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Dozens of potential jurors at Trump hush money trial dismissed for bias
16 Apr 2024Lawyers begin jury selection as the first ever criminal trial of a former US president begins.
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Prince Harry to fight on in legal battle over security
16 Apr 2024The Duke of Sussex brought the legal challenge after his security was downgraded when he stopped being a working royal.
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Teen arrested as bishop wounded in Sydney church stabbing
16 Apr 2024Witnesses say a crowd threw rocks at police attending the city's second mass stabbing in days.
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Armorer sentenced to 18 months in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
16 Apr 2024The chief weapons handler for the Western movie Rust has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after a fatal shooting on set.
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FBI opens criminal probe into deadly Baltimore bridge collapse
16 Apr 2024FBI agents have boarded the cargo ship which caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse when it collided with it.
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Joel Cauchi a 'tormented soul', father says after Bondi Junction stabbing
15 Apr 2024The father of the Bondi Junction killer has tearfully apologised for the actions of his "tormented" son, saying he too would have shot him dead if he was the responding police officer.
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Lifeguard describes rush to help victims of Sydney mall stabbing
15 Apr 2024Bondi Rescue's Andrew Reid told RNZ he was buying a bunk bed when a sales assistant said they had to evacuate as people were being stabbed outside. Audio
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Russia's war on Ukraine enters a new phase
Drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are now frequent and massive, overwhelming its current air defences.
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New Caledonia: Pro-independence activist issues dire warning to France
15 Apr 2024A pro-independence activist in New Caledonia is warning France to immediately halt planned constitution amendments or face "war".
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Chinese woman named as Bondi mall sixth victim, baby's condition improves
15 Apr 2024Meanwhile, NSW Premier Chris Minns is suggesting a similar memorial to the one honouring victims of a cafe siege in Sydney 10 years ago.
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Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, defamation case fails
15 Apr 2024Australia's Federal Court has found, on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.
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What new research about the pandemic shows
15 Apr 2024And how New Zealand's experience with Covid-19 was very different to most of the world.
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Thai visa agents charged after providing fake documents for visitor visa applicants
15 Apr 2024Immigration New Zealand found more than 100 cases where visitors planned to come to Aotearoa and potentially work illegally in the horticulture and viticulture sectors.
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Why has Iran attacked Israel?
15 Apr 2024Iran's first direct attack on Israel follows a years-long shadow war.
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What we know about the Bondi Junction stabbing attack
15 Apr 2024A police investigation into the stabbing deaths could take "weeks and months", according to NSW Police.
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Iran warns Israel against reprisals, world powers urge restraint
15 Apr 2024A senior cabinet minister says Israel will "exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us".
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Who was the Bondi Junction attacker
14 Apr 2024Joel Cauchi was diagnosed with a mental illness at 17 and had been living in his car before stabbing six people dead.
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NZ warned military op could see civilians killed
15 Apr 2024Judith Collins was told there was no way to rule out "collateral damage" if New Zealand joined a coalition conducting strikes against Houthi rebels. Audio
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Iran launches retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, missiles
14 Apr 2024Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict.
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Bondi attacker could have been targeting women, police say
14 Apr 2024Joel Cauchi's attitudes towards women are "an obvious line of inquiry", police commissioner says, as more details emerge about victims.
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'We need to try and stop him': Man fought Bondi stabber with bollard
14 Apr 2024Damien Geurot heard people screaming. Then he saw a murderer coming up an escalator, and knew he had to act.
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As it happened: Iran launches drone, missile attack on Israel
14 Apr 2024The NZ government have joined leaders worldwide in condemning the escalation of violence in the Middle East.
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Hundreds rescued in fatal cable car accident
14 Apr 2024Thirteen people - including officials from the private company running the cable car - have been detained over the crash.
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Trump lashes out at 'crooked judge' as unprecedented trial of a former President to begin
14 Apr 2024Trump is expected to be in Manhattan on Tuesday NZ time for the beginning of his first criminal trial, a case involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.