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Speaker 1: You're listening to a Mother Me podcast. Hi, I'm Tully

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Speaker 1: Blackman for MoMA MIA's twice daily news podcast, The Quickie

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Speaker 1: with Your Headlines for Tuesday, December thirty. A man hailed

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Speaker 1: as a hero after the Bondai Beach terrorist attack says

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Speaker 1: he acted out of a simple determination to protect others.

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Speaker 1: Ahmed al Ahmed was seriously injured after disarming one of

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Speaker 1: two gunmen during the December fourteen shooting at a Hunnaker celebration,

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Speaker 1: which killed fifteen people. Footage showed Ahmed sneaking up behind

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Speaker 1: the attacker and wrestling a long barreled gun away. Speaking

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Speaker 1: to CBS News, the forty three year old father of

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Speaker 1: two said he did not hesitate despite being shot multiple times.

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Speaker 1: He said his only focus was stopping the gunman from

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Speaker 1: killing more people.

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Speaker 2: I jumped in his berk, hit him and hold him

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Speaker 2: was my right hand and start saying a word, you know,

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Speaker 2: like to warn him, drop your gun, stop doing what

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Speaker 2: you're doing. And it's come all in in the fast

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Speaker 2: and emotionally, I'm doing something which is I feel something

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Speaker 2: power in my my body, my prime and I want

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Speaker 2: to see people killed in front of me. I don't

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Speaker 2: want to see blood. I don't want to hear his gun.

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Speaker 2: I don't wanna, you know, see people, you know, screaming

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Speaker 2: and bugging, you all asking help help. And that's my

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Speaker 2: my soul asked me to do that, and all and

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Speaker 2: everything in my heart and my pri and everything it's worth,

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Speaker 2: you know, just to manage and to to save the people.

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Speaker 1: Life. Authorities believe Amen's actions saved countless lives, including women

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Speaker 1: and children. He is spent the last two weeks undergoing

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Speaker 1: surgery at Saint George Hospital and was released on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Political leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi and New South

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Speaker 1: Wales Premier Chris Mins, have praised his bravery, and more

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Speaker 1: than two point five million dollars has also been raised

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Speaker 1: through an online fundraiser in recognition of his actions. Prime

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Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Alberanesi has rejected calls for a national royal

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Speaker 1: commission into the Bondai Beach terrorist attack, opting for a

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Speaker 1: faster independent review of federal agencies. Former intelligence chief and

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Speaker 1: diplomat Dennis Richardson will examine the actions of Australia's federal

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Speaker 1: law enforcement and intelligence agencies leading up to the attack

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Speaker 1: to assess whether they operated as effectively as possible. However,

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Speaker 1: Jewish community leaders say the move falls short. The Executive

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Speaker 1: Council of Australian Jury argues the review is an ineffective

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Speaker 1: half measure that will not address the broader rise of antisemitism,

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Speaker 1: with the Council President Daniel Agion saying a review of

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Speaker 1: agencies alone was inadequate. New South Wales Premier Chris Mins

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Speaker 1: has committed to a state based Royal Commission and tighter

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Speaker 1: security measures. Ukrainian President Volotimir Zelensky says a draft peace

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Speaker 1: framework to end Russia's war includes US security guarantees for

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Speaker 1: Ukraine lasting fifteen years, though he has asked for protections

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Speaker 1: of up to fifty years. Speaking to reporters, Zolensky said

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Speaker 1: lasting security guarantees were essential to ending the conflict, adding

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Speaker 1: that without them, the war will not end. He said

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Speaker 1: he raised the issue during talks with US President Donald Trump,

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Speaker 1: where both leaders said a peace deal was closer than ever.

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Speaker 1: Zelensky said Ukraine would only meet directly with Russia after

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Speaker 1: the United States and European partners agreed on a Ukrainian

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Speaker 1: backed peace framework. He also wants Kiev to host talks

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Speaker 1: with US and European officials in the coming days. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: Moscow says Presence Trump and Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone,

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Speaker 1: with another call expected soon. Key unresolved issues include control

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Speaker 1: of occupied territory and Ukraine's nuclear power station. Ricky Jerveus

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Speaker 1: has delivered a very on brand reason for skipping the

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Speaker 1: Golden Globes next month. It is simply too far to go.

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Speaker 1: The sixty four year old comedian is nominated for Best

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Speaker 1: Stand Up but has decided against traveling from London to

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles for the January eleven ceremony. Instead, he plans

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Speaker 1: to stay at home with partner Jane fallon their cats

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Speaker 1: and a steady diet of Netflix. Javeus said Awards shows

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Speaker 1: no longer hold much appeal, adding it takes a lot

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Speaker 1: to get him off the couch. Despite hosting the Golden

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Speaker 1: Globes five times, he said he now prefers peace and

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Speaker 1: quiet and gets little joy from watching himself on screen.

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Speaker 1: Javea said he has no regrets about past comedy, though

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Speaker 1: he might handle things differently today. He added British humor

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Speaker 1: is deeply tied to class, and said he feels most

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Speaker 1: comfortable drawing on his own life. Rather than exaggerated characters

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Speaker 1: or high concept comedy. That's your latest news headlines. The

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Speaker 1: Quiki team will be bringing you updated daily headlines every

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Speaker 1: day except the public holidays through the rest of the

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Speaker 1: holiday period, as well as afternoon entertainment news with Ash London.

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