The main suspect in the mosque shootings that killed 49 people in New Zealand on Friday has appeared in court.
Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian citizen, is being held on a single murder charge.
More charges are expected to be made against him as the trial goes on.
Tarrant has been kept in custody without plea with his next court appearance set for April 5.
Two others, neither of whom have a criminal record, are also still in police custody.
The shootings happened during Friday prayers at two mosques near the centre of Christchurch.
On Friday New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the incident as a "terrorist attack" and says it was “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
Today Ardern said the country's gun laws "will change" after revealing that Tarrant had five guns and a firearms licence.
Meanwhile the first victim of the attack has been named by his family.
71-year-old Daoud Nabi moved to New Zealand from Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Israel's military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold-outs in the southern Gaza Strip city, a senior Israeli defence official said, despite international warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Marine wildlife experts were frantically trying to rescue some 140 pilot whales stranded on Thursday in the shallow waters of an estuary in the southwest of the state of Western Australia.
A grand jury has charged 18 people with allegedly participating in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-US President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday.
India is inspecting facilities of spice makers MDH and Everest for compliance with quality standards after sales of some of their products were halted in Hong Kong and Singapore for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide.
Israel is poised to send troops into Rafah, the Gazan city it sees as the last bastion of Hamas, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, saying preparations were under way to evacuate war-displaced Palestinian civilians who have been sheltering there.
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