1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Girl Downey from the UK. How are you. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm very well, Thank you, Andrew. How are you good? 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite band song? 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 2: Oh? I don't think I do. My music is tastes 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 2: are a bit kind of whatever's going on at the time. 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: Oh, okay, that's all good. I know it's very ancient, 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: the last Waltz and all. Then I saw some pictures 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: of that hotel fire at the ski resort in Turkey 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: that looked horrific. 10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: Absolutely dreadful, and unfortunately the death toll has now risen 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: to seventy six people, including a ten year old girl 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: and her mother, a young chef, and a number of 13 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 2: teenagers who were there with their families. Two people who 14 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: died were trying to jump to safety, and you'll have 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: seen there as you say that the pictures are absolutely dreadful. 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 2: People were also seeing tying bed sheets together to escape 17 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 2: through the windows of their hotel rooms. It took twelve 18 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: hours to put out the fire, and it took an 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: hour for the fire service to arrive because of the 20 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: freezing conditions, it was difficult for them to get there. 21 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: Nine people have been arrested, including the owner of the hotel, and. 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: It seemed like some of the people in hotels around 23 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: the hotel didn't seem to care. 24 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 2: Well, I couldn't say that, but because actually there have 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: been some reports of people actually trying to help. But 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 2: I guess the thing is that at a resort like 27 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: that and a fire that's so massive, what can you 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: actually do to help rather than hinder? You see what 29 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 2: I mean? 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: All right? Okay? And of course it's nighttime and it's 31 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: cold because it's a ski resort. That makes sense. Now 32 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Prince Harry is no longer suing the papers about the 33 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: phone tapping and all that, and there's now Talkie is 34 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: going to settle his case against the Sun publisher. 35 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: Yes, we talked about this on Monday, didn't we, Because 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: the case was supposed to start then, and then that 37 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: got delayed, and then it was supposed to start yesterday. 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: But lawyers for both sides have twice asked to delay 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: the opening of the case because it turns out negotiations 40 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: are going ahead now. Whether the case will still go ahead, 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: who knows. But they asked for a third adjournment during 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: the day and the judge said no, the case has 43 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: to begin. But because by this time it's two o'clock 44 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: in the afternoon, the judge said, look, let's close it 45 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 2: for the day because you know you need to decide. However, 46 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 2: this morning the lawyers could appeal against the judge's decision 47 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: and ask for more time talks. So, as you said, 48 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: there is, you know, the potential of a settlement on 49 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: the cards. That certainly seems to be what they're thinking of. 50 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: They're great a bit because Harry was one of the 51 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: last littergans standing and he has always said I'm doing this, 52 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: you know, for the good of society to hold these 53 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: people to account. And oh, how much money do you 54 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: want to offer me? Seems like that are bad play 55 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: with bad optics. 56 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: Well, it's an interesting one, is it, because he has 57 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: always said it's not about them money for him, and 58 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: that he is Him and Labor MP Tom Watson are 59 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 2: the only two people. Everybody else we're talking about, people 60 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 2: like Hugh Grant, who were thirteen hundred people who settled 61 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: the case. And Hugh Grant certainly said, you know, I 62 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: can't take it any further simply because of the costs 63 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: of going to court, whereas Prince Harry has said, look, 64 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 2: I'm doing this for everybody else, So we will see 65 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: what happens, But of course the case centers around the 66 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: illegal practices used by a handful of private investigators and 67 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: journalists at Newsgroup newspapers to pry into his private life. 68 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: What his claim is that it was more than just 69 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: a couple of bad apples, some of whom you know 70 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: have been jailed. He claims that it's been widespread. 71 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: Okay, And finally, benefit chiefs of the UK could heavy 72 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: driver's license taken off them? 73 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: Yes? This originally was a Tory government proposal has now 74 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: been brought back again to be discuss. The driving bank 75 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 2: could last up to two years and it's aimed at 76 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: those who repeatedly cheat the system and have debts so 77 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: they owe in benefit more than two thousand New Zealand 78 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: dollars or more. And the idea is that banks will 79 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 2: be forced to hand account information about benefit claimants to 80 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: help target investigations. It would also give the public sector 81 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 2: Fraud authority more time to investigate complex cases of fraud, 82 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 2: which they can be, as you know, very complex, which 83 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: took place during the pandemic. But it could face strong 84 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 2: opposition from banks and privacy campaigners who are worried it 85 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: could invade claimants' rights to financial privacy. 86 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, okay, Gail. I thank you so much for 87 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: your time today and enjoy the risk of it. 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