Midday Edition: 03 October 2025

The Midday 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 some mass to be disarmed
and have no future role in governing Gaza. The BBC
says it understands some of the hamas's political leadership and

(01:08):
KUTA are 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

(01:32):
travel 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

(01:52):
about what our expectations are of how Kiwis are handled,
and they'll be deported I imagined to our Vaccini zone
pretty quickly. Litary police are in the early stages of
an investigation at Burnham Military Camp near Christchurch. Our newsroom
understands cell phones have been seized and the investigation is
related to drug offences. No more closure needed for one

(02:14):
family of a Fakhari 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 Titidity movement has cut ties with the party,

(02:37):
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 working with them. The more they behave

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like this, the less it looks like Labour would leading 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

(03:18):
given Peter 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

(03:40):
back with the next update at five pm from the
news Talk ZB newsroom.