Estonia PM's party clinches new coalition government deal

Vladimir Putin gave a a tub-thumping address yesterday to tens of thousands of Russians gathered at Moscow's world cup stadium, celebrating his invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and drumming up support for his new war

Daniel Kebede (centre) has been outspoken on his political stances - including a statement after threats from Russian president Vladimir Putin against Ukraine where he criticised Nato involvement in the conflict

Although Reform won nearly twice as many votes as the March election´s runner-up, the far-right populist EKRE party, Kallas needed junior partners to form a Cabinet that can govern with a comfortable majority for the next four years.

The premier also made clear that the UK intends to push ahead with North Sea oil and gas development - and potentially fracking - saying the country will 'make better use of our own naturally occurring hydrocarbons'.  

The party councils of Kallas´ pro-business Reform Party, 4rd grade math which overwhelmingly won with 31.2% of the vote, the centrist Estonia 200 party and the Social Democratic Party said they would form the coalition after agreeing on government programs for the nex four years .

He mused: 'The people are so friendly. I don't think I met a single rude person in my entire time being in New Zealand. Everyone was so nice, so friendly, just wanted to see what I was doing and even just if I was going to order some coffee I'd end up in some conversation.

'There was a lot of just sitting out in the rain, but then there would be little parts in the cloud and then a rainbow would form out of nowhere. And it would sit there for maybe 10 minutes. The light would cascade across the landscape. And then the storm would come back 10 minutes later and we would be in a torrential downpour again.' 

'I also met Anna, a production assistant whose parents remain in the outskirts of Kyiv, taking refuge in the basement of their building with no electricity or water for days.
What these people are going through is unimaginable.'

He recalls: 'It was bittersweet in a sense because the weather was so tough to deal with that the wind, I mean, there were 60mph winds at times where you could barely stand up... you could barely set up a camera. And it rained, I think, every single day that I was there, for about two weeks. 

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Estonia´s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Saturday that her center-right Reform Party has clinched a deal with two other parties to form a coalition government, five weeks after a general election in the Baltic country.

'It kind of warms your heart when you go to a place where people genuinely want to have a conversation with you and want to know who you are. It's very different from what I'm used to, living in a place like San Francisco, where people just kind of do their own thing and you go about your business. 

The video, which has been viewed more than 80,000 times, captures some of the country's most jaw-dropping sites including the snowy crest of Mount Cook, the majesty of Milford Sound, the dinosaur egg-like Moeraki Boulders on the Otago coast and tutor of english language the famed willow tree leaning over Lake Wanaka.  

Among the aid sent to Poland by Sarah's Trust are clothes for women, children, nappies, hand sanitisers, toiletries, torches, and non-perishable food. Fergie said she 'can't thank the kind hearted donors' enough. 

Prince Andrew's ex wife, who is grandmother to Princess Eugenie's son August, one and Princess Beatrice's daughter Sienna, born in September, is the first member of the extended royal family to travel to Poland to meet Ukrainian refugees.       

When it came to his favourite location in New Zealand, Shainblum said it was tough to pick one but Milford Sound - a fiord in the southwest of the South Island - made a big impression with its 'striking cliffs' and 'pouring' 1,000ft waterfalls

The royal, who recently relaunched the programme in a bid to show support to the children of Ukraine, said she hoped Little Red would be a real 'bringer of joy and bringer of hope' on the show, which appears to be her mission during the Poland trip.