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Tonga gets one over Romania in rugby test
Tonga has beaten Romania 43-38 in its World Rugby Nations Cup clash in Bucharest.

Ireland v Argentina live updates, Nations Championship
Ireland host the Pumas in Dublin.

Ireland host Argentina to kick off next round of Nations Championship
Ireland take on Argentina at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday morning in a Nations Championship rugby test.

Live: Voting underway on election day, with polls to close at 7pm
Voting booths are expected to be busy around the country, ahead of the first results coming in after 7pm.

Spain's rail authorities face European fraud probe after Urda rail disaster
Prosecutors begin investigating EU funds meant for upgrading the Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people.

Four midterms takeaways for 2028 White House race
The buzz about the presidential election is already under way - here's what we learned this week.

Burnham responds to BBC question over Labour's past links to Brand
The prime minister says that Labour politicians courting the comedian a decade ago had not been aware of his crimes.

Watch: Is it the end of the road for Tesla's Cybertruck?
The car company's CEO Elon Musk has said production will halt in Texas, to focus on the firm's self-driving Cybercabs.

Trump replaces White House chief of staff days after Republicans suffer midterm defeats
Miller, considered the architect of Trump's hard-line immigration policy, will move into the role on Monday.

Flash flooding, 40mm downpours possible as thunderstorms hit North Island
The majority of the North Island is under a severe thunderstorm watch on Saturday.

Star forward benched, Suaalii on wing for Wallabies’ clash with England
Les Kiss has rolled the dice by naming dominant backrower Rob Valetini on the reserves bench for the game at Twickenham on Monday morning.

'Shared values' see Pacific Forum increase partnerships with Middle East countries
The Pacific Forum's chairman and secretary-general are in the Middle East to lobby for investment in the Pacific's Resilience Facility.

Drones, AI helping Tongariro National Park regeneration efforts after destructive fires
The first, most damaging, blaze flared a year ago, closing the popular Tongariro Crossing track for more than a week. It was followed by another fire a month later.

Player-coach rift report will only galvanise England - George
England hooker Jamie George says the squad are "really upset" by a newspaper article claiming the end of their summer tour was marked by player unrest over Steve Borthwick's leadership.

Is Palmer's England career over under Tuchel?
Cole Palmer faces a fight to save his England career after he was excluded from Thomas Tuchel's latest squad, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Spate of bomb threats poses serious challenge to airline industry
After a week of disruption, airlines are facing both safety and financial concerns.

'A beautiful story' as Bellingham brothers called up
It may be a surprise to some but Jobe Bellingham's call up to the England senior side has been a long time coming.

New wave of bomb threats hit European airlines
No link has been established between the threats against the airlines and those against the media outlets.

‘It was all of us’: Khawaja blows the whistle on Australian cricket’s sandpaper scandal
Usman Khawaja has made stunning revelations about the 2018 saga in South Africa that contradict public statements from his former team-mates.

One dead, four injured in central Wellington crash
Four people were taken to hospital after the single-vehicle crash on Brandon St early on Saturday morning.