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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 20 MIN

US and Iran exchange fire + Inside the hunt for Dezi Freeman

from The Briefing · host LiSTNR

Headlines:  Renewed fighting in the Strait of Hormuz NT announces review into child protection system Julie Bishop resigns as ANU Chancellor ‘ISIS brides’ charged, and are set to apply for bail on Monday More budget announcements: $3.8bn for Melbourne’s rail project ... and talk of a French Open boycott  Deep Dive:  Months after Dezi Freeman escaped into the bush after killing two police officers, nobody was sure if he was even still alive. One journalist, Cassie Zervos, followed the case even as the trail went cold. Then, months into the hunt, Zervos received two text messages from her police contacts: “DF found”, and “DF dead”.  In this episode of The Briefing, Natarsha Belling is joined by Cassie Zervos to talk about the search for Freeman, and the speculation about how he might have survived on the run for so long.  Follow The Briefing:   TikTok: @thebriefingpod  Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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