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First Up for Thursday 10 November 2022

  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 9 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 11 November 2022
  • US Mid-terms: not quite the red wave expected

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    US President Donald Trump is greeted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Southwest Florida International Airport October 16, 2020, in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

    5:54 AM.The dust is still settling in the US mid-term elections - joining Nathan Rarere with the fallout is our correspondent in Washington, Simon Marks. Audio

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  • Govt happy with reappointment of Adrian Orr as RBNZ governor

    sport politics
    Governor of the Reserve Bank Adrian Orr.

    5:45 AM.Is it fair that at a time of three-decade high inflation, the country's banks are making huge profits? The business community think Yes Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says "No". But what is the… Read more Audio

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  • LDR Whanganui: hidden story of former mayor

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    5:26 AM.Time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting programme now and this morning we're in Whanganui with Moana Ellis. She's been looking at a fascinating and very sad story that's more than a… Read more Audio

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  • Europe: workers in Greece strike over cost of living

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    Syrian Refugees arrive on Lesbos island, Greece

    5:18 AM.Staying in Europe, we head to Sweden from where Nathan Rarere was joined by Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio

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  • Ukraine: Russia appears to be pulling out of Kherson

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    A Ukrainian woman and her children are welcomed by a relative after they were able to leave from Russian occupied territory of Kherson, in Zaporizhzhia, on 21 October, 2022, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine.

    5:12 AM.Russia appears to be pulling out of the city of Kherson.. Joining Nathan Rarere is BBC correspondent James Waterhouse in Kyiv. Audio

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  • UK: another cabinet minister resigns from Sunak govt

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    Rishi Sunak, Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer and a contender to become the country's next Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party, answers questions as he takes part in the final Conservative Party Hustings event at Wembley Arena, in London, on August 31, 2022.

    5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom. With Nathan Rarere from London is our man Henry Riley. Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Wednesday, 9 November 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 11 November 2022
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