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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mumma Mea podcast. Hi, I'm Jemmy

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Speaker 1: Donna Who from Momma MEA's twice daily news podcast, The

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Speaker 1: Quickie with your Headlines for Wednesday, February three. Bill and

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Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before a congressional committee

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Speaker 1: regarding their past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, a move that

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Speaker 1: could spare the couple from possible prison time. The decision

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Speaker 1: follows a recommendation from the House Oversight Committee to hold

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Speaker 1: the pair in contempt, a threat that could have resulted

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Speaker 1: in criminal charges. While the Clintons previously labeled the investigation

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Speaker 1: of partisan effort, their representatives now state they look forward

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Speaker 1: to setting a legal precedent that applies to all public figures. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: the fallout from Epstein's connections continues overseas, as Sarah Ferguson's charity,

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Speaker 1: Sarah's Trust, announced its sudden closure following the release of

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Speaker 1: thousands of depart Department of Justice documents. These files revealed

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Speaker 1: friendly email exchanges between the duchess and Epstein that occurred

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Speaker 1: even after his two thousand and eight conviction for prostituting miners.

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Speaker 1: As House Speaker Mike Johnson welcomes the Clinton's cooperation. The

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Speaker 1: scrutiny surrounding Epstein's former social circle remains a central focus

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Speaker 1: for investigators on both sides of the Atlantic. The renewed

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Speaker 1: five day search for fugitive Desi Freeman has entered its

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Speaker 1: second day in Victoria's Mount Buffalo National Park, with investigators

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Speaker 1: now shifting their primary focus to the recovery of remains.

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Speaker 1: The fifty six year old self proclaimed severign citizen has

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Speaker 1: been missing for over five months after allegedly shooting and

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Speaker 1: killing two police officers during a warrant execution in Paul Punker.

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Speaker 1: More than one hundred specialist officers and Cadavar dogs are

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Speaker 1: currently scouring a one point three square kilometer area of

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Speaker 1: rugged bushischland, guided by intelligence regarding a single gunshot heard

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Speaker 1: shortly after the August twenty twenty five attack. Victoria Police

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Speaker 1: Detective Inspector Adam Tilley says, while they are open to

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Speaker 1: other possibilities, it is extremely unlikely Freeman is still alive

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Speaker 1: despite the focus on locating a body. A historic one

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Speaker 1: million dollar reward remains active for information leading to his arrest,

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Speaker 1: as authorities reiterate finding an answer for the families of

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Speaker 1: the fallen officers is their highest priority. Australia is launching

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Speaker 1: a world first clinical trial using mRNA technology to treat

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Speaker 1: children battling aggressive and advanced brain tumors. Led by the

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Speaker 1: University of Queensland and sam Ree, the four year study

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Speaker 1: will provide personalized vaccines designed to trigger the immune system

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Speaker 1: to attack specific genetic markers within a child's cancer cells.

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Speaker 1: The trial will be rolled out across eight pediatric hospitals

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Speaker 1: later this year, specifically targeting young patients with high grade

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Speaker 1: tumors who currently face a survival expectancy of less than

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Speaker 1: two years. Scientists hope this breakthrough, which adapts the technology

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Speaker 1: used in COVID nineteen jubs, will offer a glimmer of

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Speaker 1: hope and improve survival rates for what remains the deadliest

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Speaker 1: childhood cancer in the country. The Amazon backed documentary Milania

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Speaker 1: has struggled significantly at the Australian box office, debuting in

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Speaker 1: thirty third place with just over twenty two thousand dollars

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Speaker 1: in opening weekend ticket sales. Despite a massive seventy five

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Speaker 1: million dollar acquisition and marketing investment by Amazon MGM Studios,

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Speaker 1: the film averaged just one thousand and one hundred dollars

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Speaker 1: per theater across the country, trailing far behind the weekend's

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Speaker 1: top performer, the horror film Iron Lung. The project, directed

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Speaker 1: by Brett Ratner, has highlighted a stark cultural divide, earning

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Speaker 1: a dismal ten percent critical score on Rotten Tomatoes while

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Speaker 1: maintaining a near perfect ninety nine percent rating from verified audiences.

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Speaker 1: While the film saw a stronger debut in the United

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Speaker 1: States with roughly seven million dollars in earnings, its underwhelming

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Speaker 1: international performance suggests a difficult path toward profitability for the

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Speaker 1: most expensive documentary ever made. That's your evening news headlines.

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Speaker 1: On Wednesday's episode of The Quikie, we head to Italy

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Speaker 1: to speak to Ossie. Teenage Olympic snowboard cross star Abby

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Speaker 1: Wilson from Ginderbyne to Milan. Cortina is hoping to add

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Speaker 1: to our metal collection this year. Listen to the Quickie

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