1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm emma, I'm lucy. It's Friday, 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: the fourteenth of March. Here's what's making headlines this evening. 3 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi has confirmed he will speak with 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: European Union leaders about the possibility of sending Australian peacekeeping 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 2: troops to Ukraine. The PM said he was invited to 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: participate in talks with the UK led quote Coalition of 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: the Willing by his British counterpart, Keir Starmer. The coalition 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: was formed during recent crisis talks in London to boost 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: support for Ukraine and end Russia's war there. Albanesi said 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: Canada and New Zealand had also accepted an invitation to 11 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: join discussions with other leaders from European countries, including France, 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: Italy and Germany. Speaking in Perth today, Albanizi said, quote, 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: we look forward to their being peace in Ukraine, but 14 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: we don't have to think very hard about which side 15 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: we're on in this conflict. Russia is the aggressor. 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: The United Nations has accused Israel of genocidal acts in 17 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: a new report. The findings from an independent UN commission 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: also accuse Israeli forces of the systemic use of sexual, 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: reproductive and other gender based violence against women in Gaza. 20 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: The paper examines what it calls Israel's widespread destruction and 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: disproportionate violence, including the targeting of residential buildings and the 22 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: indiscriminate use of heavy explosives in densely populated areas. It 23 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 1: also alleges attacks on sexual and reproductive health care facilities 24 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: in Gaza as a method of war by Israel. Israeli 25 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netnya, who has rejected the findings and 26 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: labeled the UN Human Rights Council as anti Semitic, rotten, 27 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: and terrorist supporting. 28 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump has threatened a two hundred percent 29 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: tariff on European alcohol. It comes amid an escalating trade 30 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: war between the two regions, which started with a blanket 31 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: twenty five percent tariff on mesals imported to the US 32 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 2: from the EU. Trump's alcohol tax came after Europe announced 33 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: plans to add a fifty percent tax on all US whiskey. 34 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: Wine is Europe's biggest export to the US, and the 35 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: two hundred percent tariff could cost billions. EU and US 36 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: officials are continuing negotiations to avoid further trade tensions. It 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: comes as Australia continues its efforts to avoid a twenty 38 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: five percent tariff on aluminium and steel imports to the US. 39 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: And today's good news, Aussie scientists have learned more about 40 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: the history of Antarctica by analyzing penguin pooh. It's the 41 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: good news you didn't see coming. Researchers from the University 42 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: of Adelaide traveled to the Ross Sea on the coast 43 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: of Antarctica, where they visited active and abandoned a Deli 44 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: penguin colonies. They dug about a meter below ground to 45 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: excavate around one hundred and fifty six samples. One of 46 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: the research which, as Jamie Wood said, the dig was 47 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: like quote going back through time, with the team collecting 48 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: samples of penguin pooh, eggshells, feathers, cells, and DNA from 49 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: other animal species. The samples generated more than ninety billion 50 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: DNA sequences, giving experts new insights into six thousand years 51 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: of life and changes on the remote continent. 52 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 2: Wow poo new. That's the latest from the Daily OZ newsroom. 53 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: If you're looking for something else, listen to today's Deep Dive. 54 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: I'm the former leader of the Philippines who's been arrested 55 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: over his deadly war on drugs. 56 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with the good news 57 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: wrap up from the week that was. Who knows will 58 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: there be more animal pooh? Until then, have a great evening. 59 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 60 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: Bungelung Cargoton woman from Gadigal Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 61 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 62 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 2: Gaddat people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torrestrate 63 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 2: island and nations. We pay our respects to the first 64 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: peoples of these countries, both past and present.