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Updated: 7:12am - A Vanuatu kava exporter says foreigners have misled the industry into believing the so-called tudei variety of the crop poses a health risk.

Updated: 6:40am - US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month.

Updated: 6:35am - British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the UK will expel 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow refused to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used on a former spy in Salisbury.

Updated: 7:15am - US President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, naming CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement.

Updated: 6:40am - Authorities in Papua New Guinea are trying to ascertain whether there have been further casualties after a large aftershock early morning yesterday.

Updated: 6:37am - Tonga's Minister of Internal Affairs, 'Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband, former cabinet minister 'Etuate Lavulavu, were arrested on Saturday on fraud related charges.

Updated: 6:26am - China has warned that it does not want a trade war with the US, but will not sit idly by if its economy is hurt.

Updated: 6:43am - The bodies of three people killed by a massive earthquake in Papua New Guinea have been taken to Mendi hospital in the Southern Highlands.

Updated: 6:30am - Superstar Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor died of accidental drowning, a Dubai post-mortem report has found.

Updated: 8:11am - A plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 66 people on board, Iran's Aseman Airlines spokesman has told state TV.