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  • Ukrainian forces burst through Russian lines in major southern advance

    News
    World conflict
    4 Oct 2022
    Ukrainian soldiers drive an armoured personnel carrier (APC) in Kupiansk, in the recently retaken area near Kharkiv on September 30, 2022.

    The forces are advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River, threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops.

    Ukrainian forces burst through Russian lines in major southern advance
  • Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee

    News
    Pacific
    4 Oct 2022
    The Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly heard statements by representatives of non-self-governing territories and petitioners including French Polynesia.

    Delegates from French Polynesia have flown to New York for the annual meeting of the UN decolonisation committee. Audio

    Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee
  • Ukranian forces retake Lyman city from Russia

    Audio
    world
    3 Oct 2022
    A pedestrian walks past abandoned Russian tanks in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on 1 October, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Days after Putin declared the Ukrainian city of Lyman was Russia's forever, it has been retaken by Ukrainian forces.

    Capturing the city in the Donetsk region is Kyiv's most significant battlefield… Audio

  • Dr Jack Watling – Examining the latest moves in Ukrainee

    Audio 2 Oct 2022
    DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 24: A woman hangs flags as people cast their votes in controversial referendums  in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on September 24, 2022. Voting will run from Friday to Tuesday in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, with people asked to decide if they want these regions to become part of Russia. Stringer / Anadolu Agency (Photo by STRINGER / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

    A lot has happened in the fortnight since we last talked to Jack Watling about the war in Ukraine. Annexation referendums have taken place in Russian-occupied areas and their results have been… Audio

  • 'You've got to question his state of mind' - What's Putin's next move?

    News
    World In Case You Missed It
    1 Oct 2022
    (L-R) The Moscow-appointed heads of Kherson region Vladimir Saldo and Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin and Lugansk separatist leader Leonid Pasechnik join hands after signing treaties formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy, at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 30, 2022. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

    After railing against the dangers of Western imperialism for more than 15 years, Russia's President Vladimir Putin now finds himself in the type of military quagmire he once claimed was a uniquely…

    Vladimir Putin used to call out America for its hubris. Now he appears to have fallen into the same trap
  • Russia annexes Ukrainian regions; Ukraine applies for fast-tracked NATO membership

    News
    World conflict
    1 Oct 2022
    Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square in central Moscow on 30 September, 2022 as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine that Russian troops occupy - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

    The Russian president's proclamation of Russian rule over 15 percent of Ukraine is the biggest annexation in Europe since World War II.

    Russia annexes Ukrainian regions; Ukraine applies for fast-tracked NATO membership
  • Deadly missile attack on Ukraine civilian aid convoy

    News
    World war
    30 Sep 2022
    People walk between cars damaged by a missile strike on a road near Zaporizhzhia on September 30, 2022.

    At least 23 people have died in a Russian attack on a humanitarian convoy in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, local officials say.

    Ukraine war: At least 23 killed as rockets hit humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhzhia
  • 'Dangerous escalation' warning as Russia prepares to annex four areas of Ukraine

    News
    World conflict
    30 Sep 2022
    Residents cast their votes in controversial referendums in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 23 September, 2022.

    Russia is to press ahead with annexation days after conducting unrecognised referendums.

    Ukraine war: UN warns of 'dangerous escalation' over Russia's annexation plans
  • Questions over sudden leak from major Russian pipelines

    Audio
    politics world
    29 Sep 2022
    Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.

    The European Union is rushing to bolster security at energy installations after the apparent act of sabotage on two major Russian pipelines.

    The head of the Commission has joined other world leaders… Audio

  • Russia claims 'almost total support' for Ukraine annexation in derided vote

    News
    World war
    28 Sep 2022
    Residents cast their votes in controversial referendums in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 23 September, 2022.

    Four so-called referendums have ended in Russian-held regions of Ukraine - votes which Moscow may use as grounds to annex more territory.

    Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine 'sham' referendums
  • Discredited referendums in occupied Ukranian regions close

    Audio
    conflict war
    28 Sep 2022
    Residents cast their votes in controversial referendums in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 23 September, 2022.

    Preliminary results from the so-called referendums in four occupied Ukrainian regions are coming in.

    To no one's surprise, the initial count reportedly shows more than 97 percent of the ballots in… Audio

  • New Zealand imposes further sanctions against Putin-linked individuals

    News
    Politics conflict
    27 Sep 2022
    Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta

    New Zealand has added another 19 individuals to its sanctions regime over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    New Zealand imposes further sanctions against Putin-linked individuals
  • We've got a king, now what?

    Audio
    life and society world politics
    27 Sep 2022
    King Charles III meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, during a meeting of Prime Ministers of the Realms, in the 1844 Room in Buckingham Palace in London on September 17, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth's state funeral will take place on September 19, in London's Westminster Abbey, with more than 2,000 guests invited, including heads of state and government from around the world. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)

    Now that the dust has settled after the Queen's death, what's next for Aotearoa and the monarchy? Audio

  • We've got a king, now what?

