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Speaker 2: I'm Lucy Tassel, I'm Emma Gillespie.
Speaker 1: It's Thursday, the thirtieth of October. Here's what's making headlines
Speaker 1: this evening.
Speaker 2: The New South Wales government is seeking urgent action to
Speaker 2: stop thousands of prison guards across the state from walking
Speaker 2: off the job. The strikes are in response to the
Speaker 2: sentencing of an inmate who assaulted four prison officers in
Speaker 2: the state's Hunter region in February. According to the Public
Speaker 2: Service Association, two of the officers involved in the incident
Speaker 2: at Cesnock Prison will quote never work again. Cameron Welsh
Speaker 2: was handed a three year community corrections order, but no
Speaker 2: additional time was added to his sentence. PSA president Nicole
Speaker 2: Jess called it a quote slap on the wrist and
Speaker 2: a slap in the face to every prison officer in
Speaker 2: the state. Officers at Cesnock and Bathist prisons have already
Speaker 2: commenced strike action, but the union said guards at all
Speaker 2: of the state's thirty six prisons were expected to follow
Speaker 2: in the coming hours. An update from the state's corrections
Speaker 2: minister confirmed Corrective Services New South Wales has an urgent
Speaker 2: hearing before the Industrial Relations commissioned today to quote resolve this.
Speaker 2: Government officials said centers remain secure and are being operated
Speaker 2: by a reduced number of staff.
Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Jijin Ping have
Speaker 1: struck a deal to reduce tariffs after meeting for the
Speaker 1: first time since twenty nineteen. The leaders agreed to bilateral
Speaker 1: talks on the sidelines of the APEX summit in South
Speaker 1: Korea after months of escalating trade tensions. Trump called g
Speaker 1: a quote very tough negotiator as he shook hands with
Speaker 1: his Chinese counterpart, promising the pair were going to have
Speaker 1: what he called a very successful meeting After a nearly
Speaker 1: two hour closed door discussion. Both leaders have now left
Speaker 1: the city of Busan. Trump said the US and China
Speaker 1: are quote in agreement on many things, confirming there's no
Speaker 1: rare Earth's roadblock from China anymore. Trump also announced he
Speaker 1: and she are going to work together on Ukraine. While
Speaker 1: the pair have spoken over the phone in recent months,
Speaker 1: it marked their first face to face talk since Trump
Speaker 1: was re elected last year.
Speaker 2: A drug raid in the Brazilian city of Rio de
Speaker 2: Janeiro has left at least one hundred and thirty two
Speaker 2: people dead, marking the deadliest police operation in the country's history.
Speaker 2: An estimated two thousand, five hundred police officers raided the
Speaker 2: Red Command gang, the oldest criminal group in Brazil, on
Speaker 2: Tuesday at local time. Four police officers were killed during
Speaker 2: a shootout with the gang. Residents were seen carrying the
Speaker 2: bodies of more than one hundred people into a town square.
Speaker 2: In a post on, x Rio's governor, Claudio Castro said
Speaker 2: one hundred and eighteen weapons and one ton worth of
Speaker 2: drugs was seized by police during the raids. The UN
Speaker 2: Human Rights High Commissioner said Brazil must break the cycle
Speaker 2: of extreme brutality and ensure that law enforcement operations comply
Speaker 2: with international standards regarding the use of force.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, researchers have discovered an antibiotic that's
Speaker 1: one hundred times stronger than existing ones and is effective
Speaker 1: against deadly superbugs. Chemists from Melbourne's Monash University teamed up
Speaker 1: with scientists based at England's University of Warwick to study
Speaker 1: quote one of the world's most urgent health challenges, antibiotic resistance.
Speaker 1: According to findings published in the Journal of the American
Speaker 1: Chemical Society, a promising new antibiotic discovered quote hiding in
Speaker 1: plain sight was shown to be more than one hundred
Speaker 1: times more active against bacteria than other popular antibiotics. A
Speaker 1: statement from the University of Warwick said the molecule had
Speaker 1: been overlooked for decades and quote importantly, the researchers could
Speaker 1: not detect any emergence of resistance to it. The discovery
Speaker 1: could offer new hope in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Speaker 2: That is the latest from the Daily Os newsroom for today.
Speaker 2: But if you're looking for something else to listen to,
Speaker 2: check out today's deep dive on why the federal government
Speaker 2: has refused a Dutch athlete's visa.
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but
Speaker 1: until then, have a good one. My name is Lily
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