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  • Russia says 1000 Ukranian troops have surrendered in Mariupol

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    14 Apr 2022

    Russia's defence ministry said soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered in the port city, its main strategic target in eastern Ukraine.

    Russia says 1000 Ukranian troops have surrendered in Mariupol
  • Ukraine: Putin's family, inner circle targeted by US sanctions

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    World
    7 Apr 2022

    The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including his daughters and relatives of the Foreign Minister.

    Ukraine War: Putin's daughters targeted by US sanctions
  • Nothing off table with future sanctions against Russia - US official

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    6 Apr 2022
    President Volodymyr Zelensky, of Ukraine, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on April 5, 2022.

    All Russian imports to New Zealand will be slapped with a 35 percent tariff in response to what the Foreign Minister is describing as "abhorrent and reprehensible" atrocities committed against… Video, Audio

  • Zelensky tells UN of horrors of Russian invasion

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    World conflict
    6 Apr 2022
    President Volodymyr Zelensky, of Ukraine, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on April 5, 2022.

    Ukraine's president says Russia must be held accountable for civilian deaths in northern Ukraine.

    Ukraine war: Zelensky tells UN of horrors of Russian invasion
  • Time stands still tonight: daylight saving

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    New Zealand World
    2 Apr 2022
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    Daylight saving time ends tonight, and Fire and Emergency is reminding people to check the smoke alarms in their houses.

    Time stands still tonight: daylight saving
  • 'Putin, not Biden' - How Russia's ruler became a rock star to the far right

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    World war
    2 Apr 2022
    November 11, 2017 US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in Danang, Vietnam.

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    Why are some Americans saying they prefer Putin to Biden? How conservative politicians have done an about-face on Russia from the Cold War era.

    What's behind Putin's popularity in the West? Family values, nationalism and a strongman persona
  • NZ's Australia-friendly response to China-Solomon Islands security deal

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    30 Mar 2022

    Analysis - International analyst Geoffrey Miller looks at how New Zealand's positioning on the new China-Solomon Islands security pact fits into the bigger picture

    New Zealand's Australia-friendly response to China-Solomon Islands security deal
  • Multiple rockets hit Lviv city in western Ukraine

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    World conflict
    27 Mar 2022
    A picture taken on March 26, 2022 shows a religious statue as dark smoke rises from a fire following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

    Four rockets hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, local officials said, in the most significant attack on the city since the start of the war with Russia.

    Multiple rockets hit Lviv city in western Ukraine
  • Russian sanctions over Ukraine grow, Biden to talk to Xi

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    18 Mar 2022
    People rest in a temporary shelter for Ukrainian refugees, located near the Polish-Ukrainian border in a former shopping center in Przemysl, Poland, on March 8, 2022.

    Japan and Australia on Friday slapped fresh sanctions on Russian entities as punishment for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

    Russian sanctions over Ukraine grow, Biden to talk to Xi
  • Ukraine's Zelenskiy defiant as Russian forces regroup near Kyiv

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    World
    12 Mar 2022
    Firefighters are seen at the site after airstrikes hit civil settlements as Russian attacks continue on Ukraine in Dnipro, Ukraine on March 11, 2022.

    President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine is at a "strategic turning point" in the war as Russian forces bombard cities across the country and appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on Kyiv.

    Ukraine's Zelenskiy defiant as Russian forces regroup near Kyiv
  • 'People's Convoy' rolls into Washington DC

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    6 Mar 2022
    An aerial view of a huge USA flag is seen as 'The People's Convoy' are seen in Hagerstown of Maryland, United States on March 5, 2022 as they are planned head to nation's capital on Sunday.

    More than a thousand large trucks, recreational vehicles and cars are gathering on the outskirts of Washington as part of a protest against Covid-19 restrictions.

    Trucks, RVs and cars flock to Washington area to protest Covid-19 restrictions
  • 'We are near to a humanitarian catastrophe': Russian forces claim control of key port city

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    World
    3 Mar 2022
    A view of the square outside the damaged local city hall of Kharkiv on March 1, 2022, destroyed as a result of Russian troop shelling.

    Russia's invasion of Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on civilians as residential neighbourhoods were bombed and key cities surrounded.

    Russian forces claim control of key port city in Ukraine and begin to surround others
  • 'Putin was wrong, we were ready,' Biden's State of the Union address

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    World
    2 Mar 2022
    US President Joe Biden speaks on developments in Ukraine and Russia, and announces sanctions against Russia, from the White House on 22 February, 2022.

