Morning Edition: 19 September 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 19 September 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Thursday, nineteenth of September. In this update,
exploding walkie talkies have killed nine and injured at least
three hundred people across Lebanon. The BBC reports. The blasts
come a day after pages exploded across the country, killing
twelve people, including two children, and injuring thousands. Multiple sources

(00:28):
say Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was targeting his Bola fighters.
Israel has declined to comment. Zbola used pages after banning
mobile phones earlier this year, saying they were too easy
to track. The state of the economy in the last
quarter will be revealed in today's GDP announcement. Analysts are
expecting the economy contracted between zero point one and zero

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point five percent in the second quarter of this year.
The March twenty twenty four quarter showed just zero point
two percent growth. B and Z chief economist Mike Jones
toll Ryan Bridge their pick is a zer zero point
four percent contraction. That would be the first quarterly contraction
out of the last seven, so very much in keeping
with this idea that we've been in a rolling recession

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for almost two years there. The eight week murder trial
of Philip Pulkinghorn is nearing a verdict, with the jury
beginning deliberations this morning. The judge summed up the cases today.
The Augland eye surgeons accused of killing his wife, Pauline Hannah.
His defense argues she took her own life. Herald reporter
Craig Capertain told Ryan Bridge the jury only has two

(01:30):
decisions if it was murder or suicide. If I guess,
I'd say it's not going to be quick. And if
they do go past today, court won't be sitting tomorrow,
so we'll stretch into week nine. A gang patch ban
in the homes of repeat offenders is set to pass
in Parliament later today. It means a person convicted of
flouting the public patch ban three times in five years

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will also have insignia band from their residents. The Police
Association says while it might work as a prevention measure,
it would be confrontational and could increase tensions. Genetic testing
for autism could provide clearer answers for many families. A
ten year Auckland University studies identified genes causing or associated
with autism in thirty percent of autistic New Zealanders. It

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supports global evidence supporting genetic testing playing a role in diagnosis.
Author Jesse Jacobson says it's been an encouraging study, especially
since so many of the families have been seeking a
specific diagnosis for a long time. It's helped us provide
answers for families that can support Taylor's medical care, potentially
for co occurring condition, and also help them plan for

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the future. The popular video game The Sims is coming
to the big screen. Hollywood star Margo Robbie will produce
the film alongside her husband Tom Ackerley. The SIMS is
hailed as one of the biggest computer game franchises of
all time, played by more than five hundred million players
for a quarter of a century. In sport, tri Lanka
have advanced to three hundred and two for seven After

(02:59):
the open day of the first cricket Test against New
Zealand at Gaul. Will O'Rourke returned figures of three for
fifty four from seventeen overs. Former tennis world number one
Naomi Osaka will play this summer's AESB Classic ELINGI are
out of the thirty seventh America's Cup eliminated five to
two by Britannia in the Challenger Series semi finals. The
other dual remains alive, with American Magic beating Luna Rossa

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twice to set the best of nine contests at four
to three. And I'm Nevaretti Manu. That's the latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update of midday from
the newstalk ZB newsroupe.