Headlines: ISIS fighters' wives arriving in Aus

5/7/20265 min

Today's headlines include:

A group of Australian women who married ISIS fighters, and their children, are due to land back in the country in the coming hours.
A passenger onboard the cruise ship affected by an outbreak of hantavirus has told Spanish media one of the people onboard has returned to Australia.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced plans to force gas-exporting companies to reserve 20% of their product for Australians.
And today’s good news! An American physical therapist has become the first woman to win the overall title at the Cocodona 250 Ultramarathon in the U.S. state of Arizona – a 400km race.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Avegail Matutina

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First 90 seconds

Speaker 00:00
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Lucy Tassell· Host0:03
[gentle music] From The Daily Aus, I'm Lucy Tassel.
Emma Gillespie· Host0:10
I'm Emma Gillespie.
Lucy Tassell· Host0:11
It's Thursday, the 7th of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Emma Gillespie· Host0:15
A group of Australian women who married ISIS fighters and their children are due to land back in the country in the coming hours. The group has been held in camps in Syria for seven years. The ABC has published footage of at least three women and five children accompanied by a man boarding a connecting flight to Melbourne from Doha. Another plane bound for Sydney is carrying another member of the cohort, labeled by some media outlets as ISIS brides. On Wednesday, the Australian Federal Police said it was preparing to arrest some members of the group on their arrival into Australia. Potential charges include terrorism offenses and crimes against humanity, including allegations of slave trading. Police have not yet revealed how many people will be charged.
Lucy Tassell· Host0:58
A passenger on board the cruise ship affected by an outbreak of hantavirus has told Spanish media one of the people on board has returned to Australia. The anonymous passenger told Spanish newspaper El País the unknown Australian person was one of 23 people who got off the ship at an island stop on its journey from Argentina to Northwest Africa, and returned home from there. Hantavirus is a dangerous infectious disease spread by

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