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Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie.

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Speaker 2: I'm belief that Simon's It's.

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Speaker 1: Tuesday, the eighth of July. Here's what's making headlines this evening.

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Speaker 2: The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate

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Speaker 2: unchanged at three point eight five percent. The cash rate

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Speaker 2: is what the RBA charges banks for short term loans.

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Speaker 2: It affects how much interests banks charge customers on their loans,

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Speaker 2: for example, mortgages. In today's announcement, the RBA said it

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Speaker 2: needs to quote wait for a little more information to

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Speaker 2: confirm that inflation remains on track to reach its target

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Speaker 2: range of two to three percent. The RBA has cut

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Speaker 2: the cash rate twice since the start of the year,

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Speaker 2: when it was at four point three five percent. Today's

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Speaker 2: decision not to lower rates further came as some surprise,

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Speaker 2: going against the predictions of many economists. However, the central

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Speaker 2: bank said, quote, uncertainty in the world economy remains elevated.

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Speaker 2: The next RBA decision will be handed down on the

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Speaker 2: twelfth of August.

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Speaker 1: The death toll from the Texas floods has surpassed one

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Speaker 1: hundred people, with at least twenty eight children among the dead.

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Speaker 1: Heavy rain on the Guadaloupe River in the state's southeast

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Speaker 1: led to widespread flash flooding over the weekend. According to

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Speaker 1: officials in the hard hit Kerr County, one hundred and

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Speaker 1: four deaths have now been confirmed. Dozens are still missing,

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Speaker 1: including ten children and one counselor who are at the

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Speaker 1: site of a now badly damaged All Girls holiday camp.

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Speaker 1: A spokesperson from Camp Mystic said quote, our hearts are broken,

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Speaker 1: alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. State

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Speaker 1: Governor Greg Abbott has praised the efforts of the Texas

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Speaker 1: National Guard following the rescue of at least five hundred

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Speaker 1: and twenty flood victims.

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Speaker 2: Israeli President Benjamin Nyahu has put Donald Trump's name forward

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Speaker 2: for a Nobel Peace Prize during a White House dinner Netnya,

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Speaker 2: who shared a letter with the US President which he

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Speaker 2: said he has sent to the Nobel Committee. A copy

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Speaker 2: of the letter shared to the Israeli PM social media

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Speaker 2: says President Trump has demonstrated steadfast and exceptional dedication to

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Speaker 2: promoting peace, security and stability, particularly in the Middle East.

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Speaker 2: Nobel Prizes are awarded annually to individuals who display outstanding

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Speaker 2: efforts in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, or medicine,

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Speaker 2: literature and peace. Recipients must be nominated by another person

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Speaker 2: or organization to be considered in his submission to committee

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Speaker 2: officials in Norway, netnya who also wrote quote, few leaders

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Speaker 2: have achieved such tangible breakthroughs to peace in such a

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Speaker 2: short time as Trump.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news, A small South American country has

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Speaker 1: become the first malaria free region in the Amazon. Surinam

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Speaker 1: received formal certification from the World Health Organization recognizing the

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Speaker 1: milestone this month, joining a list of fewer than fifty

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Speaker 1: malaria free territories. To receive WHO certification, a country must

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Speaker 1: be able to prove it has not recorded a locally

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Speaker 1: acquired malaria case in at least three consecutive years. The

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Speaker 1: WHO said Surinam did what was needed to eliminate malaria quote,

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Speaker 1: detecting and treating every case quickly, investigating to prevent spread,

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Speaker 1: and engaging communities.

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Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Dally Oos newsroom. If you're

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Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, you can check

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Speaker 2: out today's deep dive, where m and Lucy explained the

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Speaker 2: guilty verdict in the mushroom murder trial of Aaron Pattison.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive, but until then,

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Speaker 1: have a great eating.

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Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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Speaker 2: Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadigal country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the

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Speaker 2: Gadigal people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest

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Speaker 2: Rate island and nations. We pay our respects to the

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Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present,