Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Billy Fitzimon.
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the eighth of January. Here's what's making headlines
Speaker 1: this evening.
Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi has announced a federal Royal commission
Speaker 2: into anti Semitism in Australia. It comes after two gunmen
Speaker 2: killed fifteen innocent people at a Jewish community event in
Speaker 2: Bondai in December. Albanesi previously rejected calls for a Commonwealth
Speaker 2: royal commission, initially arguing it would delay action, but today
Speaker 2: Albanesi announced the federal government would indeed have the Royal commission,
Speaker 2: and that it will be chaired by High Court Justice
Speaker 2: Virginia Bell. Bell was a federal High Court justice from
Speaker 2: two thousand and nine to twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1: An officer for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement also
Speaker 1: known as ICE, has shot and killed a driver in
Speaker 1: the US state of Minnesota during a widespread immigration raid
Speaker 1: across the state. This is the federal agency responsible for
Speaker 1: enforcing immigration laws and deporting people who are in the
Speaker 1: US without legal permission. The shooting victim has been identified
Speaker 1: as thirty seven year old Renannicole Good, a US citizen.
Speaker 1: The Homeland Security Agency has said the officer feared for
Speaker 1: his life at the time of the shooting. However, Minneapolis
Speaker 1: Mayor Jacob Frey has described that characterization as quote garbage
Speaker 1: and called on ICE agents to immediately leave the state.
Speaker 2: Three emergency warnings remain in place for an out of
Speaker 2: control bushfire that is burning in Longwood in northern Victoria
Speaker 2: amid severe and extreme heat waves that have hit most
Speaker 2: states and territories in Australia. Authorities have confirmed that properties
Speaker 2: have been lost in Longwood, but it's not yet known
Speaker 2: how many. Another bushfire continues to burn at Mount Lawson
Speaker 2: on the border of Victoria and New South Wales. Authorities
Speaker 2: on Thursday described their upcoming weather conditions as very very dire.
Speaker 1: And today's good news. Australia has won the fifth and
Speaker 1: final Ashes Test, defeating England by five wickets at the
Speaker 1: Sydney Cricket Ground to seal a four to one series victory.
Speaker 1: More than two hundred thousand people attended the Test match
Speaker 1: in Sydney for the first time, breaking a record set
Speaker 1: in the Bradman era. Australian fast bowler Mitch Stark, who
Speaker 1: took thirty one wickets across the series was named Player
Speaker 1: of the Series. England, who have not won the men's
Speaker 1: Ashes since twenty fifteen, will host the next series in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven. The match was the last four usman Kowaja,
Speaker 1: who debuted in twenty eleven. Australia's stand in captain Steve
Speaker 1: Smith said after the match that Kouwaja has had a
Speaker 1: quote wonderful career and has been great as a player
Speaker 1: and as a human being as well.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Dallyos newsroom. If you're looking
Speaker 2: for something else, you can catch up on this morning's
Speaker 2: deep dive into how France's first lady successfully sued her trolls.
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but
Speaker 1: until then, have a great night. Bye.
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