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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges

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Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast

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Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Tully Blackman from Mamma MIA's

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Speaker 1: twice aaily news podcast, The Cookie with Your Headlines. For

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Speaker 1: Thursday August twenty one, the Israeli military says it has

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Speaker 1: started the first stage of a ground offensive to take

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Speaker 1: control of Gaza City. Troops are already active in the

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Speaker 1: zay Tune and Jabalia areas, with more expected in the

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Speaker 1: coming weeks. About sixty thousand reservousts will be called up

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Speaker 1: to support the plan, which aims to dismantle Humma's infrastructure.

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Speaker 1: Defense Minister Israel Kats approved the operation on Tuesday, and

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Speaker 1: a wider decision is expected from Israel's security cabinets soon.

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Speaker 1: Hummas has accused Israel of blocking a cease fire, saying

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Speaker 1: civilians will suffer. Most international voices, including French President Emmanuel

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Speaker 1: Macron and the Red Cross, have worn the move could

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Speaker 1: cause a humanitarian disaster. Israel says pavilions will be told

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Speaker 1: to evacuate while efforts continue to protect the fifty hostages

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Speaker 1: still held by Hamas in Gaza. Thousands of students are

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Speaker 1: holding mass meetings on university campuses across Australia to debate

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Speaker 1: and vote on whether the federal government and university should

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Speaker 1: impose sanctions on Israel. The National Student referendum on Palestine

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Speaker 1: follows nearly two years of protests, sit ins and encampments.

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Speaker 1: It calls for an end to university ties with companies

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Speaker 1: supplying weapons to Israel. National Union of Students Education officer

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Speaker 1: James McVicar told AAP more than five thousand students are

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Speaker 1: expected to vote over the coming week. Two universities, Victoria

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Speaker 1: University and Griffith University, have already voted in favor of sanctions.

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Speaker 1: The vote comes after a report found Melbourne University breached

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Speaker 1: privacy laws by tracking protesters in twenty twenty four, creating

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Speaker 1: what Deputy Commissioner Rachel Dixon called a significant breach of trust.

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Speaker 1: McVicar says students want real action, not symbolic gestures. Antarctica

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Speaker 1: is facing sudden and possibly irreversible changes to its ice, ocean,

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Speaker 1: and ecosystems, with serious consequences for Australia and the rest

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Speaker 1: of the world, according to new research published in Nature.

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Speaker 1: The study was led by the Australian National University and

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Speaker 1: the University of New South Wales, with support from major

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Speaker 1: Antarctic research centers and international scientists. Lead author doctor Narri

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Speaker 1: Lee Abram, chief scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division, said

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Speaker 1: the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is at high risk of collapse,

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Speaker 1: which could raise sea levels by more than three meters.

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Speaker 1: Co author Professor Matthew England warned of severe impacts for Australia,

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Speaker 1: including rising seas, ecosystem collapse and more intense warming. The

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Speaker 1: research is stress that only urgent cuts. The researchers stress

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Speaker 1: that only urgent cuts to greenhouse gas emissions can prevent

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Speaker 1: further damage. Frank Caprio, the longtime Providence municipal judge best

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Speaker 1: known for his heartfelt rulings on the reality show Caught

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Speaker 1: in Providence, has died at the age of eighty eight.

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Speaker 1: A statement shared on his official Instagram account said he

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Speaker 1: passed away peacefully after a long and courageous battle with

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Speaker 1: pancreatic cancer. Known for his compassion and humor in the courtroom,

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Speaker 1: Caprio gained worldwide fame through his viral clips from his show,

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Speaker 1: where he often delivered rulings with empathy and a touch

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Speaker 1: of kindness. He was often called the nicest judge in

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Speaker 1: the world. On TikTok. You are a good man. You

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Speaker 1: really are what America is all about. Here you are

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Speaker 1: in your nineties and you're still taking care of your family.

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Speaker 1: It's just a wonderful thing for you. Listen, sir, I

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Speaker 1: wish you all the best in your cases the Smith

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Speaker 1: and your cases the Smith. In recent years, Caprio became

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Speaker 1: a social media sensation, with millions of followers on Instagram

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Speaker 1: and TikTok. He revealed his cancer diagnosis in twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 1: and in one of his last videos, he thanked followers

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Speaker 1: for their prayers and asked them to keep him in

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Speaker 1: their thoughts. Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee called Caprio a

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Speaker 1: state treasure and ordered flags flown at half mast in

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Speaker 1: his honor. That's your evening News headlines on tomorrow's episode

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Speaker 1: of The Quickie, where unpacking rising tensions between Israel and

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Speaker 1: Australia and AI taking jobs