1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: From the Jeli Oz. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 2: I'm beliefit Simons, I'm Emma Gillespie. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: It's Monday, the second of March, and we are still 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: moving offices. So if the audio is a little bit off, 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: bear with us as we get it sorted this week. 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: But in the meantime, here is what is making headlines 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: this evening. 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: The UK government has confirmed a Royal Air Force base 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: in Cyprus has been hit by a suspected drone attack. 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: It comes after British Prime Minister Kirs Darma said he'd 11 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: accepted a US request to use British bases for defensive 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: strikes against Iranian missiles in the region. Starma reiterated that 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: Britain was not involved in the joint US Israel air 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader on Saturday. Meanwhile, Israel 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: has carried out air strikes on the Hesbela controlled southern 16 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: suburbs of Beirute in Lebanon. The violence has widened the 17 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: conflict that spread through the Middle East since Saturday strikes. Hesbela, 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: which is backed by Iran, then launched missiles and drones 19 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: towards Israel. US President Donald Trump has pledged to avenge 20 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: the deaths of three Americans killed in conflict overnight, and 21 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: said more US casualties were likely. Smart Traveler is advising 22 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 2: Australians not to travel to most destinations in the Middle East. 23 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: Pauline Hanson has refused to apologize for swearing at another 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: senator in Parliament. The One Nation leader stormed out of 25 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: the chamber after targeting a slur at independent Lydia Thorpe 26 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: following a heated back and forth between the pair. Thorpe 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: called Hanson a liar repeatedly during a debate on the 28 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: US Israel strikes on Iran. Hanson subsequently said she apologized 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: quote if the public heard me call Senator Thorpe a bitch, 30 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: but added she didn't take back the comment. I will 31 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: not be repeatedly called a liar, Hanson said. It comes 32 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: on the same day Hanson is facing a censure motion 33 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: for inflammatory remarks against Muslims. 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: A shooting at a bar in the US state of 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: Texas is being treated as a possible terrorist act. Two 36 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: people were killed and fourteen others wounded when a fifty 37 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: three year old man opened fire at a venue in 38 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: Austin just before two am Sunday morning local time. The 39 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: gunman who was shot and killed at the scene, was 40 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design. The FBI said 41 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: it's investigating the shooting as possible terrorism after authorities said 42 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: they found terror indicators on the gunmen and in his vehicle. 43 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned the state would respond aggressively 44 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: to anyone trying to quote use the current conflict in 45 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: the Middle East to threaten Texas. 46 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: And today's good News. Researchers have used AI to crack 47 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the rules of a mysterious ancient Roman board game. The 48 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: Limestone slab, excavated over a century ago in the Netherlands, 49 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: had long puzzled historians until res noticed where patterns showing 50 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: where players had slid pieces across its surface. A team 51 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: from Leeden University in the Netherlands then used an AI 52 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: system to pit two bots against each other. The bots 53 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: played more than one thousand rounds of one hundred historical 54 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: rule sets. Historians matched the movement patterns to the stone's 55 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: actual ware marks and discovered the slab is a type 56 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: of ancient blocking game where one player tries to trap 57 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: the other's pieces in a corner. It is now available 58 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: to play online. 59 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Dallyos newsroom for today, but 60 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: if you are looking for something else, you can catch 61 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: up on this morning's deep dive, where we explain why 62 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 2: the US struck around over the weekend and answer some 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: of your questions about the current conflict. 64 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but 65 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: until then, we hope you have a lovely evening. My 66 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung 67 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: Calcottin woman from Gadigal Country. The Daily oz acknowledges that 68 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal 69 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torrestrate island 70 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples 71 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: of these countries, both past and present.