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To star ballerina a remarkable story of perseverance, dedication and survival. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, one in the morning in london and 3am in israel where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted for corruption. The charges of breach of trust and fraud are the first ever against a sitting israeli leader. Mr netanyahu has called it tantamount to a coup. It adds to the uncertainty ...

it has accused ukraine of deliberately targetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised on this occasion to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles northeast of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of wars. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transpo...

moscow says the plane was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war involved in a prison exchange. it has accused ukraine of deliberately ta rgetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised, on this occasion, to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles north—east of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian pows. our russia editor steve rosenberg has t...

Kiribati’s acting police commissioner said Chinese officers were assisting their local counterparts on community policing and a crime database programme.

Fiji is ‘strategically important’ for Pacific maritime routes, and its deep water port access appeals to Beijing amid stronger competition in the Pacific.

Vanuatu - an island courted by the US and China - has been stranded offline for over a week.

China and Australia: The saga of vaccination in South Pacific Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) China and Australia have started another battle, this time over the COVID-19 vaccination roll out in the South Pacific. In a lengthy article on July 2, China’s Global Times accused Australia of sabotaging China’s COVID-19 vaccination assistance scheme in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by planting “consultants” to manipulate local epidemic policies targeting China, blocking the approval o...

Papua New Guinea Covid-19: Mistrust fuels crisis as infections rise By Phil Mercer image captionExperts have warned that disinformation about Covid is spreading faster than the virus In the dense fog of Covid-19 misinformation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) lurk deeply embedded beliefs in witchcraft. As Australias nearest neighbour battles with what experts say is an exponential surge in coronavirus cases, fears of unexplained deaths have had sinister consequences. Sanguma - a local word that ref...

Mistrust fuels Papua New Guineas Covid crisis In the dense fog of Covid-19 misinformation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) lurk deeply embedded beliefs in witchcraft. As Australias nearest neighbour battles with what experts say is an exponential surge in coronavirus cases, fears of unexplained deaths have had sinister consequences. Sanguma - a local word that refers to the occult - is common across the Pacific. It is a mostly benign tradition, but with a darker side. "A couple of weeks ago, one of...

Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 01:46 PM MYT File photo of Papua New Guineas prime minister James Marape. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. CANBERRA, April 22 — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape survived another attempt to remove him from office when the speaker adjourned parliament for four months, the Guardian reported today, safeguarding his position until the next election. Marape was due to face a vote of no confidence this w...