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US Politics

President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday October 31.

Trump declines to clarify if US will conduct nuclear weapons tests

The president told reporters, "You’ll find out very soon”, without elaborating when asked if he meant to resume underground nuclear detonation tests.

World

7:58am

The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including measles at a large Auckland school, Prince Andrew to lose the last of his titles, and stars back for the All Blacks.

News in 90 Seconds October 31

The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including measles at a large Auckland school, Prince Andrew to lose the last of his titles, and stars back for the All Blacks.

Health

Fri, Oct 31

1:33

US President Donald Trump, right, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second right, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, third right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea.

Trump suggests US will resume nuclear weapons testing

In a post to social media, the US President appeared to suggest the country would resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in 30 years.

World

Fri, Oct 31

3:42

The alleged drug boat after being struck by the US military.

US strikes alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific, killing four

It was the 14th strike since the campaign began in early September, while the death toll has grown to at least 61.

World

Thursday 3:30pm

President Donald Trump speaks to business leaders at a dinner event in Tokyo.

Trump says 'it's too bad' he can't run for a third term as president

The president's comments came after chat about him staying in the White House came alive again.

World

Thursday 6:00am

President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday October 31.

Trump declines to clarify if US will conduct nuclear weapons tests

The president told reporters, "You’ll find out very soon”, without elaborating when asked if he meant to resume underground nuclear detonation tests.

World

7:58am

The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including measles at a large Auckland school, Prince Andrew to lose the last of his titles, and stars back for the All Blacks.

News in 90 Seconds October 31

The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including measles at a large Auckland school, Prince Andrew to lose the last of his titles, and stars back for the All Blacks.

Health

Fri, Oct 31

1:33

US President Donald Trump, right, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second right, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, third right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea.

Trump suggests US will resume nuclear weapons testing

In a post to social media, the US President appeared to suggest the country would resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in 30 years.

World

Fri, Oct 31

3:42

The alleged drug boat after being struck by the US military.

US strikes alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific, killing four

It was the 14th strike since the campaign began in early September, while the death toll has grown to at least 61.

World

Thursday 3:30pm

President Donald Trump speaks to business leaders at a dinner event in Tokyo.

Trump says 'it's too bad' he can't run for a third term as president

The president's comments came after chat about him staying in the White House came alive again.

World

Thursday 6:00am

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US President Donald Trump speaks during the APEC CEOs Summit on October 29, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea.

South Korea trade deal elusive as Trump seeks $605b investment

Top officials in Washington and and Seoul say the sticking point for an agreement continues to be the logistics behind Trump’s demand that South Korea invest $NZ605 billion in the United States.

World

Wed, Oct 29

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrives in Malaysia.

PM arrives in Malaysia ahead of East Asia Summit

US President Donald Trump was attending the ASEAN meeting this year, primarily to observe the signing of a further peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia.

Politics

Mon, Oct 27

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

Trump announces additional 10% tariff on Canada over anti-tariff ad

The ad used the words of former president Ronald Reagan to criticise US tariffs, angering Trump who said he would end trade talks with Canada.

World

Sun, Oct 26

Former US vice president Kamala Harris.

'I am not done': Kamala Harris says she may run for president again

The former US vice-president said she hasn’t decided whether to mount a 2028 presidential campaign, but she dismissed the suggestion that she’d face long odds.

World

Sun, Oct 26

 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro .

Venezuela's Maduro says US fabricating war as aircraft carrier approaches

American forces have destroyed several boats off the Venezuelan coast, allegedly for their role in trafficking drugs into the US.

World

Sun, Oct 26

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House.

Ontario premier says he'll pull ad that made Trump end US-Canada trade talks

“We’ve achieved our goal, having reached US audiences at the highest levels," Doug Ford said.

World

Sat, Oct 25

USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier on it's departure from visiting Oslo port in 2023.

US to send aircraft carrier to Latin America in escalation of military buildup

Deploying a carrier is a major escalation of military power in a region that has already seen an unusually large US military buildup in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Venezuela.

World

Sat, Oct 25

Law enforcement officers watch from a ledge of a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility as a protester stands outside in an inflatable frog costume

How an inflatable frog outfit ballooned into an anti-Trump symbol

Seth Todd was wearing an inflatable frog costume when a federal officer unleashed a torrent of chemical spray directly into the costume's air vent... It's now become a symbol.

World

Fri, Oct 24

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Oval Office in the White House on May 6, 2025.

Donald Trump calls off trade talks with Canada over TV ads

The US president said he was terminating negotiations because of a television ad opposing US tariffs he called "egregious behaviour" aimed at influencing US court decisions.

World

Fri, Oct 24

Trump targets Russia's oil companies that help fund the war in Ukraine

Trump targets Russia's oil companies that help fund the war in Ukraine

The US and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.

World

Fri, Oct 24

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Vice President JD Vance speaks in Tel Aviv, Israel.

JD Vance visits Israel, says Gaza ceasefire going better than expected

They are in Israel as questions remain over the long-term plan for peace, including whether Hamas will disarm, when and how an international security force will deploy to Gaza.

World

Wed, Oct 22

Defence Minister Judith Collins met with Donald Trump’s Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, today.

Collins says US War Secretary is 'positive' about NZ after DC meeting

Defence Minister Judith Collins met with Donald Trump’s Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, today.

Politics

Tue, Oct 21

A model is seen as President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House

Demolition begins at White House to build Trump's ballroom

The National Capital Planning Commission has not approved construction and it's unclear whether the White House had submitted the ballroom plans to the agency.

World

Tue, Oct 21

US Correspondent Logan Church outside the Pentagon before being told his access to the meeting had been revoked.

TVNZ escorted out of Pentagon, access to Collins-Hegseth meeting withdrawn

The 1News US Correspondent had previously been given permission to film the start of Judith Collins' meeting with the US Defense Secretary.

New Zealand

Tue, Oct 21

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room

'I don't like you either': Trump's exchange with Aussie ambassador

Kevin Rudd's previous comments about Donald Trump were raised during a high-stakes meeting, but the exchange ended in laughter.

World

Tue, Oct 21

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at federal court for sentencing.

George Santos 'humbled' but dismisses 'pearl clutching' critics

"I'm pretty confident if president Trump had pardoned Jesus Christ off the cross, he would have had critics," the former US House representative says.

World

Mon, Oct 20

Logan Church: Why are anti-Trump protestors dressed as frogs?

Logan Church: Why are anti-Trump protestors dressed as frogs?

Analysis: Anti-Donald Trump protests are nothing new in the US, but yesterday's nationwide 'No-King's' protest seemed different.

World

Mon, Oct 20

Thousands of protesters fill Times Square during a "No Kings" protest Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in New York

Big anti-Trump protests across US, GOP denounces 'hate America' rallies

They rallied with signs like “Nothing is more patriotic than protesting” or “Resist Fascism,” and in many places, it looked more like a street party.

World

Sun, Oct 19

President Donald Trump speaks before a lunch with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington

Trump's immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market

Economists fear that Trump's deportations and limits on even legal immigration will limit job growth and economic growth.

World

Sun, Oct 19

 Trump said Saturday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos.

Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in fraud case

The disgraced ex-Republican was jailed after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family.

World

Sat, Oct 18

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