King Charles visits Canada in a subtle rebuke to Donald Trump
The British monarch's trip to Canada is his latest foray into the realm of diplomatic symbolism.
It was a call that Canadians had never been able to shout on their own soil to their new monarch: 'God Save The King.'
And many of the people who had gathered at a
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Otago Daily Times
2 days ago
- Otago Daily Times
New search for McCann evidence
Portuguese and German police have launched joint searches of a "vast" area in Portugal's southern Algarve region for new evidence related to the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old British child Madeleine McCann. The scale of the searches could be the most extensive since the initial investigation was closed in 2008, a year after Madeleine went missing while on holiday with her family in the Algarve town of Praia da Luz. Her disappearance sparked a frenzied search and gained the attention of the world's media. She has never been found. Fresh though relatively focused searches were ordered by Portuguese, British and German police of scrubland, wells and reservoirs in 2014, 2020 and 2023. None of these searches were confirmed to have yielded significant evidence. Portugal's investigative Judicial Police (PJ) had said on Monday they would execute search warrants at the behest of the public prosecutor's office in Germany's Braunschweig, which in 2022 formally identified German national Christian Brueckner as an official suspect in the case. The search operation is expected to end on Thursday, a spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office in the northern German city of Braunschweig said. A source involved in the search said the targeted area was "vast" with police using ground-penetrating radar across several hectares. Portuguese officers were following instructions from German police under a European Investigation Order. Reuters footage showed uniformed PJ officers in a cordon on a dirt road in Atalaia - a neighbourhood of Lagos municipality - waving through unmarked vans and cars with German license plates from the city of Wiesbaden, where the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has its headquarters. The BKA is assisting Portuguese law enforcement with "criminal procedural measures", Braunschweig prosecutors told Reuters, declining to provide further details. The occupants of one of the German vehicles wore bucket hats, clothing with camouflage patterns and bandanas covering their faces. A van belonging to Portugal's Maritime Police also arrived. That force has jurisdiction over coastal areas and took part in previous searches of beaches, wells and reservoirs using specialist divers. The road the police cordoned off is located close to a golf course and less than 1km from the beach. The search area was close to a property that Brueckner lived in, a neighbour told Reuters in 2020, though when was unclear. German police said in June 2020 that Madeleine was presumed dead and that Brueckner, in his 40s, was probably responsible. He has denied responsibility. Brueckner, a convicted child abuser and drug dealer, is behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old woman in the same area of the Algarve. His sentence runs until September, meaning he is set for release unless prosecutors find enough evidence to charge him over Madeleine's disappearance. In January, Sky News quoted the German prosecutor investigating Madeleine's disappearance as saying there was currently no prospect of charges being brought against Brueckner.
NZ Herald
5 days ago
- NZ Herald
King's Birthday comes amidst ongoing cancer concerns, familial tensions and diplomatic tightropes
King Charles' whirlwind visit to Canada may have been a bit more than your usual Commonwealth tour. While the monarch didn't utter an inference to Donald Trump, his speech supporting the country as he opened parliament in Ottawa referenced the promise to 'protect Canadians and their sovereign rights'. It comes
NZ Herald
5 days ago
- NZ Herald
King's Birthday Honours list celebrates Kiwi achievers
Their achievements are elevated and are on par with sporting heroes and politicians, sometimes more deservedly. For some, the honours are less about keeping in step with British tradition and more about giving Kiwis the recognition they deserve. The debate goes back and forth over the honours system, with knight and damehoods having been famously scrapped in 2000 by Helen Clark's Labour Government, then reintroduced as the New Zealand honours system nine years later by Sir John Key. Next door, Australia's knight and damehoods became almost a tug of war within the Liberal Party. Prime Minister Tony Abbott reintroduced them in 2014, puzzlingly knighted Prince Philip, and they were removed again just over a year and a half later by the next Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and have been absent ever since. It's noted that both Clark's and Turnbull's decisions were approved by the Queen, who rarely got involved with government policy. More recently, the New Zealand Republicans have called for honours to be announced at Matariki, saying that recognising the King's birthday (which is not his real birthday) was not a relevant public holiday for the country. This year, however, it's status quo and today's list of recipients are all nominated by their communities and recommended to the King by the Government. Ranjna Patel, a prominent figure in the Auckland community, receives the New Zealand Order of Merit and becomes a Dame for services to ethnic communities, health and family violence prevention. Patel's CV reads like a veritable alphabet soup: ONZM, QSM and now DNZM. Her contributions to the Auckland health community are far too great to list. Millennials will recognise Suzy Cato on today's list. She is being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to music, television and education. Cato's melodic voice coached children through the Covid-19 lockdowns, producing online content such as storytelling, science experiments and musical activities for children. Cato's show You And Me was staple children's TV viewing in many Kiwi households. She was known by her trademark blonde hair and colourful selection of jumpers. No doubt her grown-up fans can still sing the theme tune It's Our Time by heart. BMX champion Sarah Walker, comedian Dai Henwood, TV personality and historian Jude Dobson, Louise Wallace, Black Fern Portia Woodman-Wickliffe and former All Black and rugby commentator Murray Mexted are other recognisable names on the list. But whether they have name recognition or not, we must take the time to honour and thank our high achievers for their invaluable contributions to society and their local communities – however we choose to celebrate them.
