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August 29, 2025 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom this is newsfacs
in the subdate, the Israeli military has declared Gaza City
a combat zone. The move end's temporary pauses in fighting
that allowed for aid deliveries into the area. The bbc'sam
Nada says Gaza City is already dealing with famine.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
The sessing of its pauses in its attach from Gaza
City will further aggravate the hunger crisis there and indeed
the ability of people to access food and aid.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Meanwhile, Israel announced the body of hostage Gilan Wise has
been recovered during a military operation in the Gaza Strip.
A second body recovered hasn't been identified, and an aid
worker on the ground in Gaza says children right around
her are dying. Unic test Ingram's been visiting hospitals in
Gaza and says the children are suffering gaping wounds, burns, breaks,

(00:58):
fractures and nerve dam.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
And this is relentless.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
It's continuing almost two years into this conflict, and we
really worry about it escalating if this military offensive in
Gaza City continues to expand back home and its hoped
confidence in the Reserve Bank has a chance to be
restored following the chair's resignation. Neil quickly stepped down yesterday
with immediate effect, following Finance Minister Nichola Willis's transparency concerns

(01:25):
over the reasons why former Governor Adrian Or quit earlier
this year, and for Metrics principal economist Brad Olson says,
a non elected entity working with a lot of money
can't be putting out one story about Or's resignation. I
need to have the truth come out months later. It
doesn't breed the level of credibility that you need to have.
So this did become, I think, just a continual death

(01:46):
by a thousand cuts for the Reserve Bank and memorials
have been held in New Orleans in the US to
mark twenty years since Hurricane Katrina. The storm devastated the
US Gulf Coast and the flooding killed almost two thousand people,
leaving much of New Orleans underwater. Hurricane Katrina was labeled
the costliest storm in US history, causing around two hundred

(02:08):
billion dollars worth of damage. That's news to Sports and
a controversial knock on call has left the Warriors en
aer our top four hopes hanging by a thread as
they filed twenty six to twenty two to the eels
zat Mount Smart. The Warriors, who at one stage faced
a sixteen point deficits, stormed back in the contest, only

(02:29):
to have a late Adam Pombe try that would have
seen them take the lead denied by the Bunker due
to a knock on in the kickchase. Coach Andrew Webster
is unsure about the Bunker's decision. I don't know if
there's enough evidence to overturn it that he touched it.
I can't tell if he touched it or not, but
we should not have been in that situation through the
way we played. Liam Lawson has clocked the eleventh and

(02:50):
fourteenth fastest times in the opening two practice sessions at
the Dutch Grand Prix and Bay of Plenty have moved
to third on the NPC Ladder after a nineteen to
seven victory of the Windless North Harbor in Albany at Sport.
I'm Diana Vesich. For more news, listen to News Talk
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