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Speaker 1: From the Daily os.

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Speaker 2: I'm emma, i'm zara.

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Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, the eighth of January. Here's what's making headlines

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Speaker 1: this evening.

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Speaker 2: A seaplane crash off the coast of Western Australia has

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Speaker 2: killed three people. WA Premier Roger Cook has confirmed the

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Speaker 2: plane crashed late Tuesday afternoon, shortly after taking off from

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Speaker 2: Rotnest Island. Four passengers survived, but a sixty five year

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Speaker 2: old woman and a sixty year old man, believed to

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Speaker 2: be tourists from Europe, and the thirty four year old pilot,

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Speaker 2: a Perth Man, have all died. Their bodies have since

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Speaker 2: been recovered from the wreckage. During a press conference this afternoon,

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Speaker 2: Premier Cook said the tragedy unfolded in front of many tourists,

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Speaker 2: including families with children. Investigators are continuing efforts to identify

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Speaker 2: the cause of the crash.

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Speaker 1: Meta has announced major changes to its social media moderation policies,

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Speaker 1: including removed having independent fact checking moderators. Fact checkers have

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Speaker 1: been used to filter misinformation on metas platforms Facebook, Instagram,

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Speaker 1: and WhatsApp since twenty sixteen. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said removing

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Speaker 1: these third party personnel would help restore free expression for

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Speaker 1: millions of users. Meta will also remove restrictions placed on

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Speaker 1: topics such as immigration and gender across its platforms, and

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Speaker 1: we'll be going deeper on this story in tomorrow's Deep Dive,

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Speaker 1: so keep an ear out for that one.

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Speaker 2: Fire crews in the US are bracing for worsening conditions

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Speaker 2: as a powerful windstorm threatens large parts of southern California.

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Speaker 2: Wildfires have been through thousands of acres and forced the

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Speaker 2: evacuation of some thirty thousand residents in Los Angeles. Californian

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Speaker 2: Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency and

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Speaker 2: urged southern Californian residents to stay vigilant, take all necessary precautions,

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Speaker 2: and follow local emergency guidance. Sational Weather Service warned ongoing

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Speaker 2: extremely critical fire conditions could intensify overnight.

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Speaker 1: And today's good news. Scientists in the UK have made

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Speaker 1: a breakthrough that could improve the efficacy of some cancer treatments.

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Speaker 1: A study by the University of Southampton aim to understand

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Speaker 1: why some patients tumors don't respond to immunotherapy. That's a

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Speaker 1: treatment that kills cancer cells by targeting the immune system.

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Speaker 1: Researchers analyzed cancers within tissue samples and identified a type

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Speaker 1: of connective cell that could help the body's immune system

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Speaker 1: attack tumors more effectively. It's hoped that discovery will lead

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Speaker 1: to the development of a supercharged immunotherapy treatment to improve

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Speaker 1: outcomes for more patients.

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Speaker 2: That is the latest from the Dallyos newsroom. But if

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Speaker 2: you're looking for something to dig a little deeper on,

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Speaker 2: make sure you catch up on today's podcast on why

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Speaker 2: the Aussie dollar is plunging and what it might mean

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Speaker 2: for you.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning. Until then, have a great evening.

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

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Speaker 2: Bunjelung Calkatin woman from Gadighl 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: Gadighl 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.