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Israeli families angry after Trump disclosure on more hostage deaths
8 May 2025Families of 7 October hostages held in Gaza are demanding any new information from the Israeli government.
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India and Pakistan exchange threats as death toll rises after missile attacks
8 May 2025India told more than a dozen foreign envoys in New Delhi that "if Pakistan responds, India will respond". Audio
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Israeli strikes on school housing displaced and on market kill 48 in Gaza, medics say
8 May 2025Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he will expand the offensive while Hamas says it will not accept an interim truce for aid.
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India and Pakistan clash in worst fighting in decades
7 May 2025Multiple civilian deaths have been reported by Indian and Pakistani authorities.
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Russia launches intense drone, missile attack on Ukraine
7 May 2025The strikes come after Ukraine targeted the Moscow region with drones.
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White smoke rises from Vatican as cardinals agree on Pope Francis’ successor
9 May 2025White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the conclave. His identity, and the name he...
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'Lovely lunch': Guest was raving about fatal beef Wellington, trial hears
7 May 2025She was unaware the meal would ultimately cause her death.
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South Asian communities fear for relatives in Kashmir conflict
7 May 2025New Zealand communities have expressed concern for the safety of relatives caught up in hostilities between India and Pakistan.
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Multiple civilians killed, planes shot down in Pakistan-India clash
7 May 2025The worst fighting in more than two decades has erupted between the two nuclear-armed enemies.
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India and Pakistan: a history of armed conflict
7 May 2025The two sides have fought multiple conflicts - ranging from skirmishes to all-out war - since their bloody partition in 1947.
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Could this be the next Pope?
7 May 2025"He's really like Pope Francis in terms of his love for the poor, his approachability," one of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle's students says.
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Why an India-Pakistan hotline is vital to bring them back from the brink
7 May 2025Analysis - India and Pakistan are getting perilously close to a dangerous military confrontation.
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What the India-Pakistan Kashmir conflict is about: a timeline
India, Pakistan and China all claim partial or complete ownership of the region, but how did that become the case?
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From 'saucy' popes to 'simple' ones, this tailor styles the pontiff
7 May 2025In a corner of central Rome, a family tailor shop has been hand-stitching the robes worn by the last eight popes over the past 200 years.
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Death toll rises from India missile strike, Pakistan says it's shot down Indian planes
7 May 2025The worst fighting in more than two decades has erupted between the two nuclear-armed enemies.
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What cardinals are being told as election of next Pope begins
7 May 2025When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they will be sealed off from the world.
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Trump’s Hollywood tariff threat is already unravelling
Analysis: As we've come to expect with Trump 2.0, it's not clear whether the president is serious, Allison Morrow writes.
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'Won't be for sale - ever': Trump and Carney meet
7 May 2025But the US president warned his Canadian counterpart: "Never say never". Audio
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Donald Trump says US to stop strikes on Houthis in Yemen
7 May 2025"They don't want to fight anymore," the US President says, promising to honour that.
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German chancellor Friedrich Merz survives historic election debacle
7 May 2025Merz's failure to win backing for his chancellorship at the first attempt is a first for post-war Germany.
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Israel hits Yemen's main airport in airstrike against Houthis
7 May 2025Israel struck Hodeidah port on Monday, after a Houthi missile landed near Israel's main air hub on Sunday.
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Ukrainian drones attack Moscow ahead of major military parade
6 May 2025Russia is preparing to host a major annual military parade expected to be attended by world leaders, including China's Xi Jinping.
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Taking Tinā to the world, as threats of film tariffs loom
6 May 2025The producers of NZ movie Tinā are not letting Trump's threat of massive film tariffs stop them from spreading their story. Audio
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Patterson 'reluctant' to let guests near pantry, mushroom trial hears
6 May 2025The sole surviving lunch guest has given evidence in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial.
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