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• India scrambles to stop screenings of banned BBC documentary on Modi

  26-01-2023 05:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The government has said the documentary is a biased “propaganda piece” and has blocked the sharing of any clips from it on social media.
  
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• At least three dead amid Auckland flood emergency

  28-01-2023 09:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Auckland has declared a state of emergency as flooding consumes the New Zealand city, with the death toll rising as rains continue.
  
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• Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalised in Amazon amid health crisis

  28-01-2023 06:27 via smh.com.au
  
  An estimated 30,000 Yanomami people live in the country’s largest indigenous reservation now under a health emergency declaration.
  
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• Fridge and stove-free: This New Yorker has unplugged his power-hungry appliances

  28-01-2023 05:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Josh Spodek first decided to go packaging-free then one small step led to another. He hasn’t had enough rubbish to put out since 2019.
  
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• US sanctions Chinese firm for helping Wagner combat ops in Ukraine

  28-01-2023 02:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Spacety is allegedly providing satellite imagery to enable the Russian mercenary group fighting for Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Memphis authorities release footage of officers beating Tyre Nichols to death

  28-01-2023 01:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The Nichols’ family legal team has likened the assault to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
  
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• ‘Wettest on record’: Torrential rains, flash floods claim lives in Auckland

  28-01-2023 00:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The widespread flooding led to evacuations, airport and road closures, and the cancellation of an Elton John concert.
  
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• Alan Cumming returns OBE in protest at British Empire’s ‘toxicity’

  27-01-2023 23:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The X-Men and Bond star said the Queen’s death had made him reflect on the honour he had received and the institution that bestowed it upon him.
  
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• Several killed in synagogue attack as West Bank violence spirals

  27-01-2023 22:56 via smh.com.au
  
  A gunman killed at least seven people and wounded 10 others in a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem in an attack that heightened fears of a spiral in violence.
  
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• Video shows struggle for hammer during Pelosi attack

  27-01-2023 22:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Video released shows the husband of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting with his assailant for control of a hammer during attack.
  
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• Jerusalem attack leaves at least seven dead

  27-01-2023 22:09 via smh.com.au
  
  At least seven people have been killed in a shooting attack at a Jerusalem synagogue.
  
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• ‘Drop the hammer!’ Dramatic footage of Paul Pelosi attack released

  27-01-2023 22:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Three months after the incident, a US court has released a trove of audio and video recordings showing the moments before, during and after the attack.
  
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• Memphis is bracing for Tyre Nichols body cam

  27-01-2023 22:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Memphis is bracing for body cam footage showing the moment five police officers allegedly murdered 24-year-old black man Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop.
  
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• Flooded Auckland braces for more rain after emergency declared

  27-01-2023 21:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Flooded Auckland in New Zealand is bracing for more rain after the city recorded its wettest 24 hours on record and a state of emergency was declared.
  
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• Seven killed in synagogue attack as West Bank violence spirals

  27-01-2023 21:27 via smh.com.au
  
  A gunman killed at least seven people and wounded 10 others in a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem in an attack that heightened fears of a spiral in violence.
  
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• Chemical weapons watchdog blames Syria’s air force for deadly attack

  27-01-2023 19:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The report offers the latest confirmation that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons during his country’s grinding civil war.
  
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• The only way America will ever solve its gun problem

  27-01-2023 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Until America’s elected representatives, from local government to the White House, are prepared to put their own political careers on the line, gun violence will continue to wreak carnage in their country.
  
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• ‘Unprecedented’: State of emergency declared in Auckland after torrential rains, flash floods

  27-01-2023 18:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The widespread flooding led to evacuations in New Zealand’s biggest city, closing the airport and forcing the cancellation of an Elton John concert.
  
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• State of emergency declared in Auckland after torrential rains, flash floods

  27-01-2023 12:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The widespread flooding led to evacuations in New Zealand’s biggest city, closing the airport and forcing the cancellation of an Elton John concert.
  
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• Militants launch rockets over the Gaza Strip

  27-01-2023 08:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Palestinian militants have launched rockets over the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the deadliest Israeli attack on the West Bank in 20 years.
  
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• Archaeologists make major discoveries in Egypt

  27-01-2023 08:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Archaeologists have made major discoveries at the ancient ruins of the Saqqara pyramid.
  
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• Footage to be released after five police charged with murdering motorist

  27-01-2023 07:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The Tyre Nichols’ family lawyer has likened the recording to the notorious footage of LA police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King almost 32 years ago.
  
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• ‘A mounting civil war’: Pope Francis’ future under renewed speculation

  27-01-2023 05:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Critics within the church are lining up to sink the boot into the 86-year-old, who has brought a more socially progressive agenda than his recent forebears to the role.
  
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• Five officers charged over death of Tyre Nichols

  27-01-2023 05:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Five police officers were charged in the death of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man in Memphis, Tennessee.
  
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• Moscow-link to Koran-burning stunt that could stop Sweden joining NATO

  27-01-2023 02:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Swedish authorities had given approval for the “protest” to go ahead, infuriating Turkey’s president who can stop Sweden and Finland’s entry to the alliance.
  
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• Blacklisted, hunted, shot: The Australian who escaped a brutal regime

  27-01-2023 01:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Photojournalist Steve Tickner managed to get out of military-ruled Myanmar after being pursued by security forces and suffering a major health emergency.
  
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• France will ‘leave all doors open’ to sending fighter jets to Ukraine

  27-01-2023 01:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for fighter jets to defend Ukraine’s skies, the chairman of the French defence committee said his country may heed the call.
  
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• ‘Moving target’: US health officials start work on annual COVID vaccine plan

  26-01-2023 22:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The FDA is also planning to conduct an epidemiological study assessing combined flu and COVID vaccines before the 2023-2024 influenza season.
  
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• Memo to former US presidents and vice presidents: Check your files

  26-01-2023 21:50 via smh.com.au
  
  It turns out that officials from all levels of government discover they have classified material in their possession several times a year.
  
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• Asteroid size of 'delivery truck' hurtling towards Earth

  26-01-2023 21:34 via smh.com.au
  
  NASA has said an asteroid the size of a "delivery truck" will pass by Earth in one of the closest encounters ever recorded.
  
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