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Top Stories for Monday 11 December 2023
Top stories for Monday 11 December 2023 We'll cross to our reporter at the scene of yesterday's tense eight-hour standoff with police in Christchurch Violence is intensifying in southern Gaza with… Audio
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Humanitarium crisis growing in Gaza
Let's kick the final week of First Up off in the middle-east, with me now is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio
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MFAT looking into reports of Kiwi killed in Gaza
The foreign affairs ministry says it is aware of reports that a New Zealand-Israeli citizen has died in Gaza.
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UN chief says he 'will not give up' appeals for ceasefire in Gaza
Antonio Guterres said he would not give up appealing for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, adding that the war undermined the credibility and authority of the Security Council.
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Thousands gather in Auckland to call for ceasefire in Palestine territories
Several thousand people gathered in Auckland's CBD this afternoon, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the three-month-old Israel-Hamas conflict.
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University of Pennsylvania head quits after public backlash to her antisemitism comments
Elizabeth Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, refused to say whether students who called for the genocide of Jews would be punished at a Congressional hearing.
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Macron accused of betraying French Republic after participation in Jewish ceremony
The French President participated in the lighting of a Hanukkah candle inside his official residence, leading to denouncement by both left and right politicians.
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UN warns half of Gazans are starving, most do not eat every day
Conditions in Gaza have made the delivery of food almost impossible, the UN World Food Programme says.
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COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
Countries clashed at the summit on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase-out fossil fuels, jeopardising attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas.
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Parliament: A change of ends and a new referee
A new Parliament, a new Prime Minister, a new Speaker. There was a lot going on at Parliament in the first week of its 54th incarnation. Audio
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US embassy in Baghdad struck with seven mortars as attacks escalate
The embassy attack marked the first time it had been fired on in more than a year, apparently widening the range of targets.
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US blocks UN Security Council demand for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
The vote came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a rare move earlier to formally warn the 15-member council of a global threat from the two-month long war.
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Footage emerges of stripped Palestinian men detained by Israel
Footage circulating on social media, verified by the BBC, shows dozens of stripped Palestinian men detained by Israel.
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Possible 'first miracle': Israel, UN signal progress in talks to open another Gaza crossing
The Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel could soon be opened to help speed up delivery of humanitarian supplies into Gaza, where the Israel-Hamas war has left people desperately short of basic needs.
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Week in Politics: New government survives first Question Time
Analysis: The government was under attack on multiple fronts during a week of relentless criticism and then faced its first Question Time in Parliament, Peter Wilson writes.
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Labour MP Damien O'Connor labels Israel actions as genocide
Audio 8 Dec 2023A senior Labour MP has gone a step too far for his party in labelling Israel's actions in Gaza, genocide.
Damien O'Connor was one of a number of opposition MPs dismayed at the government's refusal to… Audio
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UN warns of 'total humanitarian collapse' in Gaza
Audio 8 Dec 2023The United Nations chief is warning of a total humanitarian collapse in Gaza, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel reaches the two-month mark.
Israel's military is focusing its assault on… Audio
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First Up - The Podcast, Friday 8 December
Audio 8 Dec 2023On today's First Up pod - we get the latest from the conflict in Gaza; US financial support for Ukraine is on the senate bargaining table; we check out the brilliant line up of artists at Auckland's… Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 8 December 2023
Top stories for Friday 8 December: Thousands of Palestinians are continuing to stream into Rafah, near the border with Egypt, trying to escape the intense fighting in southern Gaza.
A senior Labour… Audio
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UN chief warns of global threat from Gaza conflict
New Zealand's Parliament has passed a motion calling for urgent steps towards establishing a ceasefire in Gaza. Foreign Minister Winston Peters tabled the motion, which also condemned the Hamas terror… Audio
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Damien O'Connor steps outside Labour policy in calling Israel's actions 'genocide'
Labour's leader says O'Connor is "incredibly passionate" about the issue but party policy is that relevant international bodies will determine whether Israel's actions are lawful.
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How many Palestinians have died in the Gaza war and how will the counting continue?
There is increasing concern that Gaza health authorities will be unable to continue keeping an accurate count of the casualty toll.
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Parliament’s first choice of debate topic is Gaza
Parliament pushed back it's business on Thursday to begin with an hour of debate over how far to go in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Audio
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Opposition pleas for immediate ceasefire in Gaza go unheeded
"No person with any ounce of moral courage can see this as anything but horrific." Labour's Damien O'Connor has made an impassioned speech in the house saying Israel's actions in Gaza constitute… Audio
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Gaza ceasefire debate: Opposition pleas for stronger statement largely rejected
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has continued with National's approach in calling for "steps towards" a ceasefire, saying that must be in place before a ceasefire can begin.