Wellington residents have shared stories of surviving landslides and rising flood waters caused by severe storm
A man is missing after severe flooding struck New Zealand’s capital, with other Wellington residents sharing their survival stories after record rain hit on Sunday night.
Philip Sutton was looking after a property for his sister in Karori, in Wellington’s west, when a torrent of flood water smashed through it early on Monday, according to local reports. Sutton has not been seen since.
Continue reading...Jonathan Freedland on what Keir Starmer said – and didn’t say – to the House of Commons about the Mandelson vetting failure
“I think the whole Mandelson story, in a way, is an example of how much the Trump presidency has sort of wobbled and shaken the Starmer premiership,” Jonathan Freedland tells Helen Pidd. “And may in the end be responsible for the decision which ultimately costs this prime minister his job.”
On Monday, Keir Starmer addressed the Commons on revelations in the Guardian that Peter Mandelson had failed the UK security vetting process before taking up the role as US ambassador – but the foreign office had overturned the decision.
Continue reading...Christopher Luxon says caucus meeting ‘clearly’ proves he has party support ahead of November national election
The New Zealand prime minister, Christopher Luxon, has survived a tense leadership vote six months out from the election as he battles an ongoing slump in opinion polls.
Luxon, who has served as prime minister since November 2023, said he had called for the vote at a caucus meeting on Tuesday morning.
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The NASA Office of Inspector General, the aerospace agency’s auditor, fears that work on next-generation spacesuits won’t finish in time to use them for the planned Artemis III Moon landing mission in 2028.…