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0:00 Ukrainian drone attack on the Kremlin 0:04 U.S fed quarter point raised signals a 0:06 possible pause 0:08 Taiwan seeking U.S cooperation to make 0:11 Next Generation Fighters 0:13 three imprisoned Iranian female 0:15 journalists win Top un prize 0:18 the ISS will end its life in 2031 in the 0:21 Pacific Ocean 0:23 Ukrainian farmer has novel way to demean 0:26 his fields 0:28 Australia to ban recreational vaping 0:32 5 in 100 young men in England have high 0:34 blood pressure 0:36 [Music] 0:41 hello I'm Johnny thank you for joining 0:43 us on funding news is Thursday May 4th 0:45 and here are your top stories the 0:46 Kremlin claim on Wednesday that Ukraine 0:48 had launched a drone strike at President 0:50 Vladimir Putin's residence overnight the 0:53 two drones were disabled by State 0:54 security services and Mr Putin was 0:57 uninjured the New York Times reported it 0:59 was not immediately possible to verify 1:01 the Russian claim any Ukrainian official 1:04 said Keith had no information about the 1:06 so-called Knight attacks on the Kremlin 1:08 the Kremlin said it regards these 1:10 actions as planned terrorist attack in 1:12 an attempt on the president 1:14 in a statement the Kremlin said the 1:17 military and special services had 1:18 disabled the drones causing some debris 1:21 to scatter on the Kremlin grounds 1:23 it said Mr Putin was not in the Kremlin 1:25 at the time of the incident according to 1:28 his spokesman Dimitri s peskov there 1:30 were no casualties 1:32 the New York Times said if confirmed it 1:34 would be the boldest attempted strike on 1:36 Russian soil since Moscow launched its 1:38 full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 1:40 February last year 1:42 the U.S federal reserve raised interest 1:44 raised by a quarter percentage point and 1:46 hinted it may be the final move in the 1:49 most aggressive tightening campaign 1:51 since the 1980s the U.S federal open 1:53 market committees set in a statement 1:55 Wednesday the committee will closely 1:57 monitor incoming information and assess 2:00 the implications for monetary policy 2:02 however the statement made it a line 2:04 from its previous statement in March and 2:07 it hinted that the policy would have a 2:09 change 2:10 the omitted line was a March statement 2:12 saying the U.S fed anticipates that some 2:15 additional policy firming may be 2:16 appropriate instead the fomc will take 2:19 into account various factors in 2:21 determining the extent to which 2:23 additional policy firming may be 2:24 appropriate when asked whether the 2:26 statement is a signal that officials are 2:28 prepared to pause rate increases in June 2:30 chair Jerome Powell said that's a 2:32 meaningful change that we're no longer 2:34 saying that we anticipate further 2:35 increases 2:37 chairman of the Taiwanese defense 2:39 contractor Aerospace Industrial 2:41 Development Corp hukai Han set on 2:43 Wednesday that the company wanted to 2:45 raise its technical prowess to help with 2:47 the development of taiwan's Next 2:49 Generation fighter jets he said when it 2:52 comes to the development of the Next 2:54 Generation fighter we hope the U.S 2:56 supports Taiwan to develop it itself 2:58 including the engine avionics Control 3:01 Systems environmental controls and so on 3:04 which are all in opportunity for Taiwan 3:07 U.S cooperation 3:09 taiwan's Air Force scrambles daily to 3:12 see off incursions by Chinese Jets into 3:14 the airspace around the island 3:16 Taiwan has no direct answer to China's 3:18 new j-20 stealth fighter in 2017 Taiwan 3:22 announced the Next Generation fighter 3:24 program to include stealth capabilities 3:26 but has given few details since 3:29 for now the Mainstay of taiwan's Air 3:31 Force is Lockheed Martin corpse f-16s 3:34 and French built mirages 3:35 Taiwan also uses aidc's fck 1 shinkuo 3:40 indigenous defense Fighters 3:42 the United Nations announced Tuesday 3:44 night that its Premier prize for press 3:46 Freedom has been awarded to three 3:48 imprisoned Iranian female journalists 3:50 the winners Anil for hamadi who broke 3:53 the newsletter 22 year old Masha a mini 3:55 died last September while being held by 3:57 the morality police for wearing her head 4:00 scarf too Loosely and 4:03 who wrote about her funeral the third 4:05 winner is Nargis mamadi who has worked 4:08 for many years as a journalist and is 4:11 one of the Iran's most prominent 4:13 activists 4:14 that's appalling and it's a it's a gut 4:19 punch the UNESCO director General Audrey 4:22 azule announced the winners at a 4:23 ceremony in New York saying now more 4:26 than ever it is important to pay tribute 4:28 to all women journalists who are 4:29 prevented from doing their jobs and who 4:31 face threats and attacks on their 4:33 personal safety chair of the 4:35 international jury of media 4:36 professionals that chose the winners 4:37 zainab salbi said the brave work of the 4:40 three winners led to a historical 4:42 women-led Revolution 4:47 [Music] 4:51 close trip 4:54 take your blessings with your heartaches 4:58 too 5:00 it's all easy 5:03 [Music] 