Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm billy, I'm emma. It's Tuesday,
Speaker 1: the eleventh of February. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: US President Donald Trump says he's considering a tariff exemption
Speaker 2: request from Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi. The two leaders spoke
Speaker 2: over the phone this morning after Trump announced plans to
Speaker 2: impose twenty five percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminium
Speaker 2: from all countries. Albanizi said he quote presented Australia's case
Speaker 2: for an exemption in that phone call, and said the
Speaker 2: US President agreed to review the request in the interest
Speaker 2: of both our countries. Trump signed a series of executive
Speaker 2: orders following the call, where he said there would be
Speaker 2: no countries exempt from the tariffs. However, the President was
Speaker 2: asked about Australia directly after that and said he will
Speaker 2: quote give great consideration to Albanese's request. Trump also referred
Speaker 2: to the PM as a very fine man.
Speaker 1: Harmas has said it will delay the scheduled release of
Speaker 1: hostages until further notice, accusing Israel or violating the ceasefire agreement.
Speaker 1: Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz called the delay to the
Speaker 1: release of hostages an outright violation of the ceasefire. The
Speaker 1: Israeli government also rejected claims about the blocking of aid.
Speaker 1: Under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, HAMAS is
Speaker 1: required to release small groups of Israeli hostages each week
Speaker 1: in exchange for Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners. US President Donald
Speaker 1: Trump said if the decision were up to him, he
Speaker 1: would quote let all hell break out if hostages weren't
Speaker 1: released by Saturday.
Speaker 2: At least fifty five people have died after a bus
Speaker 2: plunged off a highway bridge in Guatemala's capital. According to
Speaker 2: the Associated Press, the bus was traveling on the bridge
Speaker 2: out of the city when it collided with several other
Speaker 2: vehicles before falling about twenty meters. The president of Guatemala,
Speaker 2: Bernardo Arevallo, has declared three days of national mourning. In
Speaker 2: a post on x he said, quote, I stand in
Speaker 2: solidarity with the families of the victims who today woke
Speaker 2: up to heartbreaking news. Their pain is my pain, he wrote.
Speaker 1: In Today's good News, a UK research trial into treating
Speaker 1: peanut allergies has had a one hundred percent success rate.
Speaker 1: A group of seventy three children aged four to fourteen
Speaker 1: were included in the trials. Over an eighteen month period,
Speaker 1: participants were gradually exposed to increasing traces of peanut butter. Initially,
Speaker 1: all seventy three kids could only tolerate around half a peanut.
Speaker 1: By the end of the study, their tolerance increased to
Speaker 1: three tablespoons of peanut butter without an allergic reaction. Researchers
Speaker 1: from the UK's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Speaker 1: said children with high threshold peanut allergies have previously been
Speaker 1: excluded from food allergy treatment trials. However, it said these
Speaker 1: findings show there's quote a very safe and accessible form
Speaker 1: of therapy that could be liberating for many of these
Speaker 1: children and their families.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Os newsroom. If you're
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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive. Until then,
Speaker 1: have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and
Speaker 1: I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Caalcuttin woman from Gadighl Country.
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