Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand PM - BBC

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New Zealand Labour MP Chris Hipkins is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after becoming the only nominee for the party's leadership.

He was first elected to parliament in 2008 and was appointed minister for Covid-19 in November 2020.

In Ms Ardern's shock announcement on Thursday she said she did not have "enough in the tank" to lead.

How long Mr Hipkins will be in office is uncertain as New Zealand holds a general election in October.

Mr Hipkins, 44, is currently minister for police, education and public service.

He will still need to be formally endorsed by the Labour Party in the House of Representatives on Sunday before he can become leader.

Should he receive that backing, Ms Ardern will formally tender her resignation to the governor-general on 7 February, who will then - on behalf of King Charles III - appoint Mr Hipkins as prime minister.

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But the incoming Labour leader faces an uphill battle if he wants to remain in the top job after the 2023 election.

Inflation and increasing social inequality saw Ms Ardern's popularity fall to all-time lows according to opinion polls.

They also suggested public approval of the country's Labour Party was similarly low.

Mr Hipkins' appointment removes the possibility of Justice Minister Kiri Allan becoming the country's first Maori prime minister.

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During her resignation announcement, Ms Ardern - who at 37 became the youngest female head of government in the world when she took office in 2017 - said the past five-and-a-half years had been the "most fulfilling" of her life.

However, she added that leading the country during "crisis" had been difficult - with the Covid pandemic, Christchurch mosque shootings and White Island volcanic eruption taking place during her premiership.

Reaction to Ms Ardern's announcement was mixed, with some suggesting she was "running away before getting thrown out".

But renowned New Zealand actor Sam Neill said Ms Ardern had faced "disgraceful" treatment from "bullies" and "misogynists".

If Labour loses the general election Mr Hipkins will have only spent eight months as the nation's leader - although New Zealand's shortest-serving PM, Harry Atkinson, lasted only eight days in 1884.

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Ukraine war: Give us tanks, says Zelensky, as Western allies meet - BBC

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Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky has made a direct appeal to Germany to provide tanks ahead of crunch talks involving dozens of Western allies at Ramstein air base in southern Germany.

The US and European nations have already promised Kyiv more equipment to fight Russia's invasion.

Berlin is under growing pressure to allow its Leopard 2 tanks to be sent.

"If you have Leopard [tanks], then give them to us," Mr Zelensky told German public TV.

"These leopards won't go through Russia. We're defending ourselves," he said, in remarks criticising the German government's hesitant attitude.

Defence officials from more than 50 countries are due to meet at Ramstein, a day after the US and several European nations pledged more equipment to help Ukraine fend off any further Russian offensives.

Almost 11 months after Russia launched its war against Ukraine, Nato military officials believe Moscow is planning a renewed spring offensive with troop numbers bolstered by a partial mobilisation since the end of September.

The UK also offered 14 of its battle tanks recently - but Kyiv wants more.

As the nation of manufacture, Germany has to give its permission before countries such as Poland or Finland commit to sending their own Leopard tanks. However, Polish deputy foreign minister Pawel Jablonski indicated on Friday that Warsaw might do so anyway.

"We'll see. I think if there is strong resistance, we'll be ready to take even such non-standard action. But let's not anticipate the facts," he told Polish radio.

Ukraine's allies faced a "simple choice" on Friday, an adviser to the defence minister in Kyiv remarked ahead of the summit.

"Tanks for Ukraine are tanks for freedom," Yuriy Sak told BBC's Newsnight programme. If these were not sent, other countries might one day "have to use them themselves" against Moscow, he warned.

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Berlin said this week that a decision on the Leopard was conditional on the US agreeing to send Abrams tanks, which it is not intending to do. But the new German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, said he was not aware of "such stipulation".

Late on Thursday, Germany said its position would become clear in the coming hours, AFP reported.

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Mr Zelensky has repeatedly taken aim at Berlin's perceived hesitancy and on Thursday criticised suggestions that the US and Germany were only planning to commit vehicles if the other nation did the same.

"I don't think this is the right strategy to go with", Mr Zelensky commented, while calling for "strong decisions" to be made during Friday's conference.

