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I omitted the intro summary under 620 characters from the Format C package. Here it is: · A father has been jailed for 12 years after repeatedly sexually abusing his daughter over four years. Nelson District Court Judge Chris Macklin described the offending as being at the highest end for a single victim and highlighted the profound breach of trust involved. The man, whose identity is permanently suppressed to protect his daughter, must serve…

Immigration is emerging as a sharp dividing line in the 2026 election campaign, with ACT and New Zealand First advocating tighter controls while National, Labour and the Greens warn against policies they say could restrict needed workers or unfairly target migrants. The competing approaches raise a larger question: should immigration primarily meet immediate labour demand, or be managed against New Zealand's longer-term capacity to provide…

Across Europe, immigration is no longer merely an argument about border numbers. Large sections of the electorate are demanding lower migration, while polling shows significant support in several countries for requiring some recent migrants to leave. New Zealand First is now putting a fundamentally different proposition before New Zealand voters: immigration should serve the country's capacity, infrastructure and citizens, rather than…

As many as 40,000 Hasidic Jews are expected to travel to the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah, continuing a pilgrimage centred on the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Prayer, communal singing and dancing remain central features of the gathering, which has continued despite the Ukraine conflict and official warnings about the risks of travelling to the country. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · Tens of thousands of Hasidic…

BRICS leaders are gathering in New Delhi with less talk of replacing the US dollar and more attention on something potentially more consequential: building the infrastructure that could allow member economies to trade, settle payments and finance investment through alternative channels. BRICS Pay, digital-currency interoperability, expanding intra-BRICS trade and deepening energy relationships suggest the bloc's evolution is increasingly about…

That's the message from Vladimir Putin ahead of the 18th BRICS summit in India. As the Bloc's member countries have a packed agenda ahead of them. Our team will be on site to provide special coverage throughout the event. The Russian president has already met with Indian PM Narendra Modi. That's as Putin is scheduled to meet with other BRICS leaders whose countries are setting the stage for multipolarity. Houthi forces claim to have seized…

Nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11, 2001. What followed went far beyond the pursuit of Al-Qaeda, producing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, expanding the global security state, destabilising parts of the Middle East and leaving political consequences that remain visible a quarter of a century later. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE, with additional New Zealand context from official GCSB and US legislative records. · On the…

Germany's Alternative for Germany has filed a criminal complaint against Chancellor Friedrich Merz after he described the party's remigration policy as effectively advocating ethnic cleansing. The dispute follows the AfD's decisive election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and comes amid an intensifying national debate over immigration, political legitimacy and attempts to restrict the party. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · The Alternative…

Dr Oliver Hartwich argues Election 2026 is becoming an auction of other people’s wealth, with parties competing over nationalisation, new taxes, subsidies and taxpayer-backed schemes. He warns that weakening property rights and redistributing existing wealth risks discouraging the investment New Zealand desperately needs. With productivity already trailing Australia, Hartwich says the priority should be growing the economic pie, not fighting…

Educational performance across parts of the developed West has deteriorated substantially over the past 15 years. TrendCompass argues the decline deserves much greater scrutiny, but its provocative suggestion that Western education may be deliberately producing less capable populations goes considerably beyond what the educational data itself establishes. INR Report: Based on analysis published by TrendCompass HERE. · TrendCompass begins with a…