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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has met with India's leader Narendra Modi. Photo: Pool Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has emerged from his coveted meeting with India's leader Narendra Modi, wielding an official invite to New Delhi but little indication of progress toward a promised free trade deal. The two leaders met in the very early hours of Friday (NZT) while in Laos for the East Asia Summit. In opening remarks in Hindi, Modi offered Luxon "a very warm welcome", noting it was their first in-person meeting having previously spoken over the phone in July. "I'm very happy to have this opportunity of seeing you today [to] discuss some important issues," a spokesperson translated. Media were ushered out of the room before the end of Modi's remarks or Luxon's response. Speaking before ...

Hurricane Milton has moved off Florida's east coast, leaving widespread devastation. The death toll has been rising throughout Friday morning (NZT) and 15 people have been reported as killed so far. The full extent of the damage is not yet clear as some areas are not yet accessible due to weather conditions, flooding and debris. Follow RNZ's live updates: Source link

By Dacia Johnson, CNN A Polk County employee was killed after being hit by a truck while trying to clear trees after Hurricane Milton, the county said. Photo: WESH via CNN Newsource A Polk County employee was killed after being hit by a truck while trying to clear trees after Hurricane Milton, the county said. It happened Thursday morning at the cross street of Brooke Road and US HWY 98 near Fort Meade. The crew was in the process of cutting down a tree that had fallen and was blocking US 98 when a vehicle struck a Fort Meade Maintenance Unit Service Worker. Bruce Kinsler, 68 was killed. He had served Polk County for about a decade, the county said. The driver of the vehicle was another Polk County employee, who was coming to join the crew for post-storm recovery. The employee was tr...

By Ali Main, CNN Trump has a history of insulting urban centers around the country, including in states he needs to win to return to the White House. Photo: TANNEN MAURY / AFP Former President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that the country would end up "like Detroit" if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, his latest jab at an urban centre in a swing state that he hopes to win next month. In remarks laying out his vision for the auto industry at the Detroit Economic Club, Trump said, "Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if (Harris is) your president. You're going to have a mess on your hands". He claimed Harris "destroyed" San Francisco, and later added, "We're not going to let her do that to this country. We're not gonna let it happen". Trump also compared the la...

By Maya Gebeily and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters Photo: AFP A man stands above debris of destroyed buildings behind a dead end sign at Beirut's southern suburb Haret Hreik neighbourhood on October 10, 2024, following overnight Israeli strikes. A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt on Thursday in Beirut, three security sources said, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the UN said its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were in growing danger. Wafiq Safa, who heads Hezbollah's liaison and coordination unit responsible for working with Lebanese security agencies, was targeted by Israel on Thursday night but survived, the security sources said. Earlier on Thursday, a Lebanese security source told Reuters that Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut targe...

By Daniel Trotta, Reuters Emergency responders were attempting to repair the elevator to bring back the 11 tourists and one tour guide who were trapped Photo: KUSA One person was dead and 12 others were trapped 1000 feet (300 metres) underground following an elevator failure at a former Colorado gold mine that is now a tourist attraction, officials said. Another 11 people were rescued from the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine attraction in Cripple Creek, Colorado, Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell told reporters. Emergency responders were attempting to repair the elevator to bring back the 11 tourists and one tour guide who were trapped starting around midday (1800 GMT), Mikesell said. With one tour group below ground, the elevator experienced some type of mechanical failure with anothe...

A dog was rescued Thursday morning from the rubble of a home hit by a tornado spurred by Hurricane Milton at a 55 and older community with some help from a CBS News Miami crew. Photo: WFOR via CNN Newsource A dog was rescued Thursday morning (Friday NZT) from the rubble of a home hit by a tornado spurred by Hurricane Milton at a 55-and-older community with some help from a CBS News Miami crew. A resident found the shitzu, Lulu, at the Spanish Lakes Country Club Village retirement community near Fort Piece. CBS News Miami reporter Morgan Rynor was on the scene while appearing live on CBS Mornings when the pet was found. A neighbour who found the dog in the debris originally confused her with another animal in the retirement community, named Benji who actually was safe with its owners. "I...

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert (left) stands with her great-grandson Dov Forman after being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire following an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, on 31 January, 2023. Photo: AFP / Pool / Andrew Matthews King Charles has paid tribute to the "extraordinary resilience and courage" of Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert, who has died at the age of 100. Ebert, born in Hungary, was taken in 1944 as a 20-year-old to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, where her mother, younger sister, and brother were sent to the gas chambers. Along with three of her other siblings, she managed to survive. They were freed in 1945 and reunited in Switzerland before eventually heading to Israel. She later settled in London in 1967, where in her later years she became well k...

By Rebecca Trigger, ABC News Photo: 123RF Warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing, including details about an alleged sexual assault A UK rapper has been granted bail after being charged with raping and choking a Perth woman in his hotel room while on his Australian tour. The YouTuber and musician Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos - also known as Yung Filly - is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his Perth hotel room after a performance in the city's north last month. WA police arrested the 29-year-old in Brisbane before he was extradited to Perth. Police opposed his request to be released from custody at his first appearance in the Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday. But Magistrate Tanya Watt did not agree with prosecutors that Barrientos's risk...

By Leonara LaPeter Anton and Brad Brooks for Reuters Photo: AFP / Bryan R. Smith Storm makes landfall near Siesta Key, south of Tampa Bay At least 19 tornados confirmed, destroying homes in multiple counties Hurricane weakens as it reaches Florida's east coast State prepared for search-and-rescue missions Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned more than a dozen tornados, destroyed homes and killed at least four people, but the storm did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared. Governor Ron DeSantis said the state had avoided the worst-case scenario, though he cautioned the damage was still significant. The Tampa Bay area appeared to have escaped the storm surge that had prompted the most d...