Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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A scam exploiting vulnerable families with sick children. I would have done anything to get the medicine for Khalil. The child is directed on camera to plead for help.
I want to be a normal kid. I want to go to school. They were going to upload it to social media.
Millions of dollars pour in, but the families never receive the money. He told us it wasn't successful. As I understood it, the video just didn't make any money.
They used to raise funds for their own benefit.
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The Australian government moves to further tighten gun laws in the wake of the Bondi Beach attacks in which 15 people were killed by two gunmen. Police in Los Angeles are investigating the deaths of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife as apparent homicide.
also in this podcast the air which i'm breathing is really heavy the visibility has dropped sharply so it's like i'm standing inside a cloud of dust and smoke we go to delhi where once again people are trying to cope with hazardous air quality
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Chapter 2: What happened during the Bondi Beach vigil for shooting victims?
Tributes have been paid to the renowned Hollywood director, Rob Reiner, and his wife, Michelle, who have been found dead at their home. He was 78, she was 68. Los Angeles police say they're treating the deaths as apparent homicides. Rob Reiner directed much-loved films, including This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, and The Princess Bride. He also found fame as an actor.
In later life, he became a passionate activist on issues ranging from climate change to gun control. I got more details from our correspondent in Los Angeles, Peter Bowes.
Chapter 3: How is Australia responding to the Bondi Beach attacks?
The police are saying relatively little about their investigation at the moment, apart from stressing that it is in its early stages. They have confirmed that two people were found dead at the Reiner household. They say it'll be up to the Los Angeles coroner to release more information to formally identify them and to release information about the cause of death. death.
But the police did say that they were not seeking anyone as a suspect or person of interest, that no one had been detained and no one questioned. Now, I don't think we should read too much into that. Again, they were stressing that there are protocols to go through.
And at the point that they were giving the news conference, there was certainly little they could say in terms of making information public. So there is a lot more, I think, to learn about this.
Chapter 4: What details are known about the Hollywood director Rob Reiner's death?
But we have heard From the family, a brief statement saying that it is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michelle and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken, they say, by this sudden loss and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time. And that feeling of heartbreak is a sentiment shared by many. The Los Angeles mayor has been paying tribute to Rob Reiner.
Just tell us about his career, because he was well known as an actor, but even better known as a director. Yes, he started as a writer and as an actor on American television, but it will certainly be his directing work that people will remember him for. Some really giant films, When Harry Met Sally, that late 80s classic, that memorable restaurant scene featuring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.
A Few Good Men, that was the early 90s, the courtroom drama, stunning performance by Jack Nicholson. It all started for him in terms of directing, really, with that cult classic mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap. That was in the mid-80s. In fact, they've just made a sequel to that. It didn't do particularly well at the box office, but they are just a few of the titles that he will be making.
remembered for as an incredibly versatile filmmaker, at home initially, on screen himself, but certainly behind the scenes. And then there was a whole new part of his life that people knew and respected him for, and former President Obama has been talking about this, and that was his political work, his social activism.
President Obama posting, "'Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife Michelle.'" He goes on, Rob's achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen, but he says beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action.
Peter Bowes. And as we record this podcast, it's emerged that Rob Reiner's son, Nick, has been arrested. In our earlier podcast, we brought you the news of the victory of the far-right candidate, JosƩ Antonio Cast, in Chile's presidential election.
In his first speech as president-elect, he promised to free Chile from crime, an issue that has dominated the election campaign and helped him to defeat his communist rival. So what do Chileans expect of their new leader? Our South America correspondent, Ione Wells, reports from the Chilean capital, Santiago.
There's jubilation here, a gathering in Santiago where supporters of JosƩ Antonio Kast have been watching the election result, watching their candidate win. People are waving Chilean flags, taking selfies, some wearing red caps saying, make Chile great again.
After three attempts, JosƩ Antonio Kast will be the next president of Chile, the most right-wing president since democracy was restored in 1990.
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