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Speaker 1: You're listening to a'mother mea podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hi there, I'm Ailish Delaney with the latest from the

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Speaker 2: QUICKI newsroom for Monday March too. US President Donald Trump

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Speaker 2: has urged the Iranian military to lay down its arms

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Speaker 2: and receive full immunity or face certain death as the

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Speaker 2: US intensifies its attack on Iran. In a video shared

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Speaker 2: on his Truth social platform, Trump vowed to avenge the

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Speaker 2: Americans killed in US operations against Iran and sought to

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Speaker 2: brace the public for more casualties.

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Speaker 3: It will be certain, death won't be pretty. I call

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Speaker 3: upon all Iranian patriots who yearn for freedom to seize

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Speaker 3: this moment to be brave, be bold, be heroic, and

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Speaker 3: take back your country. America is with you. I made

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Speaker 3: a promise to you, and I fulfilled that promise. The

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Speaker 3: rest will be up to you, but we'll be there

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Speaker 3: to help.

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Speaker 2: Military has reported three US troops have been killed and

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Speaker 2: another five seriously wounded. Trump said forty eight Iranian leaders

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Speaker 2: have been killed, and the US military had started sinking

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Speaker 2: Iran's navy, destroying nine warships so far and going after

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Speaker 2: the rest. More than one hundred thousand Australians are in

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Speaker 2: the middle East as the US Israel attack on Iran continues,

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Speaker 2: with the federal government warning commercial flights will be the

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Speaker 2: fastest way home for stranded citizens. Foreign Minister Penny Wong

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Speaker 2: says there are about one hundred and fifteen thousand Australians

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Speaker 2: in the region as airspaces remain closed. Speaking on Sunrise

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Speaker 2: this morning, she said the government has established a registration

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Speaker 2: portal for citizens in Iran, Israel and the United Arab

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Speaker 2: Emirates to receive direct updates and assistants.

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Speaker 1: The fastest way we can try to get people home

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Speaker 1: is if commercial flights recommence. That's where you get the

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Speaker 1: volume and the scale, and we hope that we will

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Speaker 1: see that in the coming days and weeks.

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Speaker 2: An author whose exclusion from Adelaide Writer's Week led to

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Speaker 2: the event being canceled has claimed the move was part

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Speaker 2: of a broader trend of silencing pro Palestinian voices. Palestinian

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Speaker 2: Australian author Randa Abdelfhatta made the remarks in conversation with

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Speaker 2: the former director of the festival, Louise Adler, at a

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Speaker 2: sold out event at the Adelaide Town Hall on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: It came nearly two months after the festival's board said

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Speaker 2: it had decided to exclude the author from its twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty six line up in the interests of cultural sensitivity

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Speaker 2: in the wake of the Bondite terror attack. The decision

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Speaker 2: sparked a boycott by more than one hundred and eighty speakers,

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Speaker 2: resignations by most board members, and eventually the cancelation of

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Speaker 2: the event. Looking back, doctor Abdelphata said the decision reflected

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Speaker 2: a broader pattern of silencing Palestinian voices AND's double standards.

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Speaker 2: The thirty second Actor Awards was the final pre Oscar

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Speaker 2: showdown for One Battle after Another and Sinners, with a

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Speaker 2: host of Australian talent in the running for gong. Sarah

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Speaker 2: Snook and Jacob Alardie received nods, with Rosebyrne nominated in

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Speaker 2: the Best Female Actor category for her role in If

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Speaker 2: I Had Legs, I'd Kick You. Snook missed out on

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Speaker 2: winning Best Actress in a Limited Series for her role

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Speaker 2: in the mystery thriller All Her Fault, with Michelle Williams

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Speaker 2: taking home the award for Dying for Sex. Alrdie was

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Speaker 2: gunning for Best Supporting Male Actor for his performance in Frankenstein,

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Speaker 2: but lost out to Sean Penn in one battle after another.

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Speaker 1: Momma Mea acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters

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Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on