1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: It's Friday, the twentieth of June. Here's what's making headlines 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: for the CP. 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: The Federal government will send defense assets to the Middle 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: East to assist in the evacuation of Australians. It comes 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 2: as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues to escalate. 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: In an update today, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Defense 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 2: Force personnel and aircraft are being deployed to the Middle 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: East to quote help Australians. They are not there for combat. 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 2: She emphasized. Around thirty eight Australians were evacuated from Israel 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: to Jordan on Thursday, in addition to a small group 12 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: the day before. According to Wong, the Department of Foreign 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: Affairs in Trade that's DEFAT, is expected to facilitate further 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 2: evacuations of Australians and their families, with twelve hundred people 15 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: in Israel and two thousand in Iran having registered for 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: assistance so far. It comes after officials directed the evacuation 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: of the Australia embassy in Iran based on quote advice 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: about the deteriorating security environment. Australia's ambassador to Iran will 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: stay in the region. DEFAT has confirmed. 20 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: Australia is a step closer to rolling out age verification 21 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: technology on social media platforms after the release of new findings. 22 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: The government commissioned a study to analyze the feasibility of 23 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: age verification as part of its world first under sixteen 24 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: social media ban. Preliminary findings from the Age Assurance Technology 25 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: trial show that age assurance can be done and QUOTE 26 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: can be private, robust and effective. The report said. Its 27 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: evaluation of age verification systems found they were QUOTE generally 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: secure and did not reveal any substantial technological limitations. However, 29 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: the findings note these systems cannot be considered infallible due 30 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: to the rapidly evolving threat environment. An ABC investigation found 31 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: recent trials of age checking technology QUOTE could only guess 32 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: people's ages within an eighteen month range in eighty five 33 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: percent of cases. It also claims children as young as 34 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: fifteen were repeatedly misidentified as being in their twenties and 35 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: thirties during government tests. The social media ban is expected 36 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: to come into effect this December. 37 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump has delayed banning TikTok for another 38 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: three months byte edance. TikTok's parent company was ordered to 39 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: sell its American TikTok operations by nine January or face 40 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: a blanket ban in the US. However, the order has 41 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: been delayed by Trump on multiple occasions since he took office. 42 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: In a poster to Truth Social Today, Trump said he'd 43 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 2: just signed an executive order extending the deadline for the 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 2: TikTok closing for ninety days. The White House confirmed and 45 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 2: executive order signed in January would be extended until the 46 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 2: seventeenth of September. Mark Warner, a Democrat senator, released a 47 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: statement criticizing the extension, saying the quote Trump administration is 48 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: flouting the law and ignoring its own national security findings 49 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,119 Speaker 2: about the risks posed by a Chinese controlled TikTok. There 50 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: are around one hundred and seventy million TikTok users in 51 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 2: the US. 52 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: And today's good news. A retiring explosive detection dog is 53 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: being celebrated by the Australian Federal Police after six years 54 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: of service, and Oh the Labrador will perform his final 55 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: sniff and search at Cann's airport this week. The seven 56 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: year old began his AFP career at Sydney Airport and 57 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: relocated to Queensland in twenty twenty two. And Oh has 58 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: conducted thousands of explosive sweeps since twenty nineteen thanks to 59 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: his superstar smell processing capacity, which is forty times stronger 60 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: than humans. Described by the AFP as a highly respected canine, 61 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: and Oh provided security at last year's Asian Summit, and 62 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: he was even entrusted with clearing cars and venues for 63 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: explosives during King Charles and Queen Camilla's royal visit in October. 64 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: Ando's handler, Constable Joel Preston, said the labrador will spend 65 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: his retirement enjoying quote going to the beach and swimming 66 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: and hiking through rainforests in cans. Enjoy that retirement. And Oh. 67 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Dahios newsroom. 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