Morning Edition: 27 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks HEDB newsroom. This is newsfecs in
the subdate. US President Donald Trump says he may take
a harder approach with Russia after a sit down meeting
with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelenski. The pier had a fifteen
minute private discussion at Saint Peter's Basilica before the funeral
of Pope Francis. White House officials have described the meeting

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as very productive. The BBC's Jake Kwan says Trump hasn't
shown more alignment with Ukraine. In a social media post.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Mister Trump is saying that there may be additional sanctions
on Russia's banking system, as well as secondary sanctions are
meaning that hemes push sanctions on countries that are dealing
with Moscow.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
A pope among the people with an open heart towards
everyone is how Pope Francis has been remembered as is
laid to rest. Hundreds of foreign dignitaries attended the eighty
eight year old pontiff's funeral at Saint Peter'squa. We're in
the Vatican last night. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Ray gave the homily,
painting a detailed description of the Pope's life and values.

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He says, faced with the raging wars in recent years,
the Pope always promoted peace.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
He drew attention to our duties and shared responsibility for
our common home.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
For the first time, New Zealand will soon have a
national database to track ovarian cancer treatments. Experts say it
will lead to earlier diagnosis and identify areas for improvement.
Mirror's a Scandinavian approach under which Norway's five year survival
rate rose more than sixteen percent. Avarian Cancer Foundation New

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Zealand founder Jade Ludeman says it lets doctors analyze real
world treatment patterns.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
In one region more women might be having surgery compared
to another region, and then understand and look into the
differences for that.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
That's news to sports and the Crusade have crushed the
Highlanders forty three to ten and Dunedin to draw level
with the Super Rugby leading Chiefs on thirty seven competition points.
Coach Robine says they're pleased to now head into a
bye weekend. We've had three twob games in a row
and that we're starting to feel as though the boys

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come at a tremendous time for us to freshen up. Meanwhile,
the Hurricanes have moved into the top six after a
surprise thirty five twenty nine win over the Brumbies in Canberra,
and Crystal Pallaser through to Football's FA Cup Final after
a three nal win over Aston Villa at Wembley. Newcastle
and Chelsea have picked up crucial victories in the Premier
League to move into the Champions League qualification positions at

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