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Author: Lucy Fisher, Ben Riley-Smith, Danielle Sheridan

Britain’s military is to get an £80 billion upgrade as the Government announces a modernisation drive this month to get the Armed Forces ready for the wars of the future.

The Telegraph understands that is roughly what will be invested in improving military equipment over the next four years. The total over the next decade could amount to close to £200 billion.

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Article: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/80bn-boost-for-military-to-arm-it-with-new-tanks-warships-and-kamikaze-drones/ar-BB1ex3zG
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Author: Paula Penfold, Louisa Cleave

We’ve set up our cameras to film only the backs of the heads of Uyghur New Zealanders who want to tell us their stories of the disappeared. 

They have good reason for wishing to be unidentified: they are truly frightened of the consequences for their families back home if they speak openly. 

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Article: https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2021/03/the-disappeared-uyghur-new-zealanders-terrified-for-missing-loved-ones-in-xinjiang/
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Author: Caitlin Ellis

The Ministry of Health on Sunday announced there have been no new cases of COVID-19 found in the community, two days after Auckland's move to level 1.

There was one new case found in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/coronavirus-no-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-community-3-in-miq.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

An ancient Greek computer more than 1000 years ahead of its time was able to accurately predict the motions of planets and stars, even when they would appear to move backwards across the sky, new research has found.

The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece early in the 20th century. Archaeologists immediately suspected it was some kind of astronomical clock, but figured it was probably renaissance in origin due to its complexity. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/device-of-genius-computer-built-in-ancient-greece-leaves-scientists-baffled.html
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Author: George Parker and Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe

Britain has declared that China is now in “a state of ongoing non-compliance” with the 1984 Sino-British joint declaration, which was supposed to guarantee Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy after the territory returned to Beijing’s control in 1997.

Dominic Raab, foreign secretary, said radical changes planned by Beijing to restrict participation in Hong Kong elections represented a further clear breach of the legally binding declaration.

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Article: https://www.ft.com/content/dc2aaf68-b92e-4c48-8823-e7e4648ccb74
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Author: Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

Across the country, police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database. But why, and what impact is this having on rangatahi?

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/437944/police-using-app-to-photograph-innocent-youth-it-s-so-wrong
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New Zealand and Australia have issued a joint statement, expressing deep concerns about changes to Hong Kong's electoral system.

Issued by Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and her Australian counterpart senator Marise Payne, it said thechanges passed by China further undermine rights and freedoms and the high degree of autonomy guaranteed to Hong Kong until 2047, under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/438304/nz-and-australia-condemn-hong-kong-electoral-reform-by-china
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Royal New Zealand Navy warship HMNZS Aotearoa made a port visit to Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, on 13 March 2021. Aotearoa has been exercising off the east coast of Australia to test her capabilities in international waters. This has included Replenishment at Sea (RAS) exercises with Royal Australian Navy guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart and frigate HMAS Stuart. The RAS training was a chance to strengthen relationships between the two neighbouring countries and has showcased Navy's interoperability at sea with its counterparts.

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