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Watch NZ Herald Focus: Zika health warning in Miami
10 new cases of Zika in Florida prompt health officials to advise pregnant women to avoid an area just north of downtown Miami. A Russian military helicopter is shot down in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province killing all five people on board. More than 1,000 migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the Italian coastguard.
'Trump knows nothing about sacrifice'
COMMENT: Ghazala Khan's son, US Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. This is her response to Donald Trump.
Mother of US hero: 'Trump is ignorant'
Watch NZH Focus: The father of a slain Muslim American soldier has described Donald Trump as having a 'black soul'.
NZH Focus: Trump looks to Russia
On NZ Herald Focus, Donald Trump has appealed to Russia to release emails that Hillary Clinton did not hand over.
Watch NZ Herald Focus: Trump asked for Russia's help
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has appealed to Russia to uncover and release thousands of emails that Hillary Clinton did not hand over to U.S. officials as part of a probe into the use of her private email system. Pope Francis says that a string of recent attacks, including the murder of a priest in France, was proof that the "world is at war".
Watch NZ Herald Focus: French Priest killed by Islamic State
Watch NZH focus: A 84-year-old priest in northern France has been killed and four other people were taken hostage by two armed men who stormed his church. A Kiwi has smashed the world sheep shearing record in England, Matt Smith, averaged 81 sheep an hour. And Pokemon takes India by storm.
Watch NZ Herald Focus: Boy pulled alive from the rubble in Aleppo
Watch NZH Focus: A boy has been pulled from the rubble of a building destroyed by bombs in the rebel-held Aleppo neighbourhood of Mashhad. A record number of condoms will be given to athletes as they arrive at the Olympic village in Rio.
Watch NZ Herald Focus: Olympic terror plot foiled
Watch NZ Herald Focus: Police in Brazil arrest 10 people on suspicion of belonging to a group supporting Islamic State and preparing acts of terrorism during next month's Olympics in Rio Also Russia has lost its appeal against the ban on 68 track and field athletes from competing in the Olympics. And Joseph Parker's victory over Solomon Haumono in Christchurch ended in controversy after the Australian's camp filed an official protest
Watch NZ Herald Focus: New PM for UK
Theresa May is chosen as the new leader of the Conservative Party and UK prime minister. Golfers, Jordan Speith, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy have all opted out of the Rio Olympics.
Watch NZ Herald Focus: Black Lives Matter marches
Hundreds march in New York City for the third night to protest police abuses against black people. Tears of joy from Andy Murray after becoming Wimbledon champion for a second time.
'There was nothing random about attack'
Relatives of Marie Colvin, a Sunday Times journalist, have filed a lawsuit claiming that Syrian government officials killed her.
Sky Tower's Iraqi lights 'show compassion'
Why Rania believed there should've been no excuses for the Sky Tower to be lit in the colours of the Iraqi flag to support the Baghdad bombing victims.
Toby Manhire: Bad reasons to go to war
COMMENT: Blistering summary exposes Tony Blair's failures, writes Toby Manhire.
Editorial: A cruel lesson in how not to go to war
John Chilcot produced his verdict on the Blair Government's decision to join the US' invasion of Iraq. None of its findings are a surprise.
Suspected ISIS suicide bombers target Saudi Arabia
Suicide bombers suspected of links to Isis struck for the fourth time in less than a week when they targeted three locations in Saudi Arabia.
Brian Rudman: US is guilty of uncivilised behaviour
Tell Obama his drone operations are unacceptable, writes Brian Rudman.
WWII tunnel project: 'A real eye-opener'
A Kiwi who helped discover a Lithuanian escape tunnel used by Jewish prisoners in World War II, says the project was a "real eye opener".
Watch NZ Herald Focus: Under performing schools
Thousands of children across the country are spending most or all their years of education in a poorly performing school. EU leaders have responded angrily to Nigel Farage attending the European Parliament in its first debate since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
Kiwi students to visit Somme site
Ten young New Zealand students are travelling to France in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
'We will announce the last day of the war'
Agreement on a definitive ceasefire is one of the last steps towards ending Latin America's longest civil war.
Daring deeds that history forgot
The Kiwi and Australian commandos of elite special unit ZSU, many of whom died without their family ever knowing what they did, will finally be recognised.
Call for NZ to honour elite unit
Families of a forgotten World War II crack commando unit are calling on Govt to officially recognise their behind-enemy-lines feats more than 70 years on.
NZ teen's oily trick saves him in icy sea
Letters written 100 years ago by a NZ sailor have revealed how he survived a catastrophic naval battle in World War I by smearing his body with heavy oil.
Demonstrators protest against US operations
Demonstrators have formed a human chain near a U.S. air base in western Germany to protest against lethal drone strikes.
Alexander Gillespie: NZ war dead should come home
COMMENT: New Zealanders understand the importance of bringing back the remains of our dead who have ended up overseas.
Assaults step up pressure on Isis
Isis (Islamic State) insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria yesterday.
Watch NZ Herald Focus: A warning that New Zealanders could be pushed out of low-skilled jobs
On NZ Herald Focus – The Treasury is warning that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs and Islamic State militants launch a major counter-attack on Iraqi government troops in Fallujah. Also Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a father again at the age of 68 after his wife gave birth to twin girls.
NZ Herald Focus: Search for Kiwi woman after croc attack in Queensland
Today - The search for a missing kiwi woman continues after she was taken by a crocodile in Northern Queensland and the Iraqi army is facing fierce resistance as it attempts to retake Falluja. And doctors advise the Duke of Edinburgh not to go to the events to mark 100 years since the Battle of Jutland.