East Coast Braces for Another Wet Weekend

US President Donald Trump could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. Following last week’s downpours and flooding in parts of New South Wales, forecasters are predicting another very wet weekend. The New South Wales government is introducing new legislation to crack down on the creation and distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes. Sources close to disgraced rapper Sean Diddy Combs are disputing claims his legal team have sought a pardon for his crimes from US President Donald Trump. And In a significant move toward combating breast cancer, the National Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded a $25 million grant to researchers in Sydney.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to a Mummamir podcast. Mumma Meir acknowledges the
traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is
recorded on Hi. I'm Jemma Donna Who from Mammameir's twice
daily news podcast. To the Quikie with your headlines for
Thursday August seven, US President Donald Trump could meet with

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Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week to
discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump's
potential meeting with Vladimir Putin would be the first between
sitting US and Russian leaders since June twenty twenty one. Meanwhile,
Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski have not met since
December twenty nineteen. Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the

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lack of progress towards peace, and has threatened to impose
new sanctions on Russia and its trading partners if a
cease fire is not reached by a Friday deadline. The
president recently imposed a twenty five percent tariff on imports
from India over its continued purchases of Russian oil, and
has worn China could be next. The Kremlin says it's
open to the meeting and that recent diplomatic talks have

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been useful and constructive. Don't put the Brawley away just yet,
because more rain is on the way for the East Coast.
Following last week's downpours and flooding in parts of New
South Wales. Forecasters are predicting another very wet weekend, although
the deluge won't be as heavy. Sydney could see up
to thirty millimeters of rain, which could impact the city

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to Serve race on Sunday. A sprawling northwest cloud band
stretching over three thousand kilometers from the Indian Ocean is
clashing with a coastal low, creating a powerful weather system.
Central Queensland is expected to be hit hardest, with some
area's forecast to receive up to three hundred millimeters of
localized rainfall. The Gold Coast is also infra a drenching

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with up to ninety five millimeters possible over the next
three days, and Brisbane could face a wet start to
the echor on Saturday, with a forecast of twenty millimeters
and winds up to thirty kilometers per hour. Authorities are
urging residents, particularly those in flood prone areas to stay
alert to forecast updates. The new South Wales government is
introducing new legislation to crack down on creation and distribution

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of sexually explicit deep fakes. The new laws will amend
the Crime's Act of nineteen hundred, making it offensive to
produce a sexually explicit deep fate designed to look like
a real, identifiable person. The offense will be punishable by
up to three years in jail. The new legislation will
also criminalize the sharing or threatening to share such images,

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even if the person did not create them. Additionally, the
government will criminalize the creation, recording, and distribution of sexually
explicit audio, whether real or AI generated. Sources close to
disgraced rapper Sean Diddy Combs are disputing claims his legal
team have sought a pardon for his crimes from US
President Donald Trump with less than two months before his sentencing.

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Multiple insiders tell people it was not Combe's legal team,
but rather ones in his world and orbit who have
been making contact with the Trump administration. The sources claim
some of these individuals have allegedly offered large sums of
money in exchange for a presidential pardon, with some offers
reaching the mid six figure range. A White House official

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declined to comment on the matter. Combs was convicted on
two felony accounts of transporting individuals for prostitution and is
currently awaiting sentencing. On October three, he faces up to
twenty years in federal prison. In a significant move towards
combating breast cancer, the National Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded
a twenty five million dollar grant to researchers in Sydney.

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The funding will support the All Clear Program at the
Garvan Institute of Medical Research. This ambitious project aims to
find and eliminate breast cancer cells that can remain dormant
in the body after initial treatment, often for years or
even decades. These hidden cells are responsible for cancer recurrence,
which affects about fifteen percent of patients and can be

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life threatening. By studying these cells, researchers hope to develop
new therapies and provide patients with a definitive all clear.
The project offers hope to thousands of Australians and is
a crucial step towards the Foundation's goal of achieving zero
deaths from breast cancer. That's your Evening News headlines on
tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, we unpack findings from a

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new report into police involvement in family violence. Plus it's
finally time to say farewell to Sex and the city's
problematic reboot. Listen to The Quickie wherever you get your podcasts.