1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Already and this this is the Daily OS. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: This is the Daily OS. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 3: Oh, now it makes sense. 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday, 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: the third of September. I'm zara, i'm emma. Tens of 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: thousands of people have marched through Israel's main cities calling 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: for an immediate deal to release hostages who remain held 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: captive by Hamas. It comes after Israeli forces recovered the 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: bodies of six hostages in Gaza over the weekend. Major 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: unions have now called to shut down the economy, setting 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: off one of the largest protests in Israel since October seventh. 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: We're going to explain this latest development in today's Deep Dive. 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: But first, m what's making headlines. 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: A former childcare worker has pleaded guilty to three hundred 15 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 3: and seven child abuse offences in a Queensland court. Ashley 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 3: Paul Griffith was arrested in twenty twenty two and charged 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 3: with abusing multiple children in Brisbane, Sydney and Italy. The 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 3: Australian Federal Police initially charged the man, who worked at 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 3: a series of childcare centers, with over sixteen hundred child 20 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 3: abuse offences against ninety one children, but Most of these 21 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 3: were later dropped. The judge is yet to set a 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 3: date for the sentencing of the three hundred and seven charges. 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: Griffith pled guilty too, he did not apply for bail. 24 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: A senior animal keeper at Dreamworld has been taken to 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: hospital after being bidden by a tiger at the Gold 26 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: Coast theme park. Queensland Ambulance Service that a forty seven 27 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 1: year old woman is in a stable condition after sustaining 28 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: serious lacerations and puncture wounds during an incident on Monday. 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: QAS Acting district director Justin Payne said luckily there was 30 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: really good first aid provided at the scene. Dreamworld described 31 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: the incident as isolated and rare, and said the park 32 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: will be conducting a thorough review accordingly. 33 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: Alternative for Germany is on track to become the first 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 3: far right party to win a regional German election since 35 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,399 Speaker 3: World War II. Exit polls from the country's state elections 36 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: show the AfD picked up nearly thirty three percent of 37 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 3: votes in the central German state of Turingia. The region's 38 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 3: second most popular party, the Christian Democratic Union, received around 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 3: twenty four percent of the vote. The far right party 40 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 3: also received a high proportion of votes in Saxony in 41 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 3: eastern Germany, where the AfD came in second place with 42 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 3: over thirty percent of votes. 43 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: And today's good news, Astronomers have spotted two galaxies merging 44 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: together almost thirteen billion years ago. The two galaxies are 45 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: forming what astronomers are calling a monster galaxy, one of 46 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: the most illuminated objects in the universe. Because the galaxies 47 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: are so far away, their light is taking a long 48 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: time to reach Earth, which means scientists have spotted something 49 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: that happened relatively soon after the Big Bang. Findings could 50 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: support research and understanding into early evolution and black holes. 51 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: Coming up today's deep dive, But first a quick break. 52 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: Protests have erupted across Israel as hundreds of thousands of 53 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: people take to the streets to demand a deal that 54 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: would see hostages returned and an end to the war. 55 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: Now it comes after Israel announced it had recovered the 56 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: bodies of hostages in. 57 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: Gaza so Zara, A big development over the weekend, But 58 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 3: this has been a near year long conflict. Can you 59 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: bring us up to speed with what those developments were 60 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 3: over the weekend? 61 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: Yeah? So, on Sunday morning our time Australian time, the 62 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: world first learned that bodies had been found in Gaza. 63 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: There was very little other information that was released at 64 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: that time, and the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces said 65 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: that it was taking that time to identify the bodies 66 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: and to tell the families of those people. Hours later, 67 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: it was confirmed by the IDF that it had recovered 68 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: the bodies of six hostages. There were three men and 69 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: three women, and their bodies were recovered in a tunnel 70 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: underneath Rafa in Gaza. The hostages were named as Carmel 71 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: gutt ed En, Jeroshalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Ori Denino, 72 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: and Hirsh Goldberg Poland. 73 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 3: There has of course been very public campaigning to bring 74 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 3: all the hostages home. The hostage has taken on October seven, 75 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: But arguably one of the more high profile hostage names 76 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 3: that listeners might be familiar with is Hirsh Goldberg, Poland. 77 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 3: And that's because of the campaign led by his parents. 78 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, so. Hirsh was an American Israeli dual citizen 79 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: and his parents were extremely active in both the US 80 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: and Israeli media and political landscapes. Just recently, his parents 81 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: spoke at the Democratic National Convention before Kamala Harris was confirmed. 82 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,799 Speaker 1: Here's what they said at the DNC. 83 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: There is a surplus of agony on all sides of 84 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 2: the tragic conflict in the Middle East. In a competition 85 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 2: of pain, there are no winners. 86 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: Throughout their speech, the parents of hersh called for an 87 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: immediate deal that would see their son and the other 88 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: hostages returned and an end to the war in Gaza. 89 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 3: So the DNC was in the middle of last month. 90 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 3: Do we know if the hostages were still alive. 