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Speaker 1: From the Daily ohs, i'm zara, i'm emma. It's Friday,

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Speaker 1: the twenty first of February. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

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Speaker 2: Israel has accused Hermas of violating their ceasefire by handing

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Speaker 2: over a different body in place of one of the

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Speaker 2: hostages taken on the seventh of October twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: As part of the first phase of the month old ceasefire,

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Speaker 2: Hamas and Israel have been exchanging hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

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Speaker 2: A scheduled exchange yesterday was meant to include four bodies,

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Speaker 2: including a woman and her two infant children. However, Israel

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Speaker 2: says testing shows that the children's bodies have been returned,

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Speaker 2: but not their mothers. Following the release of bodies, three

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Speaker 2: buses exploded in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. No

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Speaker 2: injuries or deaths have been reported. Israeli authorities are treating

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Speaker 2: the explosions as a suspected terror attack.

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Speaker 1: The Australian Federal Police has seized more than eleven tons

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Speaker 1: of chemicals that were likely going to be used to

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Speaker 1: make methanphetamine. The chemicals were seized from a site in

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Speaker 1: western Sydney that police alleged is one of New South

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Speaker 1: Wales's largest clandestine drug lab operations. The seizure of these

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Speaker 1: chemicals is linked to the arrest of five people earlier

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Speaker 1: this year who allegedly plotted to import more than half

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Speaker 1: a ton of drugs into Australia. In twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 1: officers called it one of the most significant seizures of

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Speaker 1: drug paraphernalia.

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Speaker 2: A court in Argentina has dropped criminal charges against three

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Speaker 2: of the five people charged in relation to the death

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Speaker 2: of one Direction star Liam Payne. According to the Associated Press,

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Speaker 2: the three people had been charged with criminal negligence after

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Speaker 2: Paine died in October last year, when he fell from

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Speaker 2: a hotel balcony in Argentina. Two other defendants who were

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Speaker 2: charged in relation to Paine's death, accused of supplying him

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Speaker 2: with narcotics on the day he died, remain in police custody.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news, a decommissioned passenger ship will become

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Speaker 1: the world's largest artificial reef. The SS United States, once

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Speaker 1: the world's largest passenger ship, will be intentionally sunk off

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Speaker 1: the coast of Florida after three decades docked in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 1: The ship is now being towed to Alabama, where it

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Speaker 1: will undergo reefing preparations. The vessel is more than three

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Speaker 1: hundred meters long and it's hoped its underwater transformation will

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Speaker 1: create an important ecosystem to support local biodiversity. Drawing in

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Speaker 1: divers from around the world.

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Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily oz newsroom. If you're

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Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, make sure you

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Speaker 2: catch up on today's Deep Dive, where we talk to

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Speaker 2: a defense and national security expert all about the latest

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Speaker 2: thread assessment from Australia Spy Agency AZO and what it

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Speaker 2: means for everyday.

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Speaker 1: Aussie's We'll be back tomorrow morning with the good news

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Speaker 1: as usual, but until then, have a lovely Friday night.

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Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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Speaker 1: Bungelung Calkatin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the

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Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest

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Speaker 1: Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to the

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Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present,