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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have clashed over taxes, employment and immigration in their final showdown.
Voters in the UK will decide next week who will lead the country through its next term.
Prime Minister Sunak says he understands why voters might be frustrated with his Conservative Party.
But he says the election's a choice with consequences for voters and the country - and before voters make it, they should think about what a Labour Government would mean.
UK correspondent Enda Brady unpacked the debate further.
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Denmark is moving ahead on plans to introduce a carbon tax on agriculture, with cattle farmers facing additional charges as a result.
The bill suggests that farmers would be taxed at 300 DKK ($70) per ton of CO2 equivalent emitted from 2030, moving to 750 DKK ($177) by 2035.
The Country's Jamie Mackay says the farmers will be unlikely to take this lying down - and they love a good protest.
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International research group BMI has lowered its GDP growth forecast for New Zealand for 2024 - and warned of economic challenges to come.
BMI predicted the nation's GDP would grow by just 1 percent this year, down 0.2 percent from previous estimates.
NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann unpacked this research further.
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A barrister says Green MP Darleen Tana's alleged Electoral Act breach is on the less serious side.
Tana and the publishers of Verve Magazine have been accused of failing to include a promoter statement in an election advertisement published in May 2023- and both have been referred to police.
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper suspects more will be revealed next week.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australian soil, after 14 years in confinement.
Assange pleaded guilty to an espionage change in exchange for his release - and will be focused on recovery in the coming days.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says Assange has been lying low since his arrival.
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South Africa have finally broken the semifinal wall at a men's Cricket World Cup.
The Proteas sent the long-standing hoodoo cartwheeling into the history books with a thumping nine-wicket win over Afghanistan at the latest T20 global tournament.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave unpacks this news further.
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