Retired US Army general David Petraeus said there was "legitimate reluctance" in Washington on the issue of sending Abrams tanks because it was difficult to maintain and had a jet turbine.

He told the BBC it was "imperative" that any Western tank donations were made "early enough, so [Ukrainian soldiers] can actually train on them".

For its part, Russia has warned Western countries that providing tanks to its enemy would mark an "extremely dangerous" escalation in the conflict.

On Thursday, Western nations pledged to send more vehicles, artillery and munitions to bolster the Ukrainian war effort.

The US committed a new package worth $2.5bn (£2bn), saying this took its spend on Ukrainian support to $26.7bn since last February's full-scale invasion by Russia.

Tanks were not included in the offer, but the Pentagon did promise an extra 59 Bradley armoured vehicles, 90 Stryker personnel carriers and Avenger air defence systems, among other provisions.

The announcement came after nine European nations promised more support of their own following a meeting in Estonia. This included:

• UK - 600 Brimstone missiles
• Denmark - 19 French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzers
• Estonia - howitzers, ammunition, support vehicles and anti-tank grenade launchers
• Latvia - Stinger air-defence systems, two helicopters, and drones
• Lithuania - anti-aircraft guns and two helicopters
• Poland - S-60 anti-aircraft guns with 70,000 pieces of ammunition
• Czech Republic - produce further large calibre ammunition, howitzers and APCs
• Netherlands - support expected to be detailed on Friday

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'Toadzilla': Giant cane toad found in Australia weighing 2.7kg - Sky News

A giant cane toad dubbed "Toadzilla" has been discovered in Australia.

The amphibian, which weighs 2.7kg, shocked rangers who stumbled across it at the Conway National Park in North Queensland.

Queensland Department of Environment and Science said rangers were clearing a trail when they spotted the toad.

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Ranger Kylee Gray said her team were "blown away" by the "monster" cane toad which weighed 2.7kg and is believed to be female.

She told the Australian Broadcasting Corp it was by far the largest toad she had encountered and said it looked "almost like a football with legs".

"We weighed it when we got back to base late that afternoon and we got her at 2.7 kilos which just shocked us, absolutely blew us away," she said.

"We measured her, we got I think 255mm, but I believe the Queensland Museum will be doing their measurements when they receive her."

The Guinness World Record for the largest toad in history is 2.65kg - set by a pet toad in Sweden in 1991.

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Ms Gray said rangers had dubbed the toad "Toadzilla", adding that the museum would be checking if it might be the largest toad found.

Cane toads are native to South America and Central America and were introduced to Australia in 1935, according to the WWF.

The toads mainly eat living insects, but will consume anything they swallow including pet food and household scraps.

Toads are one of Australia's most damaging pests and are now estimated to number over two billion.

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France strikes bid to halt Macron's rise in retirement age - BBC

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By Hugh Schofield

BBC News, Paris

President Macron's reform programme faces a make-or-break moment, as French unions stage a day of mass strikes and protests against his plans to push back the age of retirement.

A new bill due to go through parliament will raise the official age at which people can stop work from 62 to 64.

Public transport has been badly hit and many schools are closed.

Turnout was significant at some of the 200-plus protests across France. The biggest is due to take place in Paris.

The big unions were set to march from the Place de la République across the city during the afternoon.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched during the morning in cities including Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille and Toulouse, as train drivers, public sector workers and refinery staff walked out.

On some rail lines, as few as one in 10 services were operating, while the Paris metro was running a skeleton service. The main secondary education union said 65% of teachers were on strike, although the education ministry said it was 35%.

Philippe Martinez, head of the CGT union, predicted more than a million people would take to the streets. Police were out in force in Paris in case of violence from ultra-left "black bloc" infiltrators.

Under the proposals outlined earlier this month by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, from 2027 people will have to work 43 years to qualify for a full pension, as opposed to 42 years now.

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Hailed by the government as a vital measure to safeguard France's share-out pension system, the reform is proving deeply unpopular among the public, with 68% saying they are opposed, according to an IFOP poll this week.

