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Author: RNZ

When the Chinese Communist Party elite gather in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday for the 20th Party Congress, all will not be as it seems. 

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018862797/ian-johnson-are-major-changes-on-the-way-for-china
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Author: Reuters

Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones on Monday (local time), killing at least four people in an apartment building in downtown Kyiv during morning rush hour, and targeted infrastructure across the country in the second wave of air strikes in a week.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-russia-launches-deadly-new-attacks-on-central-kyiv-using-drones.html
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Author: Hon Peeni Henare

Minister of Defence Hon Peeni Henare has today announced the establishment of his Ministerial Advisory Panel to provide independent advice throughout the recently commissioned Defence Policy Review.

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Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/advisory-panel-appointed-defence-policy-review
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Author: Reuters

Russia has opened a criminal investigation after gunmen shot dead 11 people at a military training ground near the Ukrainian border, authorities said on Sunday (local time), as fighting raged in eastern and southern Ukraine.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-gunmen-kill-11-at-russian-army-base-in-new-blow-to-moscow-s-ukraine-campaign.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

A high-powered advisory panel headed by government fix-it man Sir Brian Roche will help set the course for a major review of New Zealand’s defence strategy.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/130171262/government-fixit-man-sir-brian-roche-to-lead-defence-policy-review-panel
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Author: Jonathan Killick

The Royal New Zealand Navy is having to cannibalise one of its own ships for a spare part, to bring home a frigate stranded in Australia.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300712735/navy-cannibalising-own-ship-in-auckland-to-bring-home-frigate-stuck-in-sydney
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Don't take this article out of context...they article even states that this is common practise. If a vessel needs a part and another ship or vessel has the part and not needing it while it is in NZ port. It gets sent over to get the vessel home and waiting for the replacement part come from the supplier. This is nothing new...
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Author: Lisette Reymer

Ukraine's capital has been struck by kamikaze drones - spreading panic once again through the region - and forcing rescue workers to rush to the scene.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/ukraine-invasion-top-kremlin-official-threatens-nuclear-war-if-ukraine-joins-nato.html
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Author: Reuters

If Ukraine is admitted into the US-led NATO military alliance, then the conflict in Ukraine would be guaranteed to escalate into World War Three, a Russian Security Council official was quoted as saying on Thursday.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/10/russian-official-warns-of-guaranteed-escalation-into-world-war-iii-if-ukraine-joins-nato.html
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  2. With Russian President Vladimir Putin under pressure, Belarus edges closer to joining war in Ukraine
  3. Russian President Vladimir Putin blames Europe for energy crisis as European Union works on remedies
  4. Russia's FSB arrests eight for Crimean Bridge bombing

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