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.
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.
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
@SimeonBrownMP@SimeonBrownMP yet you plan to reinstate the fuel tax triple what it was... give with one hand and take with the other.
How do you think Waterview was paid.
Former PM John Key said regional fuel taxes was a "highly inefficient" way to raise money. (2009)
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.
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
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
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.
▪︎ 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.
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
@Man78732865Grey @nzpoliticsgroup Just the same "overheated market" in Australia, UK and the US and so on... only the uneducated blame world events on Labour 😆 🤣 😂
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.
▪︎ 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.
@nzpoliticsgroup Who sold off the Power companies?
Who did the partial asset sales to mum & Dad investors rather than reinvest into infrastructure.
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),
⚠️ 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