From The Daily Os. I'm zara, i'm Lucy. It's Thursday, the fifth of December. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Chris Dawson will appeal his guilty conviction for carnal knowledge, which is sexual abuse of a student while he was a teacher in Sydney in the nineteen eighties. Dawson, who's currently serving a maximum of twenty four years for the murder of his wife, Lynette Sims in nineteen eighty two, was sentenced to an additional three years in prison in
twenty twenty three over the abuse of a student. Dawson has not denied the sexual abuse, park claims it did not happen over the time span that the student alleges. Dawson's appeal of his murder sentence failed in June of this year. He will remain in prison until he is in his nineties.
Human rights group Amnesty International has accused the Israeli government of perpetrating genocide on Palestinians in Gaza. In a new report bought, the organization alleges that since Hummas's attack on Israel on the seventh of October last year, Israeli authorities have intentionally quote inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Palestinian people, as defined
by the United Nations Genocide Convention. This includes widespread and ongoing displacements and the alleged destruction of quote homes and life sustaining infrastructure, and direct attacks on civilians. In a statement to media, Israel's Foreign ministry denied the reports and said that it was entirely false and based on lies.
Francis Prime Minister Michelle Barnier has resigned after three months in the job after a majority of MPs in the country's parliament passed a vote of no confidence in his leadership and his government. It comes after Barnier used a special power to push a budget bill through parliament. Parties across the political spectrum opposed Barnier's move with a no confidence vote proposed by left wing coalition New Popular Front
HUNT and supported by far right party National Rally. France last went to a parliamentary election in July, where no party won a majority. The country cannot go to another parliamentary election until next year.
And today's good news, nearly seven hundred and fifty new species have been discovered in Central Africa. Over the last decades. That's according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund. Species of flowers, coffee plants, fish, snakes, and crocodiles have all been discovered in the Congo Basin, which is a biodiversity hotspot. The organization has called for greater protections for the region and for authorities to work with indigenous communities in the forests.
That's the latest from the Dailyovs newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, make sure you catch up on today's Deep Dive, where political journalist Harry Sekulich interviewed the Housing Minister Claire O'Neil.
We'll be back again tomorrow morning, but until then, have a great evening.
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