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Enchanter report, NZ First up in polls and tourists fly to space | Focus Morning Bulletin August 11, 2023

Urgent safety issues to be revealed in final report on the sinking of the Enchanter, could Winston Peters be heading back to Parliament? And tourists fly to space for the first time. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / AP Video / Virgin Galactic

Kim Jong-un urges North Korea to prepare for war

Pyongyang uses US and South Korea exercises to ramp up military capabilities.

Three hog hunters die in Texas sewer after trying to save dog

The bodies of two men and a woman, as well as the dog, were pulled from the tank.

At least 36 people dead in fires burning through Hawaii

Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, took the Maui island by surprise.

After Russian attack in Ukraine, broken glass and rattled nerves in Romania

New York Times: Drone assault sent shock waves into villages in Nato territory.

Migrant shipwreck: 41 dead according to survivors

The four remaining migrants survived using inner tubes.

Hundreds of Kiwis in Hawaii as terrifying wildfire devastates Maui

Popular holiday spot ravaged in fires.

'Raging' Auckland woman describes terrifying Hawaii wildfire

The second largest Hawaiian island is under blaze.

Extreme wildfires are here to stay. Can human beings really fight them?

Financial Times: Almost everywhere, fires are burning bigger, hotter, longer.

Ukraine and Russia blame each other for attacks, claiming terrorism

Ukrainian officials say a Russian rocket attack has killed two people in Zaporizhzhia.

Trump tells supporters his criminal indictments are about ‘you’

New York Times: Trump has made his 2024 campaign about his own personal grievances.

Tragic reason boy died minutes after this photo

The 7-year-old boy was innocently playing. Minutes later he was dead.

'Relieved to be alive': Hawk and snake attack woman in freak incident

Snake attacks gardener by biting her repeatedly before hawk reclaims its prey.

After splitting from his wife, Justin Trudeau searches for a new image

New York Times: Trudeau's 'modern family man' brand was integral to his success. What now?

The BBC’s Marianna Spring: ‘It’s really normal to really hate me’

Times: Eighty per cent of abuse received by BBC journalists is directed at one woman.

Mushroom poisoning twist: Woman’s bombshell police statement, guest's lunch escape

Erin's ex-husband revealed he was in a coma for a mystery stomach illness in 2022.

Australian mushroom poisoning case: Everything we know about the fatal lunch

Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of the investigation, has denied any wrongdoing.

Opinion: The prosecution of Donald Trump may have terrible consequences

New York Times: Ultimately, America - not Trump - will pay, says Professor Jack Goldsmith.