Afternoon Edition: 03 October 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 03 October 2025, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Friday, the third of October. Fear throughout
the UK's Jewish community after a man drove into people
outside a synagogue and attack them with a knife. Two
people are dead and four are injured in what police
have declared an active terrorism. The suspected attacker, a thirty

(00:24):
five year old British citizen of Syrian descent, was shot
dead by police. The BBC has spoken to people at
the scene. Everybody is worried. Everybody is scared. I we
shouldn't be scared to fill or believe in what we believe. Meanwhile,
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ordered an increased police
presence around all synagogues. He says the attacker is a

(00:45):
vile individual that attack Jews because they are Jews and
attacked Britain because of our values. Donald Trump's new ceasefire
plan for Gaza seems unlikely to get full Hamas support.
The twenty point plan requires to be disarmed and have
no future role in governing Gaza. The BBC says it
understands some of the hamas's political leadership and KUTA are

(01:09):
open to an agreement, but they don't have control over
the hostages held by the group. It's reporting mediators have
made contact with the head of Hamas's military wing in Gaza,
who's indicated he doesn't agree with the plan. It says
he thinks the plans are designed to finish Hamas, whether
the group accepts it or not, and he's determined to
fight on. Meanwhile, the Prime ministers reiterating do not travel

(01:33):
to Gaza message following Israel intercepting a flotilla set to
land in Gaza. Activists on the flotilla say they've been
detained as Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the safety
of New Zealanders is paramount. Chris Luxon says there are
three Kiwis involved and a lot of people involved in
the flotilla. Continued to convey very strongly our position about

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what our expectations are of how Kiwis are handled and
they'll be deported. I imagined to now VACTI zone pretty quickly.
Litterary police are in the early stages of an investigation
at Burnham Military Camp near christ Church. Our newsroom understands
cell phones have been seized and the investigation is related
to drug offences. No more closure needed for one family

(02:15):
of a Fikhari eruption victim as the coronial inquest starts today.
The body of tour guide Hayden Marshall Inman was never found,
and his brother Mark says the money could be better spent.
Labour is being put in a difficult position by the
latest issues facing Tipati Maori. The influential Tititu t Thiditi

(02:35):
movement has cut ties with the party, with a spokesperson
accusing it of dictatorial leadership. The party's emailed members reassuring
them about its commitment to transparency and accountability ahead of
an announcement of a reset next week. Senior political correspondent
Barry Soapers says Labours distancing itself, but can't rule out

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working with them. The more they behave like this, the
less it looks like Labour would leader government. The Malordi
Party would have to be part of that. To sport.
The government's committed five million dollars to the white dome
roof planned for Auckland Stanley Street Tennis Center as part
of a wider fifteen million dollar project due for completion
by twenty twenty seven. The All Blacks have given Peter

(03:19):
Larkeye his first Test start with from number eight tomorrow
against the Wallabies in Perth, and Formula one's governing body
has declared this weekend Singapore Grand Prix a heat hazard race.
Because temperatures are predicted to exceed thirty one degrees. Drivers
have the option of using calling vests. I'm Malcolm Jordan.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the

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next update at five pm from the news Talk ZB newsroom.