91 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: Then it understood that they were alive, and according to 92 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: the Israeli Defense Forces, the hostages were killed shortly before 93 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: they were found by the military. The Ministry of Health 94 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: in Israel claimed that the hostages had been killed by 95 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: multiple close range gunshots within the previous forty eight to 96 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: seventy two hours, as the IDF was drawing closer to 97 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: finding them. So the DNC, as you said, was a 98 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, and it's understood that they were 99 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: killed far more recently than that. 100 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 3: So that is the information that was made public on 101 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 3: Sunday when we found out about these hostages. What was 102 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 3: the response in the wake of that news? 103 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: Almost immediately, hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the 104 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: streets to protest and to call for an immediate deal 105 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: to be reached. And when we're talking there about a deal, 106 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: they are asking for the hostages to be brought home 107 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: and for an end to the war. In Gaza, Israel's 108 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: most powerful labor union, the Hista Krut, called for sweeping 109 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: strike action across the country. We had the head of 110 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 1: the union, a non bar David, call on the whole 111 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: country to come to a standstill and unite in a 112 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: shared cry to bring the hostages back. He criticized the 113 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: government for prioritizing quote narrow considerations and interests over rescuing 114 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: the hostages. It wasn't just the labor union that was 115 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: out there in force. The Hostages Families Forum joined those 116 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: calls for a strike and said that it was in 117 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: order to achieve the immediate implementation of a deal to 118 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: release the hostages. So what we have seen now is 119 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: that workers from a range of industries, both private and 120 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: public sector jobs, really all took to the streets to strike. 121 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: Many turned out in Tel Aviv, and protesters also gathered 122 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: outside PM Netanyahu's office in Western Jerusalem. They could be 123 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: heard chanting things like now now, and they were urging, 124 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: as I said, the government to reach that deal to 125 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: release the hostages immediately. 126 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 3: So, this very broad and intense kind of protest action 127 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: on the streets of Israel calling for a deal, which 128 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 3: has been in the works for months. It has felt 129 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 3: like we've been maybe close to a breakthrough every so 130 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 3: often that there seems to be some momentum that things 131 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 3: are aligning for a ceasefire deal, but of course that 132 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 3: hasn't happened yet. What is the latest on a deal? 133 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: You're right, it has felt like we've been on the 134 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: kind of precipice of reaching a deal for a while, 135 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: but it hasn't happened yet. For many, many months, countries 136 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: including Qatar and the US have tried to mediate talks 137 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas. That deal 138 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: would see the ceasefire in Gaza, where the Gazan Health 139 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: Ministry says that forty thousand people have been killed, and 140 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: that that ceasefire would be in exchange for the release 141 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: of the remaining hostages. We believe that there are some 142 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: one hundred and one remaining hostages still. In a statement 143 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Netanya, who blamed Tamas 144 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: and said that it had refused to hold genuine negotiations. 145 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: On the other side, Humas has repeatedly blamed Israel for 146 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: not agreeing to a permanent ceasefire, and that seems to 147 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: be this point that keeps coming up in negotiations. 148 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 3: Okay, So these latest pushes internally in Israel from Israeli 149 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 3: people themselves are for that deal to happen quicker, for 150 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 3: this agreement to be expedited. What has the political response 151 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 3: been to those strikes. 152 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, there has been quite a significant political fallout. So 153 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: Israel's opposition leader Yailapired joined protesters in the city of 154 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: Tel Aviv, and those protesters were really coming out in 155 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: force against the Natanya government. In a post about the protests, 156 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: he said, the people of Israel came en mass to 157 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: tell the Cabinet of death. That's what he's referring to 158 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: the government, as we want the hostages alive at home. 159 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: They can't keep dying there. That's a direct quote from Lapid. 160 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: It's also interesting to note that a recent poll that 161 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: was published by the Israeli broadcaster Channel twelve so that 162 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,599 Speaker 1: more than two thirds of Israeli voters don't want Netanyahu 163 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: to run as Prime minister again. So that gives a 164 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: bit of a sense as to the kind of political 165 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: unrest that's brewing at the same time as the country 166 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: continues it's nearly year long war against Humas in Gaza. 167 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 3: So I mean, it's polling data, so I suppose, you know, 168 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 3: we cannot be entirely certain in its accuracy, but two 169 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 3: thirds of voters who don't want Netanyahu to run as 170 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 3: PM again, that is a significant swing against the government 171 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 3: of the day in terms of their protest action. The 172 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 3: strikes that we've seen on the ground across Israel this weekend. 173 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 3: Has the government respond to that? 174 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: We heard from Finance Minister Betsalel Smotrich, who asked national 175 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: authorities to stop the strike from taking place in the 176 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: first place. He said, and I quote, these issues are 177 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: not the subject of a strike by labor organizations, and 178 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: there's no connection between them and labor relations in Israel. 179 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: I think I should just clarify that he's there not 180 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: talking about the Labor Party. Can be confusing when you're listening, 181 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: but he is referring to the union movement there. He 182 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 1: accused the Union movement of trying to advance a political opinion. 183 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: The strikes, though, are scheduled to continue throughout the week, 184 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: so we'll be interesting to see if the government can 185 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: stop them or whether it continues to pick up in 186 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: you know, momentum and significance as the week goes on 187 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: and as more information about those hostages is released. 188 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: Before we wrap up today 'sara, I just wanted to 189 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 3: ask you, with such a ground swell against the government 190 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 3: in Israel, and you know, a seemingly mounting kind of 191 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 3: groundswell against Nemyahu, is there an election coming up? Is 192 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:03,719 Speaker 3: there a vote where that kind of sentiment is going 193 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 3: to be put to the test? 194 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: Another is early election is not set to happen for 195 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: a couple of years still, And when he was asked 196 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: earlier this year, Nettanno, who confirmed that he wouldn't go 197 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: to an early election during the war, that said he 198 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: could be ousted. But I don't know that that would 199 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: be a likely scenario when there is so much upheaple 200 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: and so much conflict in the region. So who knows. 201 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and see, but there certainly seems 202 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: to be this growing discontent domestically. 203 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 3: We'll wait and see what happens. Thank you so much 204 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 3: Zara for taking us through that today and if there 205 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 3: are any steps towards deal made in the wake of 206 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 3: these protests and strikes, we will continue covering this issue 207 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 3: on the dally Os in here on the podcast. Thank 208 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 3: you so much for listening to today's episode of the 209 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 3: daly Os. 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