    US President Joe Biden has accused Vladimir Putin of having misjudged the West with an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and has touted his plan to fight inflation in his State of the Union address.

    'Putin was wrong, we were ready,' Biden's State of the Union address
  • Chaos and defiance as Russian forces hit Ukraine cities

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    World war
    26 Feb 2022
    A woman clears debris at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022.

    There were reports a major Ukraine city fell to Russians as the world united to condemn Vladimir Putin's invasion, and nearly 200 Ukrainians were reported killed.

    Russian forces capture Ukrainian city, Interfax reports, amid missile strikes
  • World reacts to 'full-scale invasion of Ukraine' by Russia

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    World conflict
    24 Feb 2022
    New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

    Russia says it feels a 'constant threat from the territory of modern Ukraine' as it sent missiles and troops into the country sending shockwaves around the world.

    World reacts to 'full-scale invasion of Ukraine' by Russia
  • Ukrainians in NZ worried for friends, family back home

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    23 Feb 2022
    Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces on the front-line with Russia-backed separatists near Novognativka village, Donetsk region,

    As the West cracks down on Russia with sanctions, the New Zealand government's called its ambassador for a please explain. And Te Pirimia Jacinda Ardern says travel bans and export controls are a… Video, Audio

  • Biden sure Russia will invade Ukraine in days as civilians bussed out

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    World conflict
    19 Feb 2022
    US President Joe Biden speaks about the death of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Syria duringa US special forces raid.

    Russia's Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine within days, says US President Joe Biden, after separatists backed by Moscow told civilians to leave breakaway regions on buses.

    Biden sure Putin will invade Ukraine in days as civilians bussed out
  • Canadian judge orders end to Covid-19 protest blockade at US border bridge

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    12 Feb 2022
    Supporters of the truckers convoy against the Covid-19 vaccine mandate block traffic in the Canada bound lanes of the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario. 8 February 2022.

    A Canadian judge has ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge to end a five-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods.

    Canadian judge orders end to Covid-19 protest blockade at US border bridge
  • Biden labels IS leader's final act one of 'desperate cowardice'

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    4 Feb 2022
    Pentagon surveillance footage of IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi's safehouse in Syria before the US raid that led to his death. Al-Qurayshi caused the explosion killing himself and multiple family members in February 2022.

    Before US forces could reach him, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi detonated a suicide bomb.

    US President Joe Biden labels Islamic State leader's final act one of 'desperate cowardice'
  • Islamic State leader killed in US special forces raid

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    4 Feb 2022
    Syrians gather on February 3, 2022 at the scene following an overnight raid by US special operations forces against suspected jihadists in northwestern Syria.

    The leader of Islamic State has been killed in an overnight US special forces raid in northern Syria.

    The operation targeted an IS safe house in the rebel held Idlib province. President Joe Biden… Audio

  • Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says

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    World
    4 Feb 2022
    The aftermath of the raid by US special operations forces  which killed Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in northwestern Syria.

    A US special forces raid in north-west Syria killed the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, President Joe Biden says.

    Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says
  • Ukraine's president urges West not to create panic

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    World conflict
    29 Jan 2022
    A Ukrainian serviceman from the 25th Air Assault Battalion seen stationed in Avdiivka, Ukraine on 24 January 2022.

    The country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says warnings of an imminent invasion are putting Ukraine's economy at risk.

    Ukraine crisis: Don't create panic, president tells West
  • Pittsburgh bridge collapses ahead of President Biden's visit to tout infrastructure needs

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    29 Jan 2022
    Vehicles including a Port Authority bus are left stranded after a bridge collapsed along Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 28 January, 2022.

    The two-lane bridge failed around midnight New Zealand time, dramatically underscoring the urgency of Biden's drive to rebuild the United States' creaky infrastructure.

    Pittsburgh bridge collapses ahead of President Biden's visit to tout infrastructure needs
  • Ukrainians in NZ call for govt to put political pressure on Russia

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    New Zealand World
    25 Jan 2022
    Tactical training with the engineers of the Guard of the Red-Snow of Russia's Armed Forces in Voronezh region, east of Ukraine border on 21 January, 2022.

    Ukrainians in New Zealand are very concerned about the escalation of tension between their home country and Russia, and want the New Zealand government to do more to help.

    Ukrainians in New Zealand call for government to put political pressure on Russia
  • Ukraine: NATO putting forces on standby

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    World
    25 Jan 2022
    A Ukrainian serviceman from the 25th Air Assault Battalion seen stationed in Avdiivka, Ukraine on 24 January 2022.

    NATO says it is putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine.

    Ukraine: NATO putting forces on standby
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