Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Modi calls for deescalation in call with Netanyahu

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he's spoken to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and called for steps to prevent 'regional escalation'.

This comes as Israel says it has begun a 'localised and targeted' ground invasion against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Neha Poonia has more.

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Ishiba becomes Japan PM

Japan is swearing in a new prime minister on Tuesday. 


Shigeru Ishiba is beginning the role after winning the ruling party’s presidential election last week. 


Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo. 


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Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir votes in the final phase of the regional election

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Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the third and final phase of its first regional election in ten years. 

Some 40 constituencies are voting - many from the Hindu majority regions where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to perform well. 

Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi

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Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the third and final phase of its first regional election in ten years. 

Some 200,000 voters who had migrated from Pakistan in 1947 will be voting for the first time, after receiving voting rights in 2019 when the federal government scrapped Kashmir's special rights and privileges. 

Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.

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Monday, September 30, 2024

Ryan Routh pleads not guilty to attempting to assassinate Donald Trump

The man accused of plotting to kill former president Donald Trump at his Florida golf course has pleaded not guilty to five counts including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate.


Prosecutors allege Ryan Routh stalked Donald Trump before setting up what they called a "sniper's nest" at the edge of his golf course in west Palm Beach, Florida.

US correspondent Kate Fisher reports


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Biden to visit Hurricane Helene areas

US President Joe Biden says he plans to visit areas hit by Hurricane
Helene in the coming days but does not want his visit to delay getting
supplies to the affected areas.

More than 110 people are known to have died and at least 600 people
are still missing across multiple states.

Biden spoke about the effects of the storm from the White House on Monday.

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UN Security Council extends mandate of the security mission to Haiti

The United Nations Security Council has approved the extension of the
Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti by another year.
Last year, the council authorized the Kenyan-led international
security mission to assist the Caribbean country to help restore order
against the ongoing gang violence.
The United States requested the mission be changed to a full blown
Peacekeeping operation but China and Russia opposed the move.
Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York...

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Hurricane Helene death toll tops 100

More than 100 people are now confirmed dead across four US states
following Hurricane Helene.

The powerful storm ripped through Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas last week.

Donald Trump is visiting Georgia later today. While Harris has pledged
to visit in the coming days.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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RADIO: Eastern DRC ATROCITIES

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The spokesperson of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has dismissed a report published by international NGO, Human Rights Watch which accused its fighters and Rwandan soldiers of shelling camps of displaced people in eastern DRC. The report was released last week. Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa.

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BRITAIN'S LARGEST STEELWORKS STOPS SMELTING

Over 100 years of production at Britain's largest steelworks will come to an end on Monday.

Thousands of jobs will be lost from Port Talbot in south Wales as the final blast furnace shuts down, and the site transitions to a different type of steel making.

Stuart Smith reports.

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French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen goes on trial for embezzlement

The French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has gone on trial for embezzlement in Paris.

She and 26 other National Rally party politicians deny misusing European Union funds.

Ross Cullen reports.


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Russia targets Kyiv in drone attacks

Russia launched multiple waves of drones targeting Ukraine's capital on Monday morning. Air raid alerts lasted for over five hours as air defense units worked to intercept attacks. 

Megumi Lim reports from Kyiv  

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The police are stepping up their actions against the party leaders of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan

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In Pakistan, police are continuing to crack down on supporters and leaders of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Over the weekend, more party workers were arrested outside Islamabad when they held a demonstration to demand his release.

Imran Khan has been in jail for over a year now on multiple corruption charges he denies.

Hira Mustafa has more. 

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Atleast 170 die in Nepal floods

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170 people have died and at least 42 people are feared missing after rains triggered floods and landslides in Nepal. 


Vast areas around the capital Kathmandu have been inundated as rescue operations continue. 


South Asia correspondent Ishan Garg tells us more. 


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LEBANON: ONE MILLION DISPLACED

Lebanon says a million people may be displaced as Israel continues air strikes.

The country's health ministry says over 50 people were killed in  on Sunday.

Israel says it has also attacked military targets of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen.

Chris Watts works with the charity Future Academy in refugee camps in Lebanon.

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Japan set for October election

Japan is set to hold a snap election before November.


According to NHK, the incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to hold a general poll on October 27. 


Chris Gilbert has more from Tokyo. 


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Sunday, September 29, 2024

At least 89 killed in Hurricane Helene

At least 89 people [check for updates] have been killed in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall on Thursday in Florida as a Category 4 Hurricane.

The storm has caused devastation across several states in the Southeast of the United States.

Our US Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more

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Friday, September 27, 2024

22 dead from Hurricane Helene

At least 22 people have died in the US' southeast following the
devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.

Some of the deaths were as a result of people becoming trapped in
flooded buildings.

It made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before weakening
to a tropical storm as it pummeled Georgia and the Carolinas.

Heavy rain, life-threatening flash floods and destructive winds
battered the states.

North Carolina's governor Roy Cooper spoke about the size and strength
of the storm.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp warned people about the ongoing dangers.

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A sheriff in Florida Bob Gualtieri said his deputies had been trying
to locate people missing and trapped.

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Trump meets Zelensky in NY, says he has good relationship with Putin

Donald Trump says he has a good relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a meeting in New York with Ukraine's Vlodomyr Zelensky.


The Ukrainian President has now met with both Presidential candidates to present his plan to end the war with Russia.


Jagruti Dave has more from Washington.


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Netanyahu: “Hamas has got to go”

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is at war 'for its life'.
Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday,
where he vowed to continue the war in Gaza until 'total victory'.
Jody Jacobs reports from New York...

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Hurricane Helene smashes into Florida leaving 3 daead

Hurricane Helene has left more than three million people without power
and three people dead as it sweeps its way through Georgia and the
Carolinas.

The power storm made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday
evening as a Category 4 hurricane.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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