Morning Edition: 19 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs in this update. So around two and
a half thousand rallies are expected to take place across
the US today protesting against President Donald Trump. The so
called No King's protests are over the policies of the
US administration, including Trump's immigration crackdown. CNN correspondent Rafael Romo
says has been a huge turnout in cities including Atlanta.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
Sir yes, a very serious message about what this country
should be. That there's secret pocracy based of constitutional and
that should be respectable.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Gazas Hamas, aar on civil Defense, says eleven people have
been killed after the bus they were in was hit
by an Israeli tank shell. The BBC reports occupants of
the bus, all from the same family, were trying to
reach their home in Gaza's north when they were hit.
It's the deadliest incident involving the Israeli Defense Forces since
the start of the seas Fire. Israel says it fired

(00:59):
at us suspicious vehicle that crossed an area still occupied
by the IDF. A flurry of students appear to be
trying to get work while studying. Student job search has
had nearly one hundred thousand active job seekers for the
year to journe with a twenty eight percent increase in
the applications. Chief executive Luis Vuckaker says theory learned and

(01:20):
lectures is important, but practical experience is what really helps
students advance.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
The research is really clear that students need to work
ten to fifteen hours per week to develop that well
rounded skill set to them be other thrive in the workforce.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Calls for investment in life saving heart research that could
boost New Zealand's economy. One in three deaths in New
Zealand are caused by heart disease, but Auckland University says
AI enhanced smart devices could change the game. University of
Auckland's Justin Payton says we're entering a new era of
implanted devices that can respond to the body's cues to

(01:58):
regulate the cardiovascular system.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
The idea here is to make a device that actually
is going to be much more natural, is going to
mimic the way the actual body works.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
That's news. The sports and rain has ruined New Zealand's
chances and cricket matches in Colombo and christ Church. The
White Ferns had Pakistan ninety two for five when their
fifty over World Cup match was washed out. The black
Caps we're chasing one hundred and fifty four to beat
England in the first t twenty before the Heavens opened.

(02:29):
Canterbury will host the Tago and next weekend's NPC Final
after thumping Hawks Bay forty three to nineteen. The Wellington
Phoenix and Auckland f C have opened their A League
season with draws away from home, and Nottingham Forest has
fired manager am Posta Cooglo after a three nil home
defeat by Chelsea just thirty nine days after the Australian

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took over that sport. I'm Diana Vezich.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
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