Morning Edition: 23 August 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
He'd be newsroom.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
This is newsfecs. In this update, US President Donald Trump's
denying any involvement in the FBI's raid on his former
National security advisor. Agents have been seen at John Bolton's Washington,
d C. Home and downtown office. CNN reports the search
as part of a renewed investigation into whether his twenty
twenty book disclosed classified information, something Trump has accused him

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of doing in the past. But Trump says the raid
is news to him.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm not a fan of John though. It's a sleevezbag. Actually,
I don't know anything about it. I sort just saw that.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
I'll find out about it. Her first round of trade
talks with US officials hasn't provided much reassurance to our
dairy exporters. Trade Minister Todd mcclay's been in Washington this
week to voice concerns about the fifteen percent tariff on
our goods. There's talk of future meetings to combat trade
distorting practices. Dairy Company the Association Executive director Kimberly Cruther

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says the industry remains concerned where facing higher rates compared
to highly subsidized markets like Canada and the EU. There's
no good reason why the US would have placed US
at a character disadvantage to them. The United Nations confirmed
famine has struck Gaza City and surrounding areas. The regents
now sitting at the maximum level of food and security

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on the globally recognized Integrated Food Security Phase Classification claudiuonial reports.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
The IPC report says more than five hundred thousand Palestinians
are facing starvation, destitution and death and that number is
expected to rise rapidly in coming weeks. It says one
hundred and thirty two thousand children under five risk dying
by malnutrition over the next nine months. For the famine's
man made and can be reversed, it says the time
for hesitation has passed.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Israel firmly rejects the findings. The environment Southland shares defending
speeding over one hundred times and his work Local Democracy
reports Nicol Horrell sped one hundred and seven times between
July last year to this June. The long serving councilor
blames the distance he covers and to the nature of
the roads. Says most of the places he travels there

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are no passing lanes, so the majority of his speeding
relates to short duration passing maneuvers and that's news to
sport and to Golden Point in Leagues NRL, between the
Raiders and Panthers in Sydney on sky tventy seven minutes.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Sixteen times Times.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Cameras stunned Penrith twenty to sixteen, with the winning try
to Cayo Weeks coming from ninety meters out after they
collected an attempted field goal from Nathan Cleary that bounced
off the upright. It keeps the Raiders top of the
latter two points clear of the Storm who've downed the
Bulldogs twenty to fourteen in Melbourne and Black Fern's veteran
Cali Brazia will start at first five and a heavily

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rotated twenty three for Monday mornings opening Rugby World Cup
game against Spain, and that Sport. I'm Scarlet Swatanovic. For
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