1: have unsettled governments across Latin America.

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Speaker 2: And that's Venezuela. It's very sick. Colombia is very sick too,

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Speaker 2: run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and

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Speaker 2: selling it to the United States. And he's not going

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Speaker 2: to be doing it very long.

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Speaker 1: Let me tell you what does that mean. If he's

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Speaker 1: not going to be doing it very.

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Speaker 2: Long, he's not doing it very long. He has cocaine

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Speaker 2: mills and cocaine factories. He's not going to be.

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Speaker 1: Doing it very will be an operation by the US.

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Speaker 2: It sounds good to be yeah.

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Speaker 1: In Caracas, intraim President Delsey Rodriguez has softened her stance,

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Speaker 1: calling for respectful relations and cooperation with the United States

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Speaker 1: after initially condemning Maduro's capture as a kidnapping. She has

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Speaker 1: also announced a commission to seek his release. Cuba says

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Speaker 1: thirty two of its military and intelligence personnel were killed

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Speaker 1: during the operation, and has declared days of mourning. Maduro's

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Speaker 1: lawyers are expected to challenge his arrest, arguing he is

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Speaker 1: immune as head of state, a defense previously rejected by

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Speaker 1: US courts in similar cases. Meanwhile, Trump has also revived

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Speaker 1: controversial comments about taking over Greenland, prompting Denmark and Greenland

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Speaker 1: to warn the US President to back away from what

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Speaker 1: they call unacceptable threats. Parts of Victoria, South Australia, and

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Speaker 1: southern New South Wales are bracing for what authorities warn

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Speaker 1: could be the worst heat wave since the twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty Black Summer bush fires. The Bureau of Meteorology

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Speaker 1: says temperatures will climb into the mid forties this week,

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Speaker 1: with extreme and severe heat wave conditions spreading across south

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Speaker 1: east Australia as hot winds intensify. Cities along the Murray River,

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Speaker 1: including Miljura, swan Hill and Renmark are forecast to reach

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Speaker 1: up to forty four degrees, while Melbourne could hit forty

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Speaker 1: one degrees on Wednesday. Senior meteorologists say overnight temperatures will

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Speaker 1: remain high, offering little relief until at least Saturday. Fire

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Speaker 1: authorities have issued total firebands across parts of northern Victoria,

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Speaker 1: and one more bands are likely. Emergency services say the

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Speaker 1: conditions will make fires difficult to control and are urging

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Speaker 1: residents to review fire plans and follow restrictions. Hundreds of

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Speaker 1: thousands of children will now be guaranteed access to subsidized

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Speaker 1: early childhood education after the federal government scrapped rules that

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Speaker 1: critics said locked families out of childcare from the start

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Speaker 1: of the year. Parents are entitled to at least three

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Speaker 1: days of subsidized childcare each week, regardless of how much

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Speaker 1: they work or study. The change replaces the previous activity test,

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Speaker 1: which linked subsidies to parents work or study hours. The

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Speaker 1: government says up to one hundred and twenty six thousand

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Speaker 1: children will benefit, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds who previously

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Speaker 1: missed out. Advocates say the old system created a catch

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Speaker 1: twenty two where parents needed childcare to work but could

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Speaker 1: not access care without already working. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said

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Speaker 1: the reform recognized early learning as a vital part of

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Speaker 1: Productivity Commission recommendation and is backed by four hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirty million dollars in funding over four years. Jimmy Kimmel

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Speaker 1: struck a mix of relief, humor and defiance after Jimmy

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Speaker 1: Kimmel Live won Best Talk Show at the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: six Critics Choice Awards, capping off what he called one

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Speaker 1: of the toughest years of his career. Speaking backstage, Kimmel

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Speaker 1: said the f the show's brief suspension in September felt

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Speaker 1: like a near death experience, comparing it to watching his

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Speaker 1: own funeral. The program was taken off air for six

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Speaker 1: days after controversial remarks, before returning amid strong public support.

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Speaker 1: Since then, Kimmel has continued to face criticism from US

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Speaker 1: President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called for the show

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Speaker 1: to be canceled. Kimmel said the backlash only strengthened the

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Speaker 1: bond between the show and its audience. He noted that

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Speaker 1: people reacted strongly once comedy and free speech appeared under threat,

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Speaker 1: describing the support as both emotional and motivating. On stage,

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Speaker 1: Kimmel poked fun at Trump, crediting the president with providing

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Speaker 1: endless material, and said he was proud the show was

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Speaker 1: back on air and still speaking freely.

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Speaker 3: I want to thank our President, Donald Jennifer Trump, without

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Speaker 3: whom we would be going home empty handed tonight. So

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Speaker 3: thank you, mister President, for all the many ridiculous things

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Speaker 3: you do each and every day. It's been a banner

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Speaker 3: couple of weeks and we can't get wait to get

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Speaker 3: back on the air tomorrow night to talk about them.

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Speaker 3: Thank you everyone.

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Speaker 1: He also thanked his writers, producers and union colleagues for

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Speaker 1: standing by him. That's your latest news headlines. I'll be

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Speaker 1: back in your ears tomorrow with more of the latest news,

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