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BREAKING: There were screams in the crowd as Mr Trump ducked to the ground before being surrounded by bodyguards. Former US president Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Pennsylvania after an apparent assassination attempt.
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2/ Trump could be seen reaching with his right hand toward his neck after the sound of gunshots. There appeared to be blood on his face. A witness at the rally told the BBC he saw the shooter on a roof near the rally and attempted to alert law enforcement.  "He had a rifle, we
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3/ could clearly see him with a rifle." The shooter in the Trump security incident in Pennsylvania was killed by a Secret Service counter sniper team, a source tells Fox News.
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Aratere runs aground near Picton The ferry had run aground about 10.15pm. A passenger said he understood it was a steering issue and the ferry had hit a bank. He said all on board were okay. A tugboat and coast guard were en route, Emergency services are on standby.
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Nuclear Neighbour: Cracks appear in Dutton’s nuclear plans Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s ambitious and uncosted plan to build seven plants by the middle of the century. Cracks in the proposal have already appeared, as state premiers rejected the idea. Dutton said
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3/ That contradicts the CSIRO’s timelines, which have previously found the first nuclear reactors could not be built until 2040 and would cost up to $16 billion each to build in Australia. The CSIRO said construction costs could fall to $8.6 billion but noted the first reactor
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4/ would likely cost double because of the expense of kick-starting the industry from scratch.
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▪︎ Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign in the Philippines At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus.
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3/ that matched descriptions shared by former U.S. military officials familiar with the Philippines operation. Almost all were created in the summer of 2020 and centered on the slogan #Chinaangvirus – Tagalog for China is the virus. Through phony internet accounts meant to
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4/ impersonate Filipinos, the military’s propaganda efforts morphed into an anti-vax campaign. Social media posts decried the quality of face masks, test kits and the first vaccine that would become available in the Philippines.
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Sydney is second most unaffordable place to live According to a new report, Sydney’s housing affordability is now the second-worst in the world. Housing and cost of living crisis has become so bad, that it's been ranked one of the most unaffordable cities in the western world.
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▪︎ National MP stood down over undeclared donations National's David MacLeod, the MP for New Plymouth has been stood down after failing to declare more than $160,000 worth of political donations. Luxon has stood down MacLeod from his roles on two select committees.
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⚠️ Geomagnetic storm: Power grid emergency warning Transpower issues power grid emergency notice due to an unusually strong solar storm. Ejections of material from the Sun are responsible for a particularly strong aurora. Transmission lines in the South Island are being removed
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2/ from service as part of a contingency plan. Transpower does not expect electricity supply to be affected. The solar storm is expected to peak Saturday night (NZT),
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NZ desperately needs more funding for nurses Our health system is in crisis, and not all New Zealanders receive fair and equal care. There is a chronic shortage of at least 4000 nurses that is contributing to a blow out in wait times in GPs and EDs and is compromising the quality
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▪︎ Islamic teens plot to unleash terror in Sydney An alleged gang of teen terrorists planned to unleash hell on Sydney, with text messages revealing who the alleged terror cell had planned to attack next. describing themselves as “soldiers of Allah”, speaking of their
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2/ excitement to “die and kill”, planning to obtain guns and listing Jewish people as targets. Two teenagers arrested in connection with the Wakeley church stabbing had graphic videos of Islamic State beheadings, with one also possessing bomb-making instructions, police allege.
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