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      "body": "Good morning. It's twenty past six in the morning on Thursday the 5th of November."
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      "speaker": "James",
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      "body": "This is Not Perfect News. I'm James."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
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      "body": "And I'm Julie."
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      "body": "Here are today's main stories."
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      "startTime": 24.29,
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      "body": "Ukraine reports a deadly double-tap bombing in the town of Kamyshuvakha. Rescue teams were targeted after the first strike."
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    {
      "speaker": "James",
      "startTime": 33.32,
      "endTime": 41.03,
      "body": "A British healthcare worker has been evacuated to the United Kingdom. They were diagnosed with ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
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      "speaker": "James",
      "startTime": 41.15,
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      "body": "Coming up, artificial intelligence, technology, and today's feature: Google to restrict search access for schools opting out of AI features."
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    {
      "speaker": "James",
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      "body": "This programme is researched and voiced using AI, and every source is on our website."
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      "body": "Here's Julie with the world news."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
      "startTime": 57.33,
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      "body": "Thanks, James. Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to ten years in prison."
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    {
      "speaker": "Julie",
      "startTime": 64.19,
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      "body": "He was convicted of colluding with foreign forces under the national security law after pleading guilty."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
      "startTime": 69.78,
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      "body": "Vice-President JD Vance has blamed the ongoing war in Iran for Republican defeats in the midterm elections."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
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      "body": "Democrats secured control of both houses, and former President Donald Trump called the assessment accurate."
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      "body": "Ukrainian authorities report that at least forty people were killed in a Russian double-tap strike in Kamyshuvakha."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
      "startTime": 87.73,
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      "body": "Police released bodycam footage documenting the attack on the shelter and aid centre."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
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      "body": "Here's James with the UK news."
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      "speaker": "James",
      "startTime": 94.95,
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      "body": "Thanks, Julie. Palestine Action has taken its legal challenge against being proscribed as a terrorist organisation to the Supreme Court. Lawyers for the group argue the ban undermines public confidence in anti-terror laws."
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      "speaker": "James",
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      "body": "A British healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is being evacuated to the UK. They will receive specialist treatment at a hospital."
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      "body": "The UK has agreed to engage in structured talks with Commonwealth leaders regarding historical harms of the slave trade. Prime Minister Andy Burnham remains open to a formal apology, though the government rules out financial reparations."
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      "body": "Here's Julie with the technology and AI news."
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      "startTime": 135.94,
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      "body": "Thanks, James. A widespread cyber attack on European refrigeration systems has impacted meat suppliers and abattoirs in the United Kingdom. The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers says no meat has been lost despite temperature fluctuations."
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      "body": "Meta has acquired the artificial intelligence coding startup Conductor. The company will shut down Conductor Cloud as the team integrates into Meta to work on new developer tools."
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      "body": "Moonshot AI has released the model weights for its Kimi K three point one Pro model on Hugging Face. The model features two point eight trillion total parameters and a one million token context window."
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      "startTime": 170.34,
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      "body": "United States tech stocks have recovered following a selloff over artificial intelligence spending and regulation concerns. The rebound coincides with midterm election results giving Democrats control of both chambers of Congress."
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      "body": "Here's James with today's feature."
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      "body": "Thanks, Julie. Google has announced a major shift for its educational software users. Schools that choose to disable artificial intelligence features will now lose access to Google Search for their students."
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      "body": "The company explains that its search tools and AI are now so deeply integrated that they cannot be separated. According to Google representative Chris Phillips, opting out of the AI tools removes the underlying search functionality for those accounts."
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      "body": "This move raises significant concerns for schools trying to balance modern technology with worries about student privacy and classroom focus. Supporters argue that this AI integration provides a more efficient and modern learning experience for students today."
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      "body": "However, critics are pushing back hard against the policy. Senator Bernie Sanders has publicly accused the company of extortion, suggesting that linking essential search access to AI adoption is a coercive strategy."
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      "body": "Many educators believe schools should retain the autonomy to restrict AI tools without losing access to fundamental research utilities. The company maintains that its technical architecture makes providing a simplified search version difficult to achieve."
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      "body": "The long-term impact of this policy on student learning remains to be seen. For now, schools must decide whether to embrace the full suite of AI tools or find alternative ways for students to conduct their research."
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      "speaker": "James",
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      "body": "It is a digital ultimatum that leaves many classrooms facing a difficult choice between innovation and control."
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      "body": "It certainly makes you wonder how much choice schools actually have in the matter."
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      "body": "I imagine many teachers will be spending their half-term break looking at the fine print."
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      "body": "Or perhaps just looking for a new search engine."
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      "body": "Before we go, a reminder of today's main stories."
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      "body": "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to ten years in prison."
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    {
      "speaker": "Julie",
      "startTime": 294.06,
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      "body": "Vice President JD Vance says the recent Republican midterm losses were caused by the conflict with Iran."
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      "body": "You'll find all our sources, the transcript and chapters at news.notperfect.biz."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
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      "body": "This programme is made with AI, so please check the linked sources for anything important."
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      "speaker": "Julie",
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      "body": "That's all from us this morning. I'm Julie."
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      "speaker": "James",
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      "body": "And I'm James. Thanks for listening, and goodbye."
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