    News
    The Detail life and society
    27 Sep 2022
    King Charles III meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, during a meeting of Prime Ministers of the Realms, in the 1844 Room in Buckingham Palace in London on September 17, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth's state funeral will take place on September 19, in London's Westminster Abbey, with more than 2,000 guests invited, including heads of state and government from around the world. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)

    Now that the dust has settled after the Queen's death, what's next for Aotearoa and the monarchy?

    Audio

    What's going to change under King Charles III?
  • Ukraine war: Moscow warned not to cross nuclear line after Russian threats

    News
    New Zealand world
    26 Sep 2022
    Residents cast their votes in controversial referendums in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 23 September, 2022.

    Voting in referendums in Ukraine aimed at annexing territory to Russia has entered a fourth day, after the United States warned of "catastrophic consequences" if Moscow used nuclear weapons to protect…

    Ukraine war: Moscow warned not to cross nuclear line after Russian threats
  • Professor Al Gillespie - Putin, politics and war

    Audio
    politics
    25 Sep 2022
    Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a belligerent speech challenging the West to try to defeat his country on the battlefield in Ukraine, during a meeting with leaders of the State Duma.

    Putin's order for partial mobilisation of military reservists along with the Russian-backed referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk heralds a new phase of the war in Ukraine. Alexander Gillespie, Professor… Audio

  • Ukraine war: Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons, EU says

    News
    World war
    24 Sep 2022
    This handout picture released on September 21, 2022 by the Kremlin shows Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during a televised address to the nation in Moscow. - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced "partial" mobilisation in Russia, in an escalation of what Moscow calls its military operation in pro-Western Ukraine.

    The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said.

    Ukraine war: Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons, EU says
  • Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in Ukraine 'referendums'

    News
    World
    24 Sep 2022
    Residents cast their votes in controversial referendums in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 23 September, 2022.

    Ukrainians have reported armed soldiers going door-to-door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self-styled "referendums" on joining Russia.

    Ukraine 'referendums': Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in polls
  • Russian plans for vote on annexing Ukraine dismissed as sham

    News
    World war
    23 Sep 2022
    People hold anti-war banners during a protest in Belgrade on September 21, 2022, after Russia President dramatically escalated his seven-month war in Ukraine by calling up 300,000 military reservists. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC / AFP)

    Denounced as illegitimate and a sham by Ukraine and the West, Russian-backed officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine are holding self-styled referendums on joining Russia.

    What Russia wants from the votes in occupied Ukraine
  • Ardern pours cold water on prospect of expelling Russian ambassador

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    23 Sep 2022
    Jacinda Ardern at the UN in New York on 20 September 2022.

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has downplayed the likelihood of the Russian ambassador being expelled. Audio

    Expelling Russian ambassador 'least meaningful' diplomatic option - Ardern
  • NZ positioning self to expel Russian Ambassador

    Audio
    war world politics
    23 Sep 2022
    A forensic explosives expert examines a crater from a missile explosion at a freight railway station in Kharkiv, 21 September 2022, amid Russia's military invasion on Ukraine.

    New Zealand is positioning itself to expel its Russian Ambassador, as the illegal invasion of Ukraine ratchets up.

    Vladimir Putin has repeated his threats of nuclear war and announced plans to hold… Audio

  • Pacific news in brief for September 22

    News
    Pacific
    22 Sep 2022
    Covid rapid antigen nasal test. Self test at home or at corona test station. 3d illustration

    Samoa ditches mandatory testing Travellers to Samoa no longer face mandatory Covid testing and other health restrictions. The Samoa Observer reports Acting Prime Minister, Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio, said…

    Pacific news in brief for September 22
  • Govt actively considering expulsion of Russian ambassador

    News
    Politics war
    22 Sep 2022
    Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta

    The government could be inching closer to expelling the Russian ambassador, as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia escalates.

    Ukraine war: NZ government actively considering expulsion of Russian ambassador
  • Zelensky addresses UN, demands 'just punishment' for Russian crimes

    News
    World conflict
    22 Sep 2022
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to world leaders via a video link as they attend the during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York City on 21 September, 2022.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated his nation's five non-negotiable conditions for peace in a recorded address to the UN General Assembly which drew a standing ovation.

    Volodymyr Zelensky addresses UN, demands 'just punishment' for Russian crimes
  • Russia arrests protesters, flights sell out after Putin's troop call-up

    News
    World conflict
    22 Sep 2022
    Police officers detain a woman in Moscow on 21 September 2022, following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin.

    Flights out of Russia were selling out fast and police reportedly arrested hundreds of protesters after President Vladimir Putin ordered the call-up of extra troops to fight in Ukraine.

    Russia arrests protesters, flights sell out after Putin's troop call-up
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