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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Love a Mere podcast. Hi, I'm

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Speaker 1: Grace Riuvay with the latest from the Quikie newsroom. For Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: April one, Prime Minister Anthony Albernezi is set to make

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Speaker 1: a rare address to the nation outlining the government's response

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Speaker 1: to the fuel crisis amidst the Middle East conflict. He's

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Speaker 1: expected to urge Australians to save fuel for areas and

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Speaker 1: industries that need it most. The speech, scheduled for seven

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Speaker 1: pm tonight, comes as the government halve's fuel excise, cutting

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Speaker 1: twenty six point three percent per liter, with prices beginning

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Speaker 1: to fall in some areas, though shortages persist and regional

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Speaker 1: reductions may take weeks. About forty one percent of Australians

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Speaker 1: have already scaled back east to travel, reflecting ongoing supply uncertainty. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: in the Middle East conflict, Donald Trump says the United

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Speaker 1: States could end its military campaign against Iran within two

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Speaker 1: to three weeks, adding that Tehran does not need to

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Speaker 1: strike a deal for conflict to wind down. In other

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Speaker 1: Trump news, a federal judge has ordered a halt to

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Speaker 1: con instruction of a four hundred million dollar ballroom at

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Speaker 1: the White House ruling the project, which involved demolishing the

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Speaker 1: East Wing, cannot proceed without congressional approval. The administration has

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Speaker 1: appealed the decision, while limited safety related work is allowed

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Speaker 1: to continue. King Charles and Queen Camilla will not meet

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Speaker 1: survivors linked to Jeffrey Epstein during next month's US state

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Speaker 1: visit due to ongoing UK police investigations connected to the case.

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Speaker 1: The trip is expected to go ahead over four days

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Speaker 1: in late April, with calls from some US lawmakers for

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Speaker 1: a private meeting with survivors. The development comes as the

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Speaker 1: King is also not expected to see his son Prince

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Speaker 1: Harry during the trip, despite both being in the United States.

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Speaker 1: Charles and Harry last met six months ago, while the

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Speaker 1: King has not seen his grandchildren in person for several years.

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Speaker 1: Adding to the royal developments, Prince Harry is awaiting a

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Speaker 1: ruling in his lawsuit against the publisher of The Daily Mail,

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Speaker 1: who he alleges unlawfully gathered information. While the publisher denies

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Speaker 1: the claims, A judge says the decision will take time

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Speaker 1: after nearly ten weeks of hearings. Taylor Swift is being

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Speaker 1: sued over her album The Life of a Show Girl

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Speaker 1: with performer Marin Wade, alleging the title and branding are

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Speaker 1: too similar to her long running Confessions of a Showgirl brand.

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Speaker 1: Wade claims the similarities in name, esthetic and marketing could

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Speaker 1: confuse audiences. Arguing Swift's global reach risks overshadowing her work,

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Speaker 1: which began as a twenty fourteen Las Vegas column before

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Speaker 1: becoming a live show, Wade is seeking to block the

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Speaker 1: use of her name and imagery, along with damages. Swift's

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Speaker 1: representatives have declined to comment, and finally, more than four

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Speaker 1: hundred thousand Kickcat bars have been stolen from a truck

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Speaker 1: traveling from Italy to Poland. According to the manufacturer in Nesle,

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Speaker 1: The vehicle and its cargo remain missing and authorities are investigating,

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Speaker 1: with each bar traceable via batch numbers. The company says

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Speaker 1: there are no safety concerns and supplier won't be affected,

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Speaker 1: adding the theft highlights arise in cargo crime across Europe.

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Speaker 1: That's your evening news headlines on Thursday's episode of The Quickie.

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Speaker 1: New developments in the weight loss medication space extend to

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Speaker 1: new oral drugs. There are still so many questions about

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Speaker 1: GLP ones. We sit down with one of the pioneers

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Speaker 1: of the drugs to get answers to all of your questions.

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