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  • Stella Assange says she will seek a pardon for husband Julian

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    25 Jun 2024
    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

    The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plea deal that will set him free after a 14-year British legal odyssey and allow his return home to Australia.

    Stella Assange says she will seek a pardon for husband Julian
  • Is Trump shielded from criminal charges? Critical Supreme Court ruling awaited

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    25 Jun 2024
    FILE - The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington, June 20, 2019. In the coming days, the Supreme Court will confront a perfect storm mostly of its own making, a trio of decisions stemming directly from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    It's a perfect storm of the court's own making: a trio of decisions stemming directly from the 6 January, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

    Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president? A nation awaits word from Supreme Court
  • First Up - The Podcast, Monday 24 July

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    24 Jun 2024

    On today's First Up pod: Mitch McCann has the news on President Biden's campaign out of New York; Russia targets Ukraine's power infrastructure in heavy drone and missile attacks - Anita… Audio

  • Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban

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    22 Jun 2024
    WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 20: An exterior view of the Supreme Court on June 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is about to issue rulings on a variety of high profile cases dealing with abortion rights, gun rights, and former President Donald Trump's immunity claim, putting the court at the center of many hot political topics during an election year.   Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns

    Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban
  • Peter Zeihan: Why China’s days are numbered

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    19 Jun 2024
    Geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan talks in studio with RNZ's Guyon Espiner.

    Geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan tells Guyon what New Zealand needs to do right now if it wants to survive the end of globalisation, why China's days are numbered, and who's going to win the US… Video, Audio

  • Hunter Biden found guilty in gun trial

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    12 Jun 2024
    WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JUNE 11: (L-R) First lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 11, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden on all three federal felony gun charges he faced.

    President Joe Biden's son now faces up to 25 years' jail time over the conviction.

    US President's son, Hunter Biden, convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial
  • Hamas official says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan

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    12 Jun 2024
    Sami Abu-Zuhri, a spokesman for the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas addresses a news conference in Istanbul, on January 17, 2009. At least 1,203 Palestinians, including 410 children, have now been killed and 5,300 wounded in the three-week-old Israeli offensive. Egypt has invited several heads of state, along with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to a summit on the Gaza crisis on Sunday, diplomatic sources said.          AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo by AFP)

    But Qatari and Egyptian mediators have not received formal replies from Hamas or Israel to the UN-backed truce proposal.

    Hamas official says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan
  • How Biden's new order to halt asylum at US border is supposed to work

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    5 Jun 2024
    A member of the Texas Army National Guard watches as migrants are searched by a US Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agent after surrendering themselves for the processing of immigration and asylum claims on the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on 10 May, 2023.

    US President Joe Biden has ordered a halt to asylum processing at the border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold deemed excessive.

    How Biden's new order to halt asylum at US border is supposed to work
  • Trial of US President’s son Hunter Biden begins

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    4 Jun 2024
    Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, arrives to the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. Joe Biden's son Hunter goes on trial June 3, 2024 on gun charges, the first prosecution in US history for the child of a sitting president -- just as the Democratic leader is seeking to accelerate his campaign for reelection.
The 54-year-old denies three felony counts stemming from his purchase of a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver in 2018 when, by his own admission, he was heavily addicted to drugs. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP)

    Prospective jurors in Hunter Biden's firearms case were questioned on gun rights, addiction, politics

    Trial of US President’s son Hunter Biden begins
  • Netanyahu faces growing pressure over Gaza ceasefire

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    2 Jun 2024
    Palestinians flee the area of Tal al-Sultan in Rafah with their belongings following renewed Israeli strikes in the city in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

    Israelis are urging the PM to embrace the deal, but far-right allies are threatening to collapse his government if he does.

    Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal
  • Biden details potential Israel-Hamas hostage deal

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    1 Jun 2024
    President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial and on the Middle East, from the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    It would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the nearly eight-month-old Mideast war, Biden says.

