From The Daily Os. I'm billy, I'm emma. It's Tuesday, the eleventh of February. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
US President Donald Trump says he's considering a tariff exemption request from Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi. The two leaders spoke over the phone this morning after Trump announced plans to impose twenty five percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminium from all countries. Albanizi said he quote presented Australia's case for an exemption in that phone call, and said the US President agreed to review the request in the interest
of both our countries. Trump signed a series of executive orders following the call, where he said there would be no countries exempt from the tariffs. However, the President was asked about Australia directly after that and said he will quote give great consideration to Albanese's request. Trump also referred to the PM as a very fine man.
Harmas has said it will delay the scheduled release of hostages until further notice, accusing Israel or violating the ceasefire agreement. Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz called the delay to the release of hostages an outright violation of the ceasefire. The Israeli government also rejected claims about the blocking of aid. Under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, HAMAS is required to release small groups of Israeli hostages each week
in exchange for Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners. US President Donald Trump said if the decision were up to him, he would quote let all hell break out if hostages weren't released by Saturday.
At least fifty five people have died after a bus plunged off a highway bridge in Guatemala's capital. According to the Associated Press, the bus was traveling on the bridge out of the city when it collided with several other vehicles before falling about twenty meters. The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arevallo, has declared three days of national mourning. In a post on x he said, quote, I stand in solidarity with the families of the victims who today woke
up to heartbreaking news. Their pain is my pain, he wrote.
In Today's good News, a UK research trial into treating peanut allergies has had a one hundred percent success rate. A group of seventy three children aged four to fourteen were included in the trials. Over an eighteen month period, participants were gradually exposed to increasing traces of peanut butter. Initially, all seventy three kids could only tolerate around half a peanut. By the end of the study, their tolerance increased to
three tablespoons of peanut butter without an allergic reaction. Researchers from the UK's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said children with high threshold peanut allergies have previously been excluded from food allergy treatment trials. However, it said these findings show there's quote a very safe and accessible form of therapy that could be liberating for many of these children and their families.
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We'll be back tomorrow with another deep dive. Until then, have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bungelung Caalcuttin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily Oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait island and nations. We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both past and present.