A daily 5 minute news wrap with English learners and people with disability.
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Welcome to SBS News In Easy English. I'm Catriona Stirrat.
Former AFL star Edddie Betts has shared a security video which shows a motorist driving past his home and yelling racist slurs repeatedly.
The Indigenous player posted the video on Instagram which shows the car slowing driving past the house where children can be seen playing basketball next to the property.
The driver shouts the N-word four times.
Betts posted that Aboriginal kids deserve to be able to play safely, free from racism and abuse over the fence.
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At least 45 people are dead after a bus in South Africa plunged off a bridge and caught fire.
Police say an eight year old child is the sole survivor and has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
South Africa's transport ministry says the driver allegedly lost control of the bus which was heading from Botswana to Moria.
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The Federal Government says it's confident China will remove tariffs on more Australian products after it dropped sanctions on Australian wine.
China imposed tariffs on a range of Australian exports in 2020 over Australia's support for a global inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
Labor's Bill Shorten has told Channel Nine negotiations will continue for beef and rock lobster.
"We've knocked off the tariffs and some of the Chinese restrictions on a range of Australian goods. We'll just take it a day as it comes. I'm optimistic the trend is our friend here."
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The Northern Territory Children's Commissioner says some young people in Alice Springs are not aware there's a nightly youth curfew in place.
The 6pm to 6am curfew was imposed this week to try to control crime in the central business district.
But Commissioner Shaleena Musk says she's concerned about the children who don't know about the curfew.
"I worry that children who, for no fault of their own, who are unaware that the law has changed effectively overnight are walking the streets at night and then get accosted by police."
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The Australian Medical Association wants a limit imposed on junk food advertising.
It's calling for restrictions on all junk food marketing across media platforms between 5.30 and 11 each evening.
In a submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care, the AMA says research suggests young people see 168 unhealthy food and drink promotions through social media each week.
The AMA says limiting junk food advertisements and marketing would provide children with the opportunity to make healthy choices well into adulthood.
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Russian investigators say they have found proof that gunmen who killed more than 140 people at a concert last week were financed by what they describe as Ukrainian nationalists.
Svetlana Petrenko from the Russian Investigative Committee says the suspects received signifcant amounts of money to prepare for the crime.
“As a result of working with detained terrorists, studying the technical devices seized from them, and analyzing information about financial transactions, evidence was obtained of their connection with Ukrainian nationalists. The investigation has confirmed information that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine, which were used in preparing the crime.”
The United States has dismissed the claims as Russian propaganda.
A faction of IS claimed responsibility for the massacre.
National Security Adviser John Kirby says the US passed on its own intelligence to Russia about a terror threat in Moscow.
"It's abundantly clear that ISIS was solely responsible for the horrific terrorist attack in Moscow last week. In fact, the United States tried to help prevent this terrorist attack, and the Kremlin knows this. In advance of the March 22nd attack, the United States government provided clear, detailed information to Russian authorities regarding the terrorist threat against large gatherings and concerts in Moscow."
That was SBS News In Easy English. I'm Catriona Stirrat.
