Midday Edition: 14 July 2024

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talk said been newsroom, this is newsfex
in this update, shots have been fired at Donald Trump's
rally in Pennsylvania, with the Secret Service rushing to get
him off stage. Trump appeared injured, seen with blood on
his face as he quickly left the scene. The Secret
Service has since reported that Donald Trump is safe. The

(00:26):
White House says US President Joe Biden has been briefed too.
The drama unfolded just moments into Trump's speech. Take a
look at what happened. Trump has been taken away in
a car and the venue is now being evacuated. The

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rally is ahead of the Republican National Convention, which is
set to start tomorrow. The incident unfolded in front of
global media. BBC correspondent Gary o'donnald There there are a
whole bunch of shots fired a couple hundred meters away
from where we were standing, maybe six or eight shots
in rapid succession, and Israeli airstrike has hit the southern

(01:12):
Gaza city Al Mawasi, an Israeli designated safe zone. The
attack was an attempt to assassinate Hammas's military commander. The
Hamas run Health Ministry has reported at least ninety deaths
and three hundred wounded, hulf women and children. BBC correspondent
Nick Beek says, if true, it paints a very different

(01:34):
picture from what the Israeli military are saying. We were
hearing that this was a very specific strike and the
phrase being used was that it was only terrorists who
were hit and back home. George Dodson has been named
the FMG Young Farmer of the Year. The twenty two

(01:55):
year old competed against six other regional finalists in the
Grand Final, which wrapped up last night, and he says
it's hard to describe how his feeling. It's such an
incredible competition with such deeply rooted history, So yeah, just grateful.
I think that's news. In sports World, number one Aaron

(02:16):
Routliff and Canadian partner Gabby Debrowski have fallen short in
the women's doubles final at Wimbledon, losing in two set
tie breaks. They went toe to toe with champions Katerina
Senjakova and Taylor's Townsend, who pulled away to win the
second set tie break seven to one, with the Kiwi
double faulting on the final point. Routlift has struggled to

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put her feelings into words.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
There's something about Wimbledon that makes you like way more
emotional than other tournaments.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
Every match we.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
Won, I've just been like crying like a baby, and
now I guess even when we lose. So Gabby took
a chance on me a year ago and it's completely
and totally changed my life.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
And the All Blacks can see their line out needs
work as they head to San Diego to face Fiji.
After their twenty four to seventeen win over England at
Aden Park, England, loank maro et Og had a field
day as the tourist snabbed three line outs against the
throw or before halftime before New Zealand right of the

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ship in the second spell. That's sports. I'm Chelsea Daniels.
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