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It is estimated that about 200,000 litres of diesel have leaked from the Manawanui. Photo: Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure Samoa The New Zealand Defence Force cannot provide a timeline for the removal of the fuel tanks from the Manawanui. The navy vessel sank after hitting a reef in Samoa in early October. Commodore Andrew Brown told Morning Report although the priority was removing the fuel tanks, the Defence Force (NZDF) cannot comment on when that will happen. The NZDF was in discussions with its insurance company, and it "would be inappropriate for me to comment on on timelines and who's paying," he said. NZDF also could not provide a timeline for the next steps in removing the Manawanui from the reef. "The team are working through the options. Recovering the vessel ...

Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage. Photo: Google Maps Three people were found dead and four others were taken to hospital after a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a care home for the elderly in southwest England, police said on Wednesday. Dorset Police said a 60-year-old local woman was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter on Wednesday evening and remains in police custody. "We have made one arrest to enable us to establish whether there have been actions or omissions which are grossly negligent and gather as much information as we can about what has happened," said Detective Chief Inspector Neil Third, of the major crime investigation team. Other residents at the Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage were earlier evacuated from the premises to a nearby church hall before being moved...

By Ece Toksabay and Mert Ozkan for Reuters Turkish police officers gather in Kahramankazan, north of Ankara on October 23, 2024, near the gate of the Turkish Aerospace Industries, after a huge explosion outside the headquarters. Photo: AFP Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others in what Ankara called a terrorist attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters, where witnesses said they heard gunfire and an explosion. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said two attackers were killed in what he called a terrorist attack, adding three of the injured are in critical condition. TV broadcasters earlier showed footage of armed assailants entering the TUSAS building. "Two terrorists were neutralised in the terror attack on the TUSAS Ankara Kahramankazan site," Yerlikaya s...

US presidential rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Kamala Harris on Wednesday said Donald Trump was "increasingly unhinged," and called her US election rival's reported praise for Adolf Hitler "incredibly dangerous" as campaigning intensified ahead of the 5 November vote. The Democrat's fierce criticism came as she headed to must-win Pennsylvania to face voters' questions in a town hall and as Trump campaigned in battleground Georgia. With the tight election going down to the wire, both candidates are on a mission to persuade the sliver of American voters who remain undecided in the home stretch. In a dramatic campaign season, the latest twist was revelations by Trump's longest-serving chief of staff, retired US Marine general Jo...