All the country's unions - including so-called "reformist" unions that the government had hoped to win to its side - have condemned the measure, as have the left-wing and far-right oppositions in the National Assembly.

President Emmanuel Macron was on a visit to Spain on Thursday, but Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt warned that some opponents were using the issue to spread "fake news" and play on people's fears.

Because his Renaissance party does not have a majority in the Assembly, President Macron will be forced to rely on support from the 60 or so MPs of the conservative Republicans party. Although in principle in favour of pension reform, even some of them have warned they could vote against.

With the parliamentary process expected to take several weeks, Mr Macron faces a rolling campaign of opposition, with further days of action likely in the days ahead.

The worst outcome for the government would be rolling strikes in transport, hospitals and fuel depots - effectively bringing the country to a standstill.

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Political analysts agreed the mood of the country was hard to gauge, so it was impossible to predict whether the scale of the movement would be enough to force the president into a retreat. If that happened, it could mark the end of any serious reforms in this, his second term.

On the one hand, inflation, the energy crisis and constant reports of run-down public services have left many people feeling anxious and irascible. President Macron's poor image outside the prosperous cities contributed to the "yellow-vest" insurrection four years ago and could well do so again.

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But on the other hand, pollsters have also identified a sense of resignation among many people, who no longer identify with "old-school" social movements such as those the unions specialise in. Many will also be too concerned about the loss of a day's income to go on strike.

The prime minister invoked the principle of "inter-generational solidarity" to justify the decision to make people work longer. Under the French system, very few people have personal pension plans linked to capital investments.

Instead, the pensions of those who are retired are paid from the same common fund into which those in work are contributing every month. Workers know they will benefit from the same treatment when they retire.

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However, the government says the system is heading for disaster because the ratio between those working and those in retirement is diminishing rapidly.

From four workers per retiree 50 years ago, the ratio has fallen to around 1.7 per retiree today, and will sink further in the years ahead.

Nearly all other European countries have taken steps to raise the official retirement age, with Italy and Germany, for example, on 67 and Spain on 65. In the UK it is currently 66.

President Macron made an earlier, and more ambitious, attempt to reform the system at the end of 2019, but pulled the plug when Covid hit. This second plan was part of his re-election manifesto last year - a key argument deployed by the government in the battle for public opinion.

To palliate the effects of the reform, Élisabeth Borne has promised easier ways to retire early for people in dangerous or physically demanding jobs; steps to encourage older people back into the workforce; and a higher guaranteed minimum pension.

The opposition argues the system is not technically in deficit at the moment, so there is no urgency to act. It says there are cost-saving alternatives to making people work longer, such as cutting pensions for the better-off.

It also says the brunt of the reform will be borne by the poorest. These are people who tend to start work earlier in life, so have normally earned the right to a full pension by the age of 62. Now they will have to work two extra years for no added benefit.

This is the seventh French pension reform since President François Mitterrand cut the retirement age to 60 in 1982.

Every subsequent attempt to reverse that change has led to mass opposition on the street - though in most cases, the reform did in the end go through. For example, in 2010, Nicolas Sarkozy raised the retirement age to 62, despite weeks of protests.

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Live news: Strikes in France to disrupt transport and schools in protest over Macron reforms - Financial Times

South Korea will ease regulations on the country’s financial markets in an effort to lure more foreign investors as it seeks promotion into the MSCI equity index.

The government will scrap a complex registration requirement for foreign investors to trade Korean stocks. It will also allow offerings of security tokens in a bid to advance the digital asset market.

Foreigners will be allowed to invest in local capital markets with internationally recognised identifications, such as passports or legal entity identifiers, according to Kim Joo-hyun, chair of the Financial Services Commission.

The country’s top financial regulator also said that authorities would come up with a safe trading system to better protect investors.

Finance minister Choo Kyung-ho said earlier this month that the country would extend forex market trading hours to 2am from as early as the second half of 2024. The country’s forex market currently runs from 9am to 3.30pm.

Choo also mentioned that the government would make it mandatory for big listed firms to file important regulatory filings in English from next year as part of efforts to make the country’s capital markets more accessible for foreign investors.

