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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken at the Mercury Bay Aero Club, Whitianga air show. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab

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Day 144 of the War: News in Brief

Day 144 of the War: News in Brief

BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. 1. Several incidents yesterday signalled a ratcheting up of tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on the northern border and an escalation of military actions on both sides. First, Hezbollah shot down an

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken from the Wellington Cable Car. Going down… ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera

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Cautious Optimism Over Latest Hostage Release Talks

Cautious Optimism Over Latest Hostage Release Talks

BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: Following the success of initial talks with US, Egyptian, and Qatari mediators in Paris, an Israeli team has been dispatched to Qatar to continue negotiations which could lead to

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was of Tanners Point, Western Bay of Plenty. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or

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Tips For Surviving the End

Tips For Surviving the End

Tani Newton Not to beat about the bush: we are living at the end of Western Civilisation. And not to belabour the point, let me address the question of what we can do to survive. I’ve long lived by the belief that the people most likely to survive the

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was a view of Mt Stormy from Umere Road, Karamea. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your

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The BFD World News Quiz

The BFD World News Quiz

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The Islamic State Almost Wiped Them Out

The Islamic State Almost Wiped Them Out

Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown Foundation China

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken from the northern entry to the Rainbow road, just off SH63, Wairau Valley. ** We need more photos

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PM Netanyahu Presents Plan for ‘Day After Hamas’

PM Netanyahu Presents Plan for ‘Day After Hamas’

BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: On Thursday night, Prime Minister Netanyahu presented the security cabinet with his proposal for ‘the day after Hamas’. * The plan was presented as a draft platform for further discussion,

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken from Aratere as she was entering the Tory Channel. A Bluebridge ferry was just exiting into Cook

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s view was of Mt Taranaki from Wiremu Road between Mahoe and Newall. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab

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Israel Continues to Fight Across Multiple Fronts

Israel Continues to Fight Across Multiple Fronts

BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Gaza Strip: The IDF continues to operate in the northern, central, and southern Gaza Strip against Hamas combatants and its terror infrastructure. * In Khan Yunis the IDF announced Tuesday, “troops are continuing

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s view was from the “Windows walk” Karangahake Gorge. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile

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ICJ Begins Hearing Case on West Bank and East Jerusalem

ICJ Begins Hearing Case on West Bank and East Jerusalem

BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague yesterday began hearing the case on the “legal consequences” of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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