Morning Edition: 27 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks at the newsroom. This is newsfacts
in this updates. There's been uproar in the UN General
Assembly in New York as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ntnaho
slammed countries for recognizing Palestine. Even before he started speaking,
dozens of officials and diplomats and left the auditorium in
protest with a chair, banging his gavel and calling for calm.

(00:29):
Home by disputed. In his speech, Nitnyahoo labeled those who've
recognized Palestine as a mark of shame and claimed Israel
is not committing genocide in Gaza.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Israel is accused of deliberately targeting civilians, ladies and gentlemen.
The opposite is true. What a country committing genocide plead
with the civilian population it is supposedly targeting to get
out of harms.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
With and Labor is hoping Foreign Airs Minister Winston Peters
will formally recognize Palestine at the UN in New York today.
Peters is expected to deliver his speech to the General
Assembly at around eleven a m. Labour's Foreign Affairs spokesperson
Penny Here today is questioning why a final decision seemingly
taken US longer than the other countries, with around one

(01:18):
hundred and fifty others already supporting recognition.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
I'm really confused and so that so many other news
ibers that I talked to about what the delay is.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
In other news and a criminal law professors is the
jury in the Loafer's Lodge trial had to work through
a lot of evidence indicating why the trial stretched on
for five weeks. Fifty year old ess a Arna Lalonga
was found guilty of five counts of murder and one
of arson in the High Court at Wellington yesterday. No
Longer admitted to starting the blaze, but claimed a defense
of insanity. AUT's Warren Brook banks He's Longer's insanity defense

(01:54):
meant there was a mountain of psychiatric evidence that took
a long time to work through and with appropriate directions
from the judge to the jury as to how they
were to consider the evidence. That's news. The Sport and
the Stormer threw to the NRL Grand Final after a
twenty two to fourteen triumph over the Sharks in Melbourne.
Last year's defeated finalists lead sixteen to eight at the break,

(02:17):
with Kiwis, wil Warbrook and Jerome Hughes scoring tries, while
winger Sionicatoa had a double for Cronulla. It's advantage Europe.
After the first morning of play at the Ryder Cup
on the BEF Page Black Horse in New York, the
defending champions have taken a three to one lead and
a game of two halves has left a Bertas sweet
taste in Tasman's mouths following their fifty five to thirty

(02:37):
eight MPC win over Southland, and in Chicago, that's sport.
I'm Diana Vesich.