Video: State of emergency declared due to flooding in New Zealand

The largest city on New Zealand's south island has declared a state of emergency amid a severe storm which has already seen hundreds of homes evacuated across the Pacific island nation, highways cut and soldiers called in to help provide emergency services.

Dakota Access Pipeline: US Army to allow work on final section

The US Army has been ordered to allow the construction of the final section of a controversial oil pipeline.
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven said the Army Corps of Engineers had been directed to allow work under Lake Oahe, a reservoir on the Missouri River.

Sweden’s nuclear sites to get armed guards

Security guards at Sweden's three nuclear power plants are to be armed with guns for the first time.