Tony Church is legally blind and almost every day takes his budgie Monster on the bus in Christchurch. But there is a problem.

The country's oldest registered secondary school says it's shuttering its boarding hostels due to ongoing concerns around student safety.

A cargo plane has skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport, the city's airport operator said, with local media reporting two people have died.

The Israeli military says a ceasefire in Gaza has resumed after an attack that killed two of its soldiers, prompting a wave of airstrikes that killed 26 people.