EPISODE · Jul 13, 2026 · 55 MIN
'Honoury Aussie' Sam Neill dies aged 78
from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
He was the New Zealand actor we claimed with pride; Sam Neill, star of film and television, has died at the age of 78 in Sydney. In a career spanning six decades he starred in the blockbuster Jurassic Park franchise, the Oscar winning film The Piano and played opposite Hollywood luminaries like Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. His good friend and fellow actor Heather Mitchell says he loved Australia, and he cherished and loved people.The US and Iran are sliding back into a state of all-out-war less than a month after a ceasefire and Memorandum of Understanding to progress peace talks was agreed. At issue is a disagreement over the passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran insisting they have the power to decide who comes and who goes. Dr Dania Thafer Executive Director of Gulf International Forum says Iran is seeking to become a regional hegemon. More than a decade after ISIS launched its genocidal campaign against the Yazidi people, thousands are still waiting for justice. Later this year a Community-Based Truth Commission will be convened in the German Bundestag in a bid to force countries and organisations to reckon with these atrocities and prosecute perpetrators. Aldo Zammit-Borda, Professor of Law at City St George's, University of London is among the experts running the commission.
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He was the New Zealand actor we claimed with pride; Sam Neill, star of film and television, has died at the age of 78 in Sydney. In a career spanning six decades he starred in the blockbuster Jurassic Park franchise, the Oscar winning film The Piano and played opposite Hollywood luminaries like Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. His good friend and fellow actor Heather Mitchell says he loved Australia, and he cherished and loved people. The US and Iran are sliding back into a state of all-out-war less than a month after a ceasefire and Memorandum of Understanding to progress peace talks was agreed. At issue is a disagreement over the passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran insisting they have the power to decide who comes and who goes. Dr Dania Thafer Executive Director of Gulf International Forum says Iran is seeking to become a regional hegemon. More than a decade after ISIS launched its genocidal campaign against the Yazidi people, thousands are still waiting for justice. Later this year a Community-Based Truth Commission will be convened in the German Bundestag in a bid to force countries and organisations to reckon with these atrocities and prosecute perpetrators. Aldo Zammit-Borda, Professor of Law at City St George's, University of London is among the experts running the commission.
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