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First Up for Thursday 7 July 2022

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 6 July 2022
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  • New Covid sub-variants drive climbing case numbers

    health politics
    Grant Robertson

    5:49 AM.With 10-thousand new cases reported yesterday it's appears that we're at the start of another wave of Covid-19. It's being driven by new sub-variants of Omicron and especially the highly transmissible… Read more Audio

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  • Abortion advocates push back against Roe v Wade ruling

    health law
    WASHINGTON, USA - JUNE 25: Pro-life-abortion and abortion rights demonstrators rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2022, a day after the Supreme Court released a decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, striking down the right to abortion. Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency (Photo by Yasin Ozturk / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

    5:33 AM.In the United States, supporters of reproductive rights are mobilising en masse to fight back against the Supreme Court's ruling that abortion is not a constitutional right. As many as 26 states could… Read more Audio

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  • Europe: Eiffel Tower in need of massive rust repairs

    world
    A picture taken on March 14, 2020 near the Eiffel tower in Paris shows a board informing of the monument's closure as a precaution against the coronavirus.

    5:15 AM.To Europe, where the Eiffel Tower is rusting and the King of Cocaine has arrived in Italy to face charges after decades on the run.. Joining Nathan from Sweden is our correspondent Anita Purcell… Read more Audio

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  • UK: will BoJo stay or will he go?

    world politics
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves from 10 Downing Street  to head to the Houses of Parliament for the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session on 6 July 2022.

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom where Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to continue on as PM despite incredible pressure for him to resign. Joining Nathan from London is our… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 6 July 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 8 July 2022
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