1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm billy, I'm emma. It's Tuesday, 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: the eleventh of February. Here's what's making headlines this evening. 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump says he's considering a tariff exemption 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: request from Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi. The two leaders spoke 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: over the phone this morning after Trump announced plans to 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: impose twenty five percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminium 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 2: from all countries. Albanizi said he quote presented Australia's case 8 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: for an exemption in that phone call, and said the 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: US President agreed to review the request in the interest 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: of both our countries. Trump signed a series of executive 11 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 2: orders following the call, where he said there would be 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: no countries exempt from the tariffs. However, the President was 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: asked about Australia directly after that and said he will 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: quote give great consideration to Albanese's request. Trump also referred 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: to the PM as a very fine man. 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: Harmas has said it will delay the scheduled release of 17 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: hostages until further notice, accusing Israel or violating the ceasefire agreement. 18 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz called the delay to the 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: release of hostages an outright violation of the ceasefire. The 20 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: Israeli government also rejected claims about the blocking of aid. 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: Under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, HAMAS is 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: required to release small groups of Israeli hostages each week 23 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: in exchange for Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners. US President Donald 24 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: Trump said if the decision were up to him, he 25 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: would quote let all hell break out if hostages weren't 26 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: released by Saturday. 27 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: At least fifty five people have died after a bus 28 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: plunged off a highway bridge in Guatemala's capital. According to 29 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: the Associated Press, the bus was traveling on the bridge 30 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: out of the city when it collided with several other 31 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: vehicles before falling about twenty meters. The president of Guatemala, 32 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: Bernardo Arevallo, has declared three days of national mourning. In 33 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: a post on x he said, quote, I stand in 34 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 2: solidarity with the families of the victims who today woke 35 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: up to heartbreaking news. Their pain is my pain, he wrote. 36 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: In Today's good News, a UK research trial into treating 37 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: peanut allergies has had a one hundred percent success rate. 38 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: A group of seventy three children aged four to fourteen 39 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: were included in the trials. Over an eighteen month period, 40 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: participants were gradually exposed to increasing traces of peanut butter. Initially, 41 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: all seventy three kids could only tolerate around half a peanut. 42 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: By the end of the study, their tolerance increased to 43 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: three tablespoons of peanut butter without an allergic reaction. Researchers 44 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: from the UK's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 45 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: said children with high threshold peanut allergies have previously been 46 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: excluded from food allergy treatment trials. However, it said these 47 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: findings show there's quote a very safe and accessible form 48 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: of therapy that could be liberating for many of these 49 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: children and their families. 50 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Os newsroom. If you're 51 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: looking for something else to listen to, make sure you 52 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: catch up on today's deep dive, where we talk all 53 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 2: things AI and sustainability and its impact on the environment. 54 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive. Until then, 55 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and 56 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Caalcuttin woman from Gadighl Country. 57 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: The Daily Oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on 58 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to 59 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: all Aboriginal and Torres Strait island and nations. We pay 60 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both 61 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: past and present.