zealand education minister cris hipkins is set to become prime minister taking over from current pm, jacinta dunn who announced her surprise resignation on thursday. it begins was the only candidate nominated to replace it, suggesting lawmakers wanted to avoid a drawn out leadership contest. one man has been killed and another is missing after they were swept away by a swollen river in serbia. heavy rainfall and warm weather have triggered floods across southeast of europe. as of course of a had to be evacuated and in albania. fields were inundated and roads. turkey has cancelled a plan visit by the swedish defense minister, adding further doubt to the anchor support for sweden joining nato. the meeting was originally planned when the 2 defense ministers met at ramstein, germany on friday. turkey says the cancellation was in reaction to a protest outside the turkey's turkish embassy on saturday, where a fire brought activists burned the koran. our test was approved by swedish pallets . so what's behind turkey? strong reaction to sweep earlier, we put that question to where correspond. johan, well

19 policy. despite a massive wave of infections across the country, the zealand prime minister jacinta dunn has announced her resignation after 5 and a half years in office. when she was elected done was the was youngest female liter at 37 years old. i said bag looks back at her time in office. the news came as a shock to many new zealanders. prime minister jacinta ardor announced her resignation that immediate conference on thursday. i had hoped to find a way to prepare, not just for another year, but another tune because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. i know what this job takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice on the streets. there was a mixed reaction. oh man, awful to of all good. you you know wrong feel of only one else won't be me. well, what? well, what you do. i think she was doing very well in the house. anyway. i, you know, it's good time for her to sit down. i think she has booked us to the country over some pretty difficult time. so. yeah, no, we're so busy for the future. i think she's done an amazing job wi