Morning Edition: 04 January 2026

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
From the News Talk Sedby newsroom. This is Newsfix.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
In this update, Donald Trump says the US will now
run Venezuela after capturing President Nicholas Maduro overnight. The US
launched a large scale military operation late yesterday, with multiple
explosions felt in the capital of Caracas. Trump has since
sheared an immage on line of Maduro on board the
uss Ewo Jima, showing him blindfolded. Maduro is now en

(00:29):
route to New York, where he faces drugs and weapons charges.
Trump says no of the nation could achieve what the
US has achieved.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
All Venezuelan military capacities were rendered powerlous as the men
and women of our military, working with US law enforcement,
successfully captured Maduro and the dead.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Of Nate back Home and State Highway thirty five between
Gisbon and Tollaga Bay remains closed this morning. Heavy rainfall
walls flooding in the area, making the stretch of highway
unsafe to travel on. New Zealand Transport Agency says there
is no viable detour and drivers are asked to avoid
the area. Crews will be reassessing the situation this morning,

(01:12):
and the French managers of a Swiss ski resort bar
where more than forty people perished in a fire have
been placed under criminal investigation. The blaze, which broke out
during New Year's celebrations, also injured more than one hundred people.
A preliminary investigation into the corpse suggests it was because
a sparkler's on champagne bottles being carried too close to

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the ceiling. That's news, the sport and joy for the
Wellington Phoenix Men and Women in their A League double
header across the Tasman against the Brisbane Roar. The men
have overcome a first half red card to win at
three nil, while the women have salvaged a draw in
the eighth minute of added time as some Villa is

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into second place in the English Premier League after a
three to one home win over Nottingham Forest and Kiwe.
Teen running sensation Sam Ruth has become the fastest sixteen
year old ever across one thousand meters, posting an Age
Group world record at the Toelunger Twilight Meat. That is sport.
I'm Diana. Visitch for more news.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
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