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Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’

Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the...

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner

SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations,...

‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior book

Pacific Media Watch The author of the book Eyes of Fire, one of the many publications on the Rainbow...

Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Benjamin Netanyahu said last Thursday that freeing the Israeli hostages in Gaza was not his...

Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility

By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025 I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do...

‘Claims a serious matter’ – Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum’s attack

ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu Who’s broken the law? “Separation of powers” and all that stuff. Former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s hour-long news conference on Saturday, January 21,...

Sepuloni’s ‘historic’ appointment symbolic for NZ, say Pacific leaders

RNZ News Leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific community believe the appointment of the country’s first deputy prime minister of Pacific descent will bring positive...

Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear tests

By Susana Suisuiki More than 100 activist groups, including Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace, and the Arms Control Association have signed a letter calling on US...

Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua

By Len Garae in Port Vila West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau’s newly-installed government. Wenda said he...

Chris Hipkins becomes NZ’s new prime minister – there are two ways it can go from here

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, Aotearoa New Zealand already has a new Prime Minister...

‘Freedom for Assange and journalism are at stake’ – the Belmarsh Tribunal

ANALYSIS: By Brett Wilkins As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal of his looming extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London’s...