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It started as a festival announcement and ended with a government ban, a cancelled event, and a very pointed statement from the British Prime Minister.

On today’s podcast, we’re going to take a closer look at how exactly the UK government barred Kanye West from entering the UK.

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Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include:

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reached a deal with Singapore today that will guarantee more fuel supply to Australia.  
• U.S. first lady Melania Trump has denied that she had any relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorised direct negotiations with Lebanon "as soon as possible,” a day after it bombed its capital Beirut with airstrikes that killed more than 300 people.
• And today’s good news: The teenage birth rate in the U.S. has fallen to a historic low in the U.S.

Hosts: Zara Seidler and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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One show on Disney+ has dominated social media conversations in recent weeks: Love Story, the John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette biographical series. It’s introduced these Kennedy figures to a whole new generation, but not without criticism. Today, we unpack everything you need to know about the show and how audiences have responded.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Zara Seidler
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include:

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced new regulations on gambling ads, almost three years after Labor members recommended a crackdown.
• U.S. President Donald Trump addressed Americans on Wednesday night (local time), threatening to bomb Iran to “the Stone Ages where they belong.”
• Mouse populations are reaching plague proportions across Australia's key cropping zones, with scientists warning farmers to remain on high alert. 
• And today’s good news! NASA has successfully launched its Artemis II mission, which will see the most powerful rocket the space organisation has ever built fly around the moon. 

Hosts: Lucy Tassell and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Vaping causes cancer. It might sound like something you probably already knew but for the first time, we have research to confidently back the claim. That’s thanks to an international team of experts led by Aussie scientists, and you’re going to hear from one of them in today’s deep dive. 

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Guest: Adjunct Professor Bernard Stewart

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Today's headlines include:

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make a pandemic-style address to the nation on the fuel supply crisis tonight.
• U.S. President Donald Trump has accused the UK and other nations of failing to support American efforts to secure global oil supplies.
• Victorian officials have officially confirmed the death of fugitive police-killer Dezi Freeman, after the formal identification of his body.
• And today’s good news: Asia is getting its own Eurovision Song Contest, with artists from at least 10 countries set to compete in Bangkok this November.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Some significant cost of living measures have been announced over the last few days, promising to lower the price of everyday transactions. From cheaper fuel to a ban on card surcharges, we’ll take you through everything you need to know in today’s deep dive. 

Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Emma Gillespie
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include:

• Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned it could take up to two weeks for fuel-price relief measures to flow through to consumers.
• ABC management and staff have reached a tentative agreement following the national broadcaster’s first major strike in decades.
• An attack on a Michigan synagogue earlier this month has ‌been declared an “act of terrorism” by U.S. investigators.
• And today’s good news: Astronomers have found one of the rarest stars in the known universe, a “stellar fossil” that carries chemical traces of the very first stars ever born.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Yesterday, one of Australia’s biggest manhunts in history came to an end with the news that police had shot dead a man believed to be fugitive Dezi Freeman. 

You might remember that name - last August Freeman killed two police officers at a property in regional Victoria. And he’s been on the run ever since. Until yesterday.

Today, we will go through what we know about the killing of one of Australia’s most-wanted criminals. 

Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include:

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the Government will halve the fuel excise for the next three months, in a bid to bring down petrol prices.
• Victoria Police have shot and killed Dezi Freeman, the man who killed two police officers in the state’s north-east last August.
• The Israeli military has suspended a group of soldiers who allegedly attacked CNN journalists in the occupied West Bank. 
• And today's good news: Australian researchers are teaming up with international scientists to restore coral reefs around the world.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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