South Korea has been classified by the index maker MSCI as an emerging market, mainly due to the country’s refusal to allow offshore trading in the Korean won and its convoluted registration process for foreign investors.

The country wants to win developed nations status and its stocks to be included in the MSCI World Index.

The government is also trying to improve South Korea’s bond market environment for foreign investors in order to be included in the World Government Bond Index.

FTSE Russell, a global index provider, recently added South Korea to a watch list for possible inclusion in the index, following the country’s decision to cut taxes on foreign bond investment.

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Ukraine's president Zelensky addresses Davos forum after fatal helicopter crash - BBC

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By James Waterhouse in Brovary, and Paul Kirby & Antoinette Radford in London

BBC News

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said there are "no accidents at war time" after 14 people died in a helicopter crash in the capital, Kyiv.

Ukraine has not claimed Russian involvement, but Mr Zelensky told the World Economic Forum in Davos the tragedy was a consequence of the war.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky died, alongside several colleagues.

Mr Zelensky also used his video address to urge allies to quickly send more weapons before new Russian offensives.

"The time the free world uses to think is used by the terrorist state to kill," he explained. The remark was interpreted as a request for Germany to hurry along a delivery of its much-coveted Leopard tanks.

Berlin has reportedly been unwilling to send the vehicles unless the US commits to providing its own Abrams battle tanks. The UK recently pledged to send a number of its own tanks to Kyiv.

The head of the Nato military alliance said at Davos on Wednesday that Ukraine could expect to receive "more support, more advanced support, heavier weapons and more modern weapons".

Jens Stoltenberg said Nato's member states would meet on Friday to discuss what military equipment could be sent to Kyiv.

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Wednesday's helicopter crash occurred near a nursery in Brovary, outside Kyiv, at around 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT). One of the 14 who died was a child.

Mr Monastyrsky, 42, was one of President Zelensky's longest serving political advisers. He is the highest-profile Ukrainian casualty since the war began.

His death cuts to the heart of the government in Kyiv as the interior ministry has the vital task of maintaining security and running the police during the war.

He was a recognisable face for Ukrainians throughout the war, updating the public on casualties caused by Russian missile strikes since Ukraine was invaded in February 2022.

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The deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office said Mr Monastyrsky had been travelling to a war "hot spot". The head of police in Kharkiv added that the ministerial team had been on its way to meet him.

There is no indication the crash was anything other than an accident.

But the SBU state security service said it was considering several possible causes - including sabotage, a technical malfunction or breach of flight rules.

Key officials are often flown by helicopter across Ukraine at tree-level to avoid detection, but that comes with risks.

All that was recognisable of the helicopter was a door panel and one of its rotors which landed on the roof of a car. Next to it were three bodies covered in foil blankets.

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Other officials who died in the crash included first deputy minister Yevhen Yenin and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovych, as well as Tetiana Shutiak, an aide to Mr Monastyrsky.

Following the disaster, Ihor Klymenko - the head of Ukraine's national police force - was appointed acting interior minister.

A friend of the late minister, MP Mariia Mezentseva, said it was a tragedy for everyone as the ministry had a significant role in Ukraine's response to the invasion.

"He responded 24/7 to his colleagues, friends and family. He was very close to President Zelensky from day one of his presidential campaign," she told the BBC.

US President Joe Biden labelled the crash a "heartbreaking tragedy".

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Parents were bringing their children to the kindergarten before going to work when the helicopter came down nearby.

Many of the casualties were on the ground. As well as the child that was killed, 11 of the 25 injured on the ground were youngsters.

Witnesses in Kyiv agreed with President Zelensky that the war was to blame for the disaster.

"It was very foggy and there was no electricity, and when there's no electricity there are no lights on the buildings," local resident Volodymyr Yermelenko told the BBC.

Other witnesses said the pilot had tried to avoid high-rise buildings before the crash, and instead went down near the kindergarten.

"Parents were running, screaming. There was panic," said local volunteer Lidiya. Emergency services and residents rushed to evacuate the children as fire spread through the nursery building.

One resident, Dmytro, described jumping over a fence to help get children out. He said he picked up one girl whose father did not recognise her as her face was covered in blood.