    Biden details potential Israel-Hamas hostage deal
  • Trump guilty verdict fires up donors, website crashes

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    31 May 2024
    Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures to the crowd  after speaking at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

    Major donors are willing to back the first convicted felon running for US president as his website crashes from an influx of potential support. Audio

    Trump guilty verdict fires up some Republican donors, website crashes
  • Watch: 'Rigged' - Trump on 34 guilty verdicts over porn star hush money

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    31 May 2024
    Former President Donald Trump walks out of the courtroom to make comments to members of the media after a jury convicted him of felony crimes for falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election, at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

    Donald Trump says the verdicts are a"disgrace" as he becomes the first former US president convicted of felony crimes. Video

    Watch: Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 charges in hush money trial
  • US signals support for possible ICC sanctions over Israel warrants

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    22 May 2024
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on as he arrives in Abu Dhabi on January 7, 2024, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)

    Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said he was "committed" to working with Congress to respond to the court.

    US signals support for possible ICC sanctions over Israel warrants
  • Trump opts not to take witness stand in hush money trial

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    22 May 2024
    Former President Donald Trump prepares to talk to reporters outside the courtroom at the end of the day of his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York.

    Jurors in the criminal trial of the former US president will begin deliberations next week.

    Trump opts not to take witness stand in hush money case as testimony ends
  • Benjamin Netanyahu condemns war crimes prosecutor for seeking his arrest

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    21 May 2024
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

    The chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas.

    Benjamin Netanyahu condemns war crimes prosecutor for seeking his arrest
  • Donald Trump gets endorsement from gun lobby NRA

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    19 May 2024
    Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks in the library at Mar-a-Lago on March 4, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Trump can appear on this year's presidential ballot in all states.

    "We've got to get gun owners to vote," Trump said. "I think you're a rebellious bunch. But let's be rebellious and vote this time."

    Donald Trump gets endorsement from gun lobby NRA
  • Ukraine's divisive mobilisation law comes into force

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    19 May 2024
    Newly recruited soldiers of the 3rd assault brigade train in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 17, 2024. A divisive mobilisation law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive.

    The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country.

    Ukraine's divisive mobilisation law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops
  • Donald Trump's lawyers seek to undermine Cohen's credibility

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    17 May 2024
    Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen on March 15, 2023 in New York and former US President Donald Trump in New York City, on May 10, 2024. (file photo)

    Hush money trial: Trump's lawyers cited former fixer Michael Cohen's insults and accused him of lying.

    Donald Trump's lawyers seek to undermine Cohen's credibility
  • Slovak PM shot in public by 71-year-old poet

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    16 May 2024
    (FILES) Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with the German Chancellor at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 24, 2024. Slovakia's PM has been shot on May 15, 2024, after a government meeting and taken to hospital: according to local media reports. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)

    Slovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man but the motive was not immediately clear.

    Slovak PM Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot, government says
  • Gaza war: Palestinians flee as Israeli forces go back into Jabalia

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    14 May 2024
    A displaced Palestinian woman with her children at a schoolroom in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, northern Gaza, 5 May 2024.

    Residents who fled said they had seen tanks advancing towards Jabalia's refugee camp, which has come under heavy bombardment since Saturday.

    Gaza war: Palestinians flee as Israeli forces go back into Jabalia
  • 'Women are going to hate me' - Cohen on Trump's reaction to Stormy Daniels' story

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    14 May 2024
    Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen on March 15, 2023 in New York and former US President Donald Trump in New York City, on May 10, 2024. (file photo)

    The former fixer told jurors Donald Trump was furious porn star Daniels was shopping around a story about an alleged sexual encounter.

    Cohen testifies Trump viewed Stormy Daniels story as 'disaster' for campaign
  • Israel orders more evacuations from Rafah as battle rages on

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    12 May 2024
    A man, woman, and children ride in the back of a tricycle loaded with belongings and other items as they flee bound for Khan Yunis, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 11 May, 2024.

    It comes as a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah.

    Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate from more areas of Gaza's Rafah
  • Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat

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    10 May 2024
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with the German Chancellor after their meeting in Jerusalem on March 17, 2024. Netanyahu said on March 17 that any Gaza peace deal that weakens Israel and leaves it unable to defend itself against hostile neighbours would be unacceptable. (Photo by Leo Correa / POOL / AFP)

    The Israeli leader says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with fingernails" if shipments are halted.

    Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat
  • UN says 80,000 have fled Gaza city as Israeli strikes on Rafah intensify

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    10 May 2024
    Smoke billows from Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 9 May, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

    More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah, as Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas amid constant bombardment.

    UN says 80,000 have fled Gaza city as Israeli strikes on Rafah intensify
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