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It's Thursday, the thirtieth of October. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
The New South Wales government is seeking urgent action to stop thousands of prison guards across the state from walking off the job. The strikes are in response to the sentencing of an inmate who assaulted four prison officers in the state's Hunter region in February. According to the Public Service Association, two of the officers involved in the incident at Cesnock Prison will quote never work again. Cameron Welsh was handed a three year community corrections order, but no
additional time was added to his sentence. PSA president Nicole Jess called it a quote slap on the wrist and a slap in the face to every prison officer in the state. Officers at Cesnock and Bathist prisons have already commenced strike action, but the union said guards at all of the state's thirty six prisons were expected to follow
in the coming hours. An update from the state's corrections minister confirmed Corrective Services New South Wales has an urgent hearing before the Industrial Relations commissioned today to quote resolve this. Government officials said centers remain secure and are being operated by a reduced number of staff.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Jijin Ping have struck a deal to reduce tariffs after meeting for the first time since twenty nineteen. The leaders agreed to bilateral talks on the sidelines of the APEX summit in South Korea after months of escalating trade tensions. Trump called g a quote very tough negotiator as he shook hands with his Chinese counterpart, promising the pair were going to have what he called a very successful meeting After a nearly
two hour closed door discussion. Both leaders have now left the city of Busan. Trump said the US and China are quote in agreement on many things, confirming there's no rare Earth's roadblock from China anymore. Trump also announced he and she are going to work together on Ukraine. While the pair have spoken over the phone in recent months, it marked their first face to face talk since Trump was re elected last year.
A drug raid in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has left at least one hundred and thirty two people dead, marking the deadliest police operation in the country's history. An estimated two thousand, five hundred police officers raided the Red Command gang, the oldest criminal group in Brazil, on Tuesday at local time. Four police officers were killed during a shootout with the gang. Residents were seen carrying the bodies of more than one hundred people into a town square.
In a post on, x Rio's governor, Claudio Castro said one hundred and eighteen weapons and one ton worth of drugs was seized by police during the raids. The UN Human Rights High Commissioner said Brazil must break the cycle of extreme brutality and ensure that law enforcement operations comply with international standards regarding the use of force.
And today's good news, researchers have discovered an antibiotic that's one hundred times stronger than existing ones and is effective against deadly superbugs. Chemists from Melbourne's Monash University teamed up with scientists based at England's University of Warwick to study quote one of the world's most urgent health challenges, antibiotic resistance.
According to findings published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a promising new antibiotic discovered quote hiding in plain sight was shown to be more than one hundred times more active against bacteria than other popular antibiotics. A statement from the University of Warwick said the molecule had been overlooked for decades and quote importantly, the researchers could
not detect any emergence of resistance to it. The discovery could offer new hope in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
That is the latest from the Daily Os newsroom for today. But if you're looking for something else to listen to, check out today's deep dive on why the federal government has refused a Dutch athlete's visa.
We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but until then, have a good one. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Caalgutin woman from Gadighl Country. The daly oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres s right island and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.