Five O'clock Report for Wednesday 8 January 2020

5:08 PM.At least two Iraqi airbases housing US troops have been hit by more than a dozen Iranian rockets. It comes as retaliation for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Iran's embassy in Wellington is calling on New Zealand to promote peace and security in the Middle East following today's attacks. Acting prime minister Winston Peters has released a statement… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Waikato University's Professor Al Gillespie talks to Kim Savage about Donald Trump's three options after Iran's rocket attack against two US bases in Iraq. Read more Audio

5:17 PM.The Defence Minister has asked for a national fire risk assessment as bush fires rage in Australia. Ron Mark says there's nothing to prevent large-scale blazes from also happening in New Zealand. It… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Marlborough teen George Glover set himself the goal of swimming the length of Queen Charlotte Sound twice, a distance of more than 80 kilometres, the equivalent of four Cook Strait crossings, to raise… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Two seeded players have fallen on day three of the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland. Second-seed Petra Martic from Croatia and French eighth-seed Caroline Garcia were knocked out of the… Read more Audio