Midday Edition: 03 November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, Kamala Harrison Donald Trump are crossing paths
as they both pushed for the presidency in North Carolina.
The race for the White House is on a knife
edge with three days to go. It will be the
fourth day in a row that the pair have been
in the same state on the same day. CNN's Steve
Cortorno says the pairs of planes have been seen together, both.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Air Force two and Trump's plane at the same airport
at the same time, just showing how these campaigns are
converging on each other.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
There's been a massive emergency response to a bus crash
near Rotorua that's left at least a dozen people injured.
Four ambulances, two helicopters, a rapid response unit and four
clinical support units rushed to the scene just before seven
thirty this morning. It's believed the bus rolled at the
intersection of Broadlands and Allan Rhodes. Two passengers where a

(01:00):
hospital in a serious condition. A further ten have been
treated with moderate to minor injuries. The US is sending
more military equipment to the Middle East as fears climb
of an Iranian strike. It comes as an attack on
it as central as Raeli town has injured eleven people
as around Supreme Leader files a strong response to Israel's

(01:21):
attack last week. Otago University geo political analyst Jeffrey Miller
says a military response is needed.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
With two wars raging in the Middle East, in Lebanon
and Gaza, and so many different actors involved, it would
be surprising if the US weren't sending further capabilities.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Frustration in Spain over the emergency response to catastrophic flooding.
A year's worth of rain fell in a day in
the Valencia region, killing at least two hundred and eleven people.
The Prime Minister is sending in ten thousand troops and
police to help. The BBC's Mark Loewen says locals have
stepped in to sense supplies.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Organizers believe that some fifteen thou people have shown up
here today, an outbooring of emotion, filling the vacuum that
many field has been left by the authorities.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
That's news in Sport, another chapter in a breakout year
for Wallace and Titi. The All Blacks loose forward was
Man of the Match in the twenty four to twenty
two win over England at Twickenham, including setting up the
first try for Mark to layer. Coach Scott Robertson's full
of praise confidence on the field.

Speaker 4 (02:25):
Just to make the right decision continuously is incredible. Just
keep stepping up, rising up. And I'm not sure he's
going to have anything to do with that. Apoling, Joey,
you might give that away, buddy. He deserved it.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Meanwhile, too late tries have given the All Blacks fifteen
or thirty eight to twenty four win over Irish Club
Munster a sense of the unknown for the riders ahead
of today's start in the sixty eighth edition of Tours
of Southland, and extra four kilometer climbs been added to
the grueling fourth stage from a Moss Burn to the Remarkables,

(02:57):
and heavy rain has seen qualifying for Formula one Brazilian
Grand Prix postponed until tomorrow morning. Lando Norris won the
sprints race and Liam Lawson was ninth that sport. I'm
Sady Hodge. For more news, listen to News Talk Said
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