The incident came four days Ukraine was hit by one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the start of the war.

A Russian missile hit a block of flats in the central city of Dnipro, killing 45 people, including six children.

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Ukraine's president Zelensky addresses Davos forum after fatal helicopter crash - BBC

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By James Waterhouse in Brovary, and Paul Kirby & Antoinette Radford in London

BBC News

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said there "are no accidents at war time" after 14 people died in a helicopter crash in the capital, Kyiv.

Ukraine did not claim Russian involvement, but Mr Zelensky told the World Economic Forum in Davos the tragedy was a consequence of the war.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, died alongside his first deputy minister and state secretary.

The helicopter crashed near a nursery around 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT).

One of the fourteen people killed was a child, authorities said.

There is no indication the crash was anything other than an accident.

But the SBU state security service said it was following several possible causes for the crash, which included sabotage as well as a technical malfunction or breach of flight rules.

Key officials are often flown by helicopter across Ukraine at tree-level to avoid detection, but that comes with risks.

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The State Emergency Service first stated that up to 18 people were killed but later revised the death toll from the crash, saying 14 had died.

All that was recognisable of the helicopter was a door panel and one of its rotors which landed on the roof of a car. Next to it were three bodies covered in foil blankets.

Mr Monastyrsky, who was one of President Zelensky's longest serving political advisers, is the highest profile Ukrainian casualty since the war began.

His death cuts to the heart of the government in Kyiv as the interior ministry has the vital task of maintaining security and running the police during the war.

He was a recognisable face for Ukrainians throughout the war, updating the public on casualties caused by Russian missile strikes since Ukraine was invaded in February 2022.

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The deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said the minister had been in the helicopter to travel to a war "hot spot".

The head of police in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Volodymyr Tymoshko, said the ministerial team were on their way to meet him there and he had spoken to them only yesterday.

Following Mr Monastyrsky's death, Ihor Klymenko - the head of Ukraine's national police force - has been appointed acting interior minister.

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Mr Tymoshenko said the interior ministry's work would not be affected by the loss of its leaders, but government colleagues were visibly shocked as they reacted on national TV.

A friend of the late minister, MP Mariia Mezentseva, said it was a tragedy for everyone as the ministry had a significant role in Ukraine's response to the invasion.

"He responded 24/7 to his colleagues, friends and family. He was very close to President Zelensky from day one of his presidential campaign," she told the BBC.

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Other officials who died in the crash included Tetiana Shutiak, an aide to Mr Monastyrsky, first deputy minister Yevhen Yenin and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovych, whose task was to organise the work of the ministry.

Before he moved to the interior ministry, Mr Yenin helped represent Ukraine's government abroad.

US President Joe Biden expressed his condolences to all victims of the crash.

Parents were bringing their children to the kindergarten before going to work when the helicopter came down.

"The pain is unspeakable," President Zelensky said. "The helicopter fell on the territory of one of the kindergartens."

Many of the casualties were on the ground. As well as the child that was killed, 11 of the 25 injured on the ground were youngsters.

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Witnesses in Kyiv said Russia's war was to blame for the disaster.

"It was very foggy and there was no electricity, and when there's no electricity there are no lights on the buildings," local resident Volodymyr Yermelenko told the BBC.

Other witnesses said the pilot had tried to avoid high-rise buildings before the crash, and instead went down near the kindergarten.

One local woman told the BBC that she had seen a terrible flash as the helicopter circled above her home. The pilot had clearly tried to avoid her 10-storey block of flats and chose to go down closer to the smaller building, she said.

"Parents were running, screaming. There was panic," said local volunteer Lidiya. Emergency services and residents rushed to evacuate the children as fire spread through the nursery building.

Another resident, Dmytro, described jumping over a fence to help get children out. One girl he picked up was called Polina, but when her father ran in calling her name he did not recognise her as her face was covered in blood.

It was only four days ago that Ukraine was hit by one of the worst attacks since the start of the war in which 45 civilians were killed.

A Russian missile hit a block of flats in the central city of Dnipro killing 45 people, including six children.

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