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Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm Sam. It's Wednesday, the twelfth

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Speaker 1: of November, and here's what's making headlines this afternoon. The

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Speaker 1: U s. Republican Party is set to win a majority

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Speaker 1: in the House of Representatives, meaning it will control both

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Speaker 1: levels of Congress that's the US equivalent of parliament. The

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Speaker 1: party already secured control of the Senate and the Presidency

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Speaker 1: in last week's national elections, which will see former President

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump returned to the White House next year. Heading

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Speaker 1: into the election, the other major party, the Democrats, did

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Speaker 1: not have a majority in the House, but controlled the

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Speaker 1: Senate by a slim margin. The Republicans win means the

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Speaker 1: party now controls both the legislative and executive branches of

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Speaker 1: the US government. In addition to these successes, the majority

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Speaker 1: of justices on the U. S. Supreme Court were appointed

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Speaker 1: by Republican presidents, including three when Trump was last in office.

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Speaker 1: These judges appointments are for life until they choose to retire.

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Speaker 1: Given these circumstances, the Republican Party is unlikely to face

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Speaker 1: significant pushback on any of their proposed laws.

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Speaker 2: The New South Wales Coroner's Court has heard more details

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Speaker 2: about the man behind the fatal Bondai Junction stabbing attack.

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Speaker 2: Six people were killed and several others injured during a

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Speaker 2: mass stabbing at a Westfield shopping center in April. The attacker,

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Speaker 2: forty year old queensand man Joel Cauchi, was shot dead

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Speaker 2: by a police officer at the scene. A coronial inquest

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Speaker 2: will explore the circumstances surrounding their attack. During a hearing

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Speaker 2: for the inquiry today, the court heard Cauchi had stopped

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Speaker 2: taking medication to treat his schizophrenia and was homeless at

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Speaker 2: the time of the stabbings. The Coroner's court heard further

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Speaker 2: details around Couchi's declining mental health in the years leading

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Speaker 2: up to the attack. A full inquest with public hearings

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Speaker 2: is expected to commence next year.

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Speaker 1: The United Nations Security Council, made up of representatives from

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Speaker 1: several of the world's most powerful countries, will meet overnight

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Speaker 1: to discuss the civil war in Sudan. Since early twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three, a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces

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Speaker 1: or RSF, has been a war with the country's army.

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Speaker 1: The conflict has led to famine, the deaths of an

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Speaker 1: estimated one hundred and fifty thousand people and the displacement

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Speaker 1: of another eleven million people. Late last month, local and

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Speaker 1: international media outlets reported the RSF attacked civilians in eastern

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Speaker 1: Sudan and sexually assaulted women and girls. Security Council members

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Speaker 1: including the US, France and China will now discuss a

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Speaker 1: resolution drafted by the UK calling on the RSF to

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Speaker 1: immediately halt its offenses. They are expected to call for

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Speaker 1: the army to allow increased humanitarian aid to enter the country,

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Speaker 1: particularly food, due to the extreme levels of famine affecting

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Speaker 1: millions of residents.

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Speaker 2: And Today's good News, A new study has revealed other

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Speaker 2: parts of the human body, not just the brain, can

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Speaker 2: play a role in memory function. New York University researchers

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Speaker 2: conducted test on human cells taken from nerve tissue and

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Speaker 2: kidney tissue. Findings published in the journal Nature show sales

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Speaker 2: we're exposed to patterns and signals to mimic neurotransmitters. The

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Speaker 2: cells responded by activating a type of gene that brain

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Speaker 2: cells switch on when forming memories. New York University researchers

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Speaker 2: said the discovery shows non brain cells can learn and

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Speaker 2: store memories too, and could lead to new treatment options

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Speaker 2: for memory related conditions. Researchers said the study also suggests

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Speaker 2: that we'll need to treat our body more like the

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Speaker 2: brain in the future.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for that atroll, and that is the latest from

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Speaker 1: the Daily Ods newsroom. If you're looking for something a

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Speaker 1: bit longer to listen to, make sure you catch up

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Speaker 1: on this morning's deep dive on the impacts that a

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Speaker 1: Trump presidency may have to the Australian economy. We'll be

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Speaker 1: back again tomorrow morning with another deep dive. Until then,

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Speaker 1: have a good night.

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