1 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: It's Monday, the eleventh of August. Here's what's making headlines 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: this evening. 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Alberesi has announced Australia will recognize the 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 2: State of Palestine at a meeting of the UN General 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: Assembly in September. When a country formally recognizes another state, 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: it acknowledges that state's independence and accepts it as a 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: legitimate member of the international community. The Australian government's announcement 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: follows recent similar declarations by Canada, the UK, and France. 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 2: Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Albanzi said, quote 11 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: until Israeli and Palestinian statehood is permanent, peace can only 12 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 2: be temporary. He added that the government wants to see 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,279 Speaker 2: Israeli hostages released and that there can be quote no 14 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 2: role for the terrorists of Hamas in a future Palestinian state. 15 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: Shadow Defense Minister Angus Taylor has criticized the governments an 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: ounce saying in a press conference this afternoon, the preconditions 17 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: necessary for a lasting peace are not in place. The 18 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 2: decision to recognize Palestine comes amid growing condemnation of Israel's 19 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 2: planned military takeover in Gaza. 20 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: Federal environment Minister Murray Watt has apologized for the government's 21 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: delayed response to South Australia's toxic algal bloom. The bloom 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: was first detected off the coast of South Australia in March, 23 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: leading to mass deaths of marine life in the months 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: since and impacting fishing businesses. Thousands of fish raised, sharks 25 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: and other endangered species have washed up dead along the 26 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: state's shorelines because of the crisis. While Minister What pledged 27 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: fourteen million dollars of federal funding in July, environmental groups 28 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: called on the government to act more quickly and declare 29 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: a national disaster. Speaking to the ABC Today, What said 30 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: he accepts that South Australians think that governments were too 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: slow to respond to this event quote and for that 32 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: I apologize. He said. He'll head to Adelaide this week 33 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: to visit the beaches and meet with groups affected by 34 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: the bloom. 35 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: A six point one magnitude earthquake struck the northwest of 36 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: Turkiere on Sunday evening, killing an eighty one year old woman. 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 2: According to emergency Services, the earthquake caused sixteen buildings to 38 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: collapse and injured up to twenty nine people, according to 39 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 2: Turkish authorities. International media reports the earthquake was felt as 40 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: far as the capital city of Istanbul, which is located 41 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: approximately two hundred and eighty kilometers away from the epicenter. 42 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: President Odowan wrote on x I extend my condolences to 43 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 2: all our citizens affected by the earthquake. There are no 44 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: other signs of continuing damage or fatalities. 45 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: And today's good news. A breakthrough study into snails could 46 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: change the way doctors treat human eye injuries. A team 47 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: of researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in 48 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: Kansas found a type of freshwater snail that can fully 49 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,399 Speaker 1: re we grow its eyes after injury or even amputation. 50 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: According to findings published in the journal Nature Communications, the 51 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: apple snail can fully regain its vision within months despite 52 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: their small size. Apple snail's camera like eyes are genetically 53 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: and structurally similar to human eyes. Researchers hope that this 54 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: will give medical experts new insight into the human eye. 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: The team out the Stower's Institute said until now, they've 56 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: had no way to identify solutions for treating conditions like 57 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: retinal degeneration or physical injury to the eye, but quote 58 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: now have a tractable system for investigating which genes are 59 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: responsible for camera type I regeneration. 60 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily oos newsroom. 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