From The Daily Os. I'm Zarasidelum, I'm Billy FitzSimons. It's Friday, the sixth of June. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
A Tasmanian jumping castle operator has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing over a twenty twenty one incident that killed six children. Students at Hillcrest Primary School were celebrating the end of the school year when the jumping castle they were on was lifted into the air by a strong wind gust Rosemary Gamble, the owner of Tazor, was accused of failing to properly anchor the inflatable. However, she was found not guilty of a workplace safety charge in a Tasmanian court today.
Magistrate Robert Webster found the tragedy was triggered by an unforseeeable weather event. However, he acknowledged Gamble could have done more or taken further steps, and that she failed to comply with safety standards in some respects.
An Australian man has been released on bail after four years in Iraqi prison. Robert Pether was arrested in April of twenty twenty one over alleged deception related to a bank construction contract. He denies any wrongdoing, but was sentenced to five years behind bars and find sixteen million dollars. Pether, who is an engineer, was living with his family in
Ireland before his arrest. The country's Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Harris, said officials there remain concerned about the father of three's health. It follows un evidence suggesting Pether had been subjected to torture during his imprisonment. Harris welcome news of his release as efforts continue to secure the engineer's returned to his family.
Israel has launched a series of air strikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut. It claims it was targeting an Iranian backed Hesbila weapons production facility in the city south. The attack came on the eve of an Islamic festival. The Prime Minister and President of Lebanon have each conduct and the strikes, describing them as a violation of international agreements.
The Israeli Defense Forces said it struck a hesbler facility that was manufacturing thousands of drones in southern bout Israel and Hesbela agreed to a cease fire in November last year.
In today's good news. Australian scientists have developed a potential pathway to curing HIV using this same mRNA technology behind COVID nineteen vaccines. Led by researchers at the University of Melbourne's Dougherty Institute, the world first breakthrough targets immune cells to reach HIV where it lies in a type of white blood cells. Early lab testing shows this new technology can successfully coax the virus out of hiding in these cells,
a key step towards eliminating it. The studies co author doctor Paula Saval said, it's the first time this strategy has been shown to work in HIV infected cells. It's hoped the research could be a new pathway to an HIV cure, although human trials are still some years away.
That's the latest from the Daily OZ newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, you can check out today's deep dive on the risk factors driving intimate partner violence.
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