Morning Edition: 17 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Not the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs
In this update, Ukraine says it needs to be present
in peace talks going forward. President Vladimir Zelenski wasn't invited
to a high profile summit between US President Donald Trump
and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin in Alaska. They met
for nearly three hours and both expressed interest in having

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further meetings, but failed to get a ceasefire deal in Ukraine.
CNN's Ben Wedeman Sazzelenski will now travel to Washington, DC
to meet with Donald Trump this week.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
President Zelenski has said he is willing to consider the possibility.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Of a trilateral meeting involving President Trump and President Putin.
Trump has also said he would prefer a permanent peace
agreement to end the war, as opposed to a temporary
cease fire. Back Home and the IHC is welcoming a
Supreme Court decision that confirmed unfair detention for a man
with an intellectual disability and autism who was locked away

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for half his life. The man known only as Jay,
was ordered into care in two thousand and four after
smashing his neighbour's windows with an axe. The court of
Appeal said while the offending was minor, his ongoing secure
detention was justified because multiple experts seid he posed a
high risk to the public if released. IHC Advocacy direct

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Tania Thomas says the Supreme Court decision is heartening.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
They deserve the appropriate support.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
Their rights they're entitled to under the law should be
upheld and Endometriosis New Zealand says outdated clinical guidelines are
causing delays in diagnosis and treatment. New guidelines from the
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
recommend ultrasounds as a first step diagnostic tool rather than

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more invasive procedures. Endometriosis New Zealand chair doctor Michael wyn
Williams says long wait times have significant effects on patients.
He says using ultrasounds can speed up the process.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
The delay can affect education, can effect earning capacity, can
affect people's statility, outcomes, effects, relationships, mental health.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
That's news to sport All Blacks Flanker Duplass Careffe has
described the balance of workload and starting alongside Ardisavia for
New Zealand against Argentina in their Rugby Championship game this
morning in Cordoba. The two loose forwards will start at
seven and eight respectively, and Caref he says he needs
to support Savia think.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Technically over the ball where rock time, it's just around
seeing the pictures and picking the right time. We're going
for quality over quantity and I know that if I'm accurate,
then I know that in turn I'll be setting him
up to do well.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Kickoff is at ten past nine. Hamish Kerr has won
the men's high jump at the latest Diamond League event
in Poland, following a season best leap of two point
three three meters, and the Warriors women have suffered a
twenty to sixteen NRLW loss to the canber Raiders in Hamilton.
That's sport. I'm Diana Vesch. For more news, listen to

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