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Speaker 1: now it makes sense.

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Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: the thirtieth of July. I'm emma, I'm lucy.

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Speaker 1: Over the weekend, twelve children were killed in an attack

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Speaker 1: on a soccer field in Mujdel Charms in the Golden

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Speaker 1: Heights in the Middle East. Israel and the US say

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Speaker 1: Hesbela is responsible, which Hesbella denies. In today's deep dive,

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Speaker 1: we'll explain the history of Hesbola and what this attack

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Speaker 1: could mean for the region's stability. But first, Emma, what's

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Speaker 2: World Leaders and political opponents of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro

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Speaker 2: have accused the country's government of election interference. Maduro was

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Speaker 2: declared the winner after Sunday's poll after independent exit polls

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Speaker 2: indicated a swing towards opposing candidate ed Mundo Gonzales in

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Speaker 2: opposed to ex Gonzales urged voters to peacefully defend and

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Speaker 2: celebrate democracy. Chilean President Gabrielle Borich warned Chile will not

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Speaker 2: recognize any result that is not verifiable. While US officials

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Speaker 2: have called on electoral authorities in Venezuela to ensure transparency

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Speaker 2: and make the results and counting process public.

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Speaker 1: Monash University has launched a teacher training program to address

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Speaker 1: toxic masculinity in schools and support staff in the classroom.

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Speaker 1: The initiative, developed with Australia's National Research Organization for Women's Safety,

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Speaker 1: will include early intervention programs and an eighteen month research

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Speaker 1: project to gather data on student attitudes. It comes amid

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Speaker 1: what research is described as quote an alarming increase in

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Speaker 1: sexual harassment by boys in classrooms.

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Speaker 2: Around half of Australian's under forty year expects seeing to

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Speaker 2: have to financially support their parents in retirement, according to

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Speaker 2: new national data. Financial services company AMP surveyed two thousand

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Speaker 2: Australians for its latest Intergenerational Wealth Report. It found that

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Speaker 2: eighty percent of under forty year olds believe buying their

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Speaker 2: first home is out of reach, while eighty percent of

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Speaker 2: under twenty nine year olds said they'd consider buying a

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Speaker 2: place with friends or family. AMP said many younger Australians

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Speaker 2: are reluctant to ask for financial support from their parents,

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Speaker 2: despite their concerns about housing affordability.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news. A walking track in northeast Tasmania

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Speaker 1: has been named next to destinations in Antarctica, Nepal and Iceland,

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Speaker 1: as one of the world's Greatest places. The Wacolina Walk

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Speaker 1: in Tasmania, also known as the Bay of Fires, was

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Speaker 1: featured in the twenty twenty four Time magazine list alongside

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Speaker 1: ninety nine other destinations. The track follows the coastline of

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Speaker 1: Mount William National Park on the traditional lands of the

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Speaker 1: Polar or Pakhana people. The walk takes around four days

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Speaker 1: Tasmanian devil habitats.

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Speaker 2: Lucy, it's been almost ten months since Hamas attacked Israel,

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Speaker 2: who declared war and launched their campaign in Gaza. Now

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Speaker 2: there's talk of another war, this time between Israel and Hesbela.

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Speaker 2: International leaders are issuing urgent calls for calm and de escalation.

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Speaker 2: It feels like we're sort of reaching a boiling point

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Speaker 2: on this story. But Lucy, what has actually happened in

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Speaker 2: the last few days? Can you give us the context

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Speaker 2: that brings us to this point.

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Speaker 1: Yes, early Sunday morning, our time, a rocket struck a

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Speaker 1: soccer field in the Golden Heights, killing twelve children. I'll

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Speaker 1: is that the Israeli and US governments both say this

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Speaker 1: was carried out by Hesbala, a group based in Lebanon

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Speaker 1: that Australia lists as a terror rist organization. They, however,

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Speaker 2: But Lucy, what can you tell me about Hesbela.

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Speaker 1: Hesbela is derived from the Arabic term hib Allah, which

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Speaker 1: translates to a party of God. The group was established

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Speaker 1: after Israel's invasion of Lebanon in nineteen eighty two during

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Speaker 1: There have been two major conflicts between Hesbela and Israel

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Speaker 1: Hesbela has been responsible for a number of attacks against

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Speaker 1: Hesbela is manifesto, so that's a public declaration of its aims,

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Speaker 1: So the biggest thing I would say is that shortly

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Speaker 1: In response, Hesbla avowed to quote increase the intensity, strength,

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Speaker 2: few days, the US and Israel both say that Sunday's

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Speaker 1: A soccer field in the town of Mujdel Schams was

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Speaker 1: are really on how the Israeli government will respond to

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Speaker 1: Within the Israeli government, there's like this core decision making

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Speaker 2: This is the same Security Cabinet that was recently dissolved

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Speaker 1: In opposter x Natanya, who said the Security Cabinet had

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Speaker 2: There have been long running international concerns about the potential

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Speaker 1: really concerned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who said that

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Speaker 1: quote one rash move could trigger a catastrophe that goes

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Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Albanzi issued a joint statement urging an end

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Speaker 1: to quote escalation of hostilities and rhetoric between Hesbela and Israel,

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Speaker 2: Some really strong words from the international community. A lot

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Speaker 1: It's entirely possible. News via Reuters reports in Datnia, who

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Speaker 1: A couple of months ago, he said, quote, the people

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Speaker 1: Early Sunday morning our time, just hours before the Muzhdl

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Speaker 2: for us. A really, really complicated topic, but as always

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Speaker 2: you've taken us through and helped us unpack it all.

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