5:08 [Applause] 5:14 the International Space Station ISS has 5:17 been orbiting the Earth since 5:18 construction on it began in 1998 it has 5:21 hosted more than 250 visitors from 20 5:24 countries since its first crew arrived 5:26 in November 2000 but much of its 5:28 Hardware is decades old which could 5:30 eventually see the station become 5:32 dangerous or even uncontrollable in 5:35 orbit to prevent a catastrophe in space 5:37 from happening the space station will be 5:39 deorbited in 2031 bringing it through 5:42 the atmosphere to safely splash down in 5:45 the Pacific Ocean last month NASA asked 5:48 Congress for funding to start the 5:49 development of a space tug to perform 5:51 the task a spacecraft that can push the 5:54 station back into the atmosphere it was 5:56 estimated the tug vehicle would cost 5:58 just shy of 1 billion dollars 6:00 the lifetime of the ISS has been 6:02 extended several times but it's widely 6:05 agreed that extending it Beyond 2030 6:07 would be risky events will begin in 2026 6:10 when the orbit of the ISS will be 6:12 allowed to naturally decay under 6:14 atmospheric drag dropping from 400 6:16 kilometers to about 320 kilometers in 6:18 mid-2030 a Ukrainian farmer has come up 6:21 with a novel way to remove mice left in 6:23 this Fields after Russia's Invasion 6:25 Alexander kruzov designed a remote 6:28 controlled tractor that could withstand 6:30 blasts using armor from damaged Russian 6:33 military vehicles to protect the body of 6:35 his tractor he bought a system that 6:36 would enable one of his team to operate 6:39 the tractor remotely from a Digger's 6:41 bucket suspended in the air nearby he 6:44 said he couldn't wait for help from 6:45 overworked official deminers to clear 6:48 his field 6:51 foreign 6:54 ERS we started doing this just because 6:56 the crop sowing time has come and we 6:58 can't do anything because the Rescue 7:00 Services are very busy he said we ran 7:03 over an anti-tank mine the protection 7:05 got blown out but the tractor is safe 7:08 everyone's alive and safe 7:10 the equipment was restored and repaired 7:12 Ukrainian prime minister Dennis schmeil 7:15 said last week about 30 of Ukrainian 7:17 territory had been mined by Russians the 7:20 demining unit said it would take years 7:22 to demean this particular field 7:24 recreational vaping will be banned in 7:26 Australia as part of a major Crackdown 7:28 amid what experts say it is an epidemic 7:30 meanman quality standards will also be 7:33 introduced with the cell of Vapes 7:35 restricted to pharmacies the Australian 7:37 government says they are a public health 7:39 threat disproportionately affecting 7:41 young people many of whom haven't spoke 7:43 before research suggests that one in six 7:46 Australians aged 14 to 17 years old has 7:49 Vaped and one in four people aged 18 to 7:51 24. nicotine Vapes already require a 7:55 prescription in Australia but the 7:56 industry is poorly regulated and a black 7:58 market is thriving Health experts advise 8:01 that Vapes are not risk-free they can 8:03 often contain chemicals and the 8:05 long-term implications of using them are 8:07 not yet clear 8:08 the Australian Health Minister said the 8:10 federal government would work with State 8:12 and territory governments on potential 8:13 penalties for possession of e-cigarettes 8:15 unless they had been prescribed a 8:18 timeline for implementation will be 8:19 announced at a later date the UK's 8:22 office for National statistics said 8:23 about 170 000 aged 16 to 24 in England 8:27 unknowingly have risky high blood 8:29 pressure that is about 5 in 100 young 8:31 men and one in 100 young women the ons 8:35 carried out a new analysis to identify 8:37 the group's most at risk of having 8:39 undiagnosed high blood pressure the 8:41 agency said the sooner hypertension one 8:44 of the most common causes of premature 8:46 death is unidentified the more 8:48 effectively it can be managed and 8:50 treated among old ages high blood 8:52 pressure or hypertension is responsible 8:55 for about half the heart attacks and 8:56 strokes in the UK although it may not 8:59 cause symptoms or problems to begin with 9:01 it puts extra strain on the heart and 9:03 blood vessels 9:04 being overweight eating an unhealthy 9:07 diet not being active drinking too much 9:09 alcohol and smoking can all raise blood 9:11 pressure 9:12 according to the ons young men were 9:15 particularly likely to be undiagnosed 66 9:17 percent of males and 26 percent of 9:19 females aged 16 to 24 years 9:22 now let's take a look at the vocabulary 9:24 of the news of banning recreational 9:26 vaping number one Crackdown 9:30 facing the current corruption situation 9:33 Nations have increased the Crackdown 9:34 number two Thrive 9:38 new businesses thrive in this area 9:40 number three implication 9:46 the development of the site will have 9:48 implications for the surrounding 9:50 Countryside 9:51 and that's all for today's fun day news 9:53 be sure to tune in to funded news from 9:55 Monday to Friday and click the link 9:57 below to join Funday for free I'm Johnny 9:59 Wu your host I'll see you next time 